Change & Capability Manager | Senior Leadership Opportunity

Help shape the future of one of Australia's leading bedding retailers.

Sleepy's has been helping Australians achieve a better night's sleep for decades. With a growing national footprint, a passionate team and an ambitious vision for the future, Sleepy's is investing in its people, leadership capability and organisational effectiveness like never before.

As part of this journey, we are seeking an experienced Change & Capability Manager to join the senior leadership team, reporting directly to the CEO.

This newly created role offers a rare opportunity to build organisational capability, lead enterprise-wide change initiatives and influence the way a national retail business develops its leaders, supports its people and delivers exceptional customer experiences.

If you're energised by creating meaningful change, developing leaders and building capability that drives commercial success, we'd love to hear from you.

About the Opportunity
You'll partner closely with the CEO to establish priorities and engage with the senior leadership team to design and implement initiatives that strengthen leadership capability, embed high-performance behaviours and successfully deliver organisational change across Sleepy's national retail, distribution and support office network.

Balancing strategic thinking with a hands-on approach, you'll create practical solutions that simplify the employee experience, interactions and success, and as a consequence improve commercial outcomes.

A systems-thinker who takes the seed of a leadership idea and shapes it into a fully-formed business solution. Future-focused and genuinely curious about AI, with the creativity and initiative to turn a concept into something that is proven to work.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead organisational change initiatives from planning through to successful adoption across the business.
• Design and implement capability development programmes aligned to Sleepy's Capability Framework.
• Develop engaging leadership development, learning and onboarding programmes for corporate and retail teams.
• Implement and manage Sleepy's Learning Management System, creating relevant and engaging learning content.
• Coach and support leaders to build high-performing, engaged teams.
• Develop communication, engagement and change plans that support business transformation.
• Partner with leaders on people initiatives including performance, talent and succession planning.
• Manage the National Trainer while overseeing the outsourced HR function to ensure seamless operational support.
• Build strong relationships across stores, distribution centres and the support office to drive consistent capability and cultural outcomes.
• Oversee the development of the National Conferences and other people- related events.

About You
You're an experienced people leader who understands that successful transformation is driven by capability, leadership and employee engagement.

You'll bring:

• Demonstrated experience leading organisational change and capability initiatives within a multi-site or operational environment.
• Experience designing and delivering learning and leadership development programmes.
• Strong knowledge of contemporary change management methodologies and capability frameworks.
• Previous experience as an HR Business Partner or in a senior people advisory role.
• The ability to influence and coach senior leaders with confidence and credibility.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• A commercially minded, pragmatic approach with the ability to balance strategic thinking and hands-on delivery.
• Experience supporting geographically dispersed or frontline workforces will be highly regarded.

Why Sleepy's?
This is an opportunity to join a business that is investing in its future and recognises that its people are central to its ongoing success.

Reporting directly to the CEO, you'll have genuine influence over organisational capability, leadership development and business transformation, while working with leaders who are committed to continuous improvement and delivering exceptional customer experiences.

If you're looking for a role where you can leave a lasting impact on both people and business performance, we want to hear from you.

To apply
Please apply with current resume in Microsoft Word format only (.doc or .docx). If you would like to have a confidential discussion, please contact Catherine Lyttle. Want to know more about Davidson? Visit us at www.davidsonwp.com

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