2025 Coles Commercial and Property Graduate Program

 About the Program

From day one as a Coles graduate, you’ll feel the connection your work has to our purpose, to "helping Australians eat and live better every day". You will be accountable for making decisions in providing food, drink and home solutions that are delicious, sustainable and healthy for our customers and ensuring to deliver a consistent experience for our customers every day, both in-store and online.

Our Store Support Centre (SSC), based in Hawthorn East in Melbourne, is the engine room of Coles Group and a dynamic and rewarding place to work.

Why become a Coles Graduate?

At Coles, we understand that when you’re included, trusted and supported by leaders who genuinely care, you can do your best work for the team feeling like you belong. During the two-year program, you’ll be working on real deliverables with clear ownership and accountability as you learn and grow through functional rotations, a tailored development program and a tight-knit support network. You will also be able to work in cross-functional groups to complete an Innovation Project, where the top teams present to our Executive team on a genuine business challenge. We will support your passion and graduate journey with experiences and opportunities, with each rotation expanding your knowledge as you continue to discover Coles and yourself.

Discover our Commercial and Property Functions:

Our Commercial team deliver the best market offering for our customers in a fast-paced and dynamic environment. As a Commercial Graduate you will help determine the type, price, and the way a new product is launched across the hundreds of Coles’ retail outlets in Australia.

Our Property team looks after one of our most dynamic portfolios in Australia. Working with teams across the business, property teams provide a range of services from site acquisition, leasing and renewals through to development, construction and asset management.  As a property graduate you will gain experience in each phase of the property lifecycle and delivery the customer experience in our physical spaces.

Applications will open Wednesday 6 March 2024 and will close Thursday 4 April 2024 midnight, APPLY NOW!

Eligibility Criteria: You’ll be an Australian or New Zealand citizen or hold a permanent residency at the time of application. For our Store Support Centre Graduate Program, you’ll have completed a bachelor's degree before commencing the program.