Aug 7, 2026 – 11.36amColes chief executive Leah Weckert has confirmed the company will outsource jobs to India through consultancy Accenture, telling staff in an email the project would unlock more time for local team members to focus on delivering a better service to customers while acknowledging there would be redundancies.The email was sent on Friday morning after The Australian Financial Review revealed the supermarket giant was working on shifting up to 1000 back office positions to India through the global consulting giant, although some roles would be handled by Accenture in Australia.Subscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Fetching latest articles