There are only two of these roles in the entire business and one of them could be yours.
The Regional Manager owns a region as a genuine commercial business in its own right, accountable for sales, margin, wage discipline, people capability and operating standards across 17–18 stores and 1,200–1,500 people. Reporting to the EGM Retail Operations & Property and leading a team of 3–4 Area Managers, you'll run the region from the stores, not from behind a desk.
What You'll Do
- Own the region's sales growth, reading LFL growth, basket size, transaction count and category performance week by week
- Own Post Wages Gross Profit through product mix, waste management and markdown discipline
- Own wage cost through roster design and labour deployment, running to budget without sacrificing service or standards
- Hold Availability as a non-negotiable, gap-fill, ordering discipline and same-day OOS resolution are daily expectations
- Own the standard of every store in the region, embedding the five Playbook disciplines as the weekly operating expectation
- Hold formal accountability for the Store Manager bench and Area Manager development, performance and succession readiness
- Own new store readiness and activation within the region, partnering with the EGM on commercial ramp
- Hold full WHS accountability for the region, TRIFR down year-on-year, zero critical food safety non-conformances
What You'll Bring
We're looking for someone who loves food, with senior-level experience leading multi-site fresh food or grocery retail and owning a P&L of real scale. Additionally, we're looking for someone with:
- Demonstrated senior leadership experience, valued above formal qualifications
- Experience leading managers, not just managing them
- The ability to read a store in minutes, product, people, pace and standards, before anyone says a word
- Commercial acumen to move sales, margin and wage outcomes from the floor, not from a report
- Leadership range to develop managers who will carry the business into its next phase
- Strong fresh food knowledge, essential to leading a Harris Farm region
Why Harris Farm
This is one of only two Regional Manager roles in the business, a genuine chance to shape the standard across 17–18 stores and develop the leaders who run them.
Harris Farm is a family-owned Australian fresh food business and we lead like it. Our store leaders don't just manage; they build teams, grow people, and make their store a place worth coming to.
Come as You Are, Grow as You Go — if you're ready to lead with heart and run a business that matters to your community, we'd love to talk.
To apply, submit your application via the link. We review applications as they come in, don't wait.
- Published on 24 Sep 2026, 10:22 PM
