Coles
2026 Graduate Program (Feb 2026)
Melbourne
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Opportunity details
- Graduate Job or Program
- AUD 75,000 - 85,000 / Year
- 50-75 vacancies
- Apply by 1 Nov 2024
- Start date 8 Feb 2026
We invite graduates to express their interest in joining Coles as part of our Store Support Centre (SSC) Graduate Program. Our graduates will help Coles transform into a retailer of the future, leveraging global partnerships, technology and the energy and innovative spirit of our team, to support our mission of ‘helping Australians eat and live better every day.’
Based in our Melbourne SSC (corporate HQ), you’ll acquire a diverse range of technical, operational, and leadership skills while collaborating with various stakeholders across the business. Regardless of your degree discipline, our Graduate Program offers a pathway to the corporate career you’ve been seeking.
Explore the different streams available in our SSC program, including Technology, Digital, Customer (marketing), Operations, Own Brand, Liquor, Finance, People & Culture and more.
Learn more about our streams and recruitment stages here: Coles Graduate Careers:
https://colescareers.com.au/au/en/studentandgraduates
Applications for the Coles 2026 SSC Graduate program will open in early 2025.
To be eligible for our 2026 SSC Graduate Program, you must meet the following criteria:
- Hold Australian or New Zealand citizenship, or Australian permanent residency at the time of application.
- Have completed your degree and are able to commence full-time employment by the required start date of February 2026.
- Technology stream only: We also accept applicants from those on a 485 Graduate Visa (or who will have this visa by October 2025).
Thank you again for expressing your interest in our SSC Graduate Program.
Coles Talent Programs Team
Hiring criteria
- No experience required
- Australian Citizen +more
- Creative Arts +more
- Bachelor or higher
Reviews
Depending on your rotation it will vary, currently working with microservices written in java and spring boot.
Mostly happy with the type of work i am completing. i am able to get through all my tasks and support my team where they need. i have a set of daily and monthly tasks.
Our main role is to learn new skills and take on new challenges. each rotation you complete will have different day-to-day responsibilities. this could range from reporting to creating presentation packs, or engaging with stakeholders, project management, site visits etc.
About the employer
Coles
4.1
> 100,000 employees
Retail & Consumer Goods
Choose a job you love! Be part of a unique, two year, accelerated development program!
Pros and cons of working at Coles
Pros
Coles is extremely flexible and caters well to the cohort in the office.
There are many development and growth opportunities available to graduates to continuously improve and enhance their career.
Line managers and leaders are always willing to give you time to upskill and grow.
The flexibility of the role is a definite highlight, allowing me to not only thrive in my role but also put myself first.
The culture here is great and people are willing to help me when I ask.
Cons
Being such a large organisation can be daunting and learning how it operates to be able to complete your role can be frustrating at times.
The systems are a little outdated.
It's such a large business it can feel not very personable.
Of course, this is heavily influenced by the individuals that make up a respective intake of graduates, but there is great opportunity and breadth of graduates from different departments to be exposed to and build meaningful connections with.
Can be very fast paced and complicated to navigate such a large organisation.