Adrian Alagaratnam

Experience

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  MYER

  Dec 2000 - Nov 2004

  Sales Assistant

  Sales support within the Mensware department

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  Deloitte Australia

  Dec 2004 - Sept 2011

  Deloitte Corporate Finance - Transaction Services Senior analyst Deloitte Corporate Finance Analyst Deloitte Assurance and Advisory

  • Client Manager

    Jun 2010 - Sept 2011

  • Senior Analyst

    Dec 2007 - Jun 2010

  • Analyst

    Dec 2004 - Dec 2007
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  Coles

  Oct 2011 - May 2015

  Commercial partner to Marketing and Store Dev Director responsible for optimising Coles’ Marketing spend delivering significant reduction year on year to better align with Coles profit targets as well as focus on core marketing offers across channels in play (digital, TV, catalogue, sponsorships etc) and support the GM of flybuys deliver commercially optimal solutions that enhanced penetration of flybuys with Coles customer base, improved basket size/share of wallet conversions, provided impactful commercial EDMs and support the expansion of key white label partnerships being pursued. Show less As Commercial Manager my role involves providing commercial and financial oversight of National Transport operations for Coles. My role involves effective business partnering through Coles annual budget setting process and working with Zone Operations Manager to negotiate commercial/contractual outcomes between Coles and Coles third party logistics supply partners in order to ensure the most cost effective flow of product from supplier to store without compromising Coles service and quality commitments to our Customers. Show less

  • Finance Manager - Marketing and Loyalty

    Jun 2014 - May 2015

  • Commercial Manager - Transport

    Feb 2013 - Jun 2014

  • Central Logistics Finance Business Partner

    Oct 2011 - Feb 2013
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  Australia Post

  May 2015 - Aug 2019

  Driving sustainable enterprise efficiencies to support Australia Post strategic growth objectives, service, safety and customer priorities Interim commercial finance lead partnering the Chief Operating Officer and Corporate executives responsible for finance and commercial services, corporate services and people & culture covering over $5bn in annual running cost as well as major strategic infrastructure and technology investment supporting Australia Post strategic priorities. Leading a team of 14 providing commercial decision support, pricing & yield commercial support as well as leading the consolidated planning and reporting for the Delivery Network covering $3.5bn of revenue and $2.3bn of operational cost. Key commercial support for eGM eDelivery, eDelivery SLT and Div CFO Finance eDelivery Leading a team of 14 providing commercial decision support, pricing & yield commercial support as well as leading the consolidated planning and reporting for the Delivery Network covering $3.5bn of revenue and $2.3bn of operational cost. Key commercial support for eGM eDelivery, eDelivery SLT and Div CFO Finance eDelivery Establishing a sustainable and scalable reporting function supporting the GM Finance and eGM Parcels

  • GM - Business Optimisation & Efficiency

    May 2018 - Aug 2019

  • Divisional CFO Operations & Corporate Centre (Interim)

    Apr 2019 - Jun 2019

  • Head of Finance - eCommerce Delivery Group Performance

    Jul 2017 - May 2018

  • Head of Finance - Parcels Group Performance

    Oct 2015 - Jun 2017

  • Group Reporting Manager - Parcel Services

    May 2015 - Oct 2015
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  Officeworks

  Sept 2019 - Dec 2022

  Helping make bigger things happen by supporting the development and refinement of Officeworks’ strategic direction Responsible for leading a team of finance business partners to deliver commercial value, insight and deliver the annual business plan and rolling forecasting requirements.

  • Head of Strategy Development - Program Accelerate

    Nov 2021 - Dec 2022

  • Head of Partnering & Planning

    Sept 2019 - Nov 2021
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  Coles Group

  Jan 2023 - now

  Leading a team of finance business partners that are helping deliver a destination for food and drink across the core Coles supermarkets business (~$28bn in sales). Key focus areas include Financial Planning & Analysis, strategic Business Case development and execution, risk management, commercial trade planning and working capital optimisation

  • Head of Liquor Finance

    Apr 2024 - now

  • Head of Finance - Packaged Business Units

    Jan 2023 - Apr 2024