In contrast to increasing layoffs across all sectors, job postings at Australia-based retailer Coles Group Ltd (Coles) year-on-year (YoY) increased by 138% from 1,002 in August 2021 to 2,386 in August 2022, according to GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company.

An analysis of GlobalData’s Job Analytics Database reveals that job postings dropped by 42% from 1,002 jobs in August 2021 to 583 jobs in December 2021. However, job postings rose in Q2 2022 by 17% compared to a 16% decline in Q1 2022.

Sherla Sriprada, Business Fundamentals Analyst at GlobalData, comments: “Coles plans to expand business through various new roles, teams, and stores. A newly created role ‘Business Manager’ is looking for fresh produce suppliers. Also, newly created channel services team is hiring for ‘Technical Business Analyst’.”

In April 2022, a newly created role ‘Operational Privacy Manager’, is looking at operationalising the privacy framework across the Coles Group and ensuring first line defence processes and controls are in place to minimise privacy compliance risk.  Other new roles were ‘Assistant Trade Planning Manager’, ‘Program Manager – Network Transformation’, and ‘Trade Support Lead’.

Cole’s ecommerce function is currently undergoing a period of transformation and growth. As a result, the retailer has posted few roles such as ‘eCommerce Trade & Content Manager’, ‘Product Manager – Payments’, and ‘Associate Product Manager – Click & Collect Network’.

Sriprada concludes: “The retailer is also focusing on roles for the newly created stores. One such example is ‘Commercial Manager – Range Transformation’ role, which looks at to develop strategic plans for optimising space allocation across the business, including sales density and macro space blueprints for new store openings.”