Kmart Australia Limited

Kickstart your career with the 2026 Kmart Group Graduate Program and begin your journey towards a rewarding future. This program offers the chance to rotate across different teams, gaining valuable experience while working on projects that have a real impact on our customers. You’ll collaborate with industry leaders, learning from the best as you grow in your career.   We’re looking for driven individuals from diverse degree backgrounds who are eager to innovate and make a difference in the retail industry. If you’re excited about challenging yourself and contributing to something bigger, we want to hear from you!   Don’t miss your chance – express your interest today to be notified as soon as applications open on Monday 26 May: https://lnkd.in/gk8CzumF

We’re excited to announce that Kmart is collaborating with First Nations Artist Rachael Sarra from Goreng Goreng Country on a new homeware range, ‘My Spirit Entwining’. In addition to this, a portion of the royalties from this range will support Indigenous youth through our Community program, funding initiatives that provide culturally safe education, training, and employment opportunities.   We’re dedicated to fostering a culturally inclusive and respectful environment, and supporting the diverse communities we serve. One way we do this is through strategic partnerships, including working with Indigenous artists to amplify their stories and artwork via Indigenous-designed products accessible across Australia, right in our very own stores.   The Rachael Sarra x Kmart Spirit Entwining Collection will be available in-store and online at www.kmart.com.au from Thursday 13 March 2025.

Last week our Managing Director, Ian Bailey joined Sydney Morning Herald/The Age's Jessica Yun on stage at the Australian Retailers Association’s Retail Leaders Forum to talk customer centricity. Putting our customer at the heart of everything we do is the Kmart way, and Ian took the audience through the journey we took to get here - changing our processes, shifting our attitudes and diving into the data and details to make customers our number one focus. A great discussion capturing over 15 years worth of insights from Ian.   Thank you to the Australian Retailers Association (ARA) team for putting on another great event. 

Incredibly proud to see our General Manager of Marketing Rennie Freer GAICD in this year's B&T CMO Power List. Rennie passionately drives our purpose of making everyday living brighter through all our customer touchpoints and is known for keeping the customer at the heart of everything she does. Congratulations Rennie!

Our hearts go out to those impacted by the recent devastating floods in North Queensland and thank those who have worked tirelessly to support the recovery efforts. Our Ingham and Fairfield Central Kmart stores came together to support the community during this incredibly difficult time. They donated bedding and clothing to the community with support of the local Salvation Army branch, who have been providing access to much-needed supplies now that a temporary bridge has been set up, allowing support vehicles to safely cross.   We are so grateful that all our team members are safe and our store is back trading in Ingham as the community begins to rebuild. A big call out to our Ingham store manager Megan Gardner and Fairfield Central store manager Tegan Oke who have shown incredible leadership in such challenging times. Our thoughts are with those in Northern Western Australia as they prepare for extreme weather.

As the Lunar New Year celebrations wrap up, we’re grateful for the opportunity to celebrate with our team members. This year, we welcomed the Year of the Snake, a symbol of wisdom, intuition and transformation – qualities that resonate deeply with our values. We had the honour of hosting a special performance by the Chinese Youth Society of Melbourne, which included a lion dance that featured one of our very own Kmart team members, Richard Nguyen, Inventory BI Specialist!   A special shout-out to our team members in Asia who are also celebrating the Lunar New Year. We’re proud to have such a diverse, global family that comes together to mark this special occasion.

Last Sunday, Kmart and Target Australia team members, along with friends and families, proudly joined the Midsumma Festival Pride March to celebrate the diversity of our people and show support for the LGBTQIA+ community. This year marked the 30th anniversary of the Midsumma Pride March – an event that continues to shine brightly, reminding us of the importance of unity and equality.

Thanks to the generosity of so many families across Australia and New Zealand, we’ve been able to have our biggest Kmart Wishing Tree Appeal to date – raising more than $10.3 million of value to the community in 2024.🎄✨🎁 We are truly blown away by the support of our communities, who have rallied together to make a real difference to families all around Australia and New Zealand this year - especially when it was a tough year for so many. As always, we’d like to say a huge thank you to our dedicated stores team members, our partners, The Salvation Army Australia and The Salvation Army New Zealand, Fiji, Tonga & Samoa and finally – our customers who helped make Christmas and the festive season brighter for those in need. 🙌    Special thanks to:  Anthony Albanese  The Hon. Peter Dutton MP  Adam Bandt MP  Richard Marles Milton Dick MP

Every year the Kmart Wishing Tree Appeal highlights the generosity of so many people within our local communities. Infinity Group Australia is one group in particular who have been giving generously to the Appeal for many years now, and in 2024 they once again rallied behind the Appeal with some incredible contributions - with the team not only contributing $40,000 worth of gifts towards the Appeal, but Graeme and Rebecca Holm also generously paying off the all the laybys in our Kmart Robina store in December. On behalf of Kmart, The Salvation Army Australia and the Robina community, we want to share our thanks to Infinity and all our corporate partners for brightening the lives of so many of their local community members.

Check out the highlights from our St Marys visit last week in support of our Kmart Wishing Tree Appeal and our charity partner The Salvation Army Australia. Today is the last day to give in store and online - check out our website on how you can contribute to those in need: https://lnkd.in/d_jei24h