Woolworths

Merchandising Analyst - Sydney

• Build great category knowledge and data skills across commercial streams

• Join a strong team that supports growth and career development

• Permanent opportunity available, hybrid working based in Norwest, Sydney

We are Woolworths Group

We are Woolworths Group. 200,000+ bright minds, passionate hearts and unique perspectives connected by a shared Purpose – ‘to create better experiences together for a better tomorrow.’ It’s that Purpose that fuels our ambition to explore new ideas, make brave commitments and innovate better ways to meet the food and everyday needs of more than 24 million customers every week. 

If you’re excited to turn today’s blue sky thinking into a better tomorrow for future generations, you’ll find yourself supported and enriched in a dynamic, inclusive and empowering workplace that reflects the diverse communities we serve. With a culture of genuine care, a flexible approach to work and opportunities across the group to grow your career and make a meaningful impact, the possibilities for what we can achieve together are endless.

What you’ll do

Working as part of a highly innovative and collaborative team, the Merchandising Analyst supports the end to end creation of tailored merchandising strategies while understanding the impact on range and using data/insights to influence commercial opportunities.

• Leading the merchandising vision and  strategy for categories with a focus on our merchandising guidelines

• Co-creation with key strategic partners across commercial and Merchandising & Customer Value (ie: Macro, Category Development) to deliver against our key strategic priorities 

• Partnering with the Merchandising Optimisation teams to leverage technology within space optimisation, specifically through Planogram Generator

• Providing key analysis for strategic projects and categories that aims to improve customer shopping experience and store operational productivity  

• Using available data, demonstrating strong analytical rigour, to identify opportunities and provide meaningful recommendations to our buying partners that will improve our customer experiences and commercial strategy

What you’ll bring

• A minimum of 3 years experience in relevant roles (eg: merchandising specialist, category analyst, category executive, sales analyst, account executive, space planner) - OR a Bachelor Degree in Business, Marketing, Finance or related subject or equal professional experience (FMCG desirable)

• Passionate about a great customer experience and stores. Curious to understand customer behaviour and its links to commercial and space optimisation outcomes

• Attention to detail and result-oriented mindset with strong governance and validation of all planograms

• Clear analytical thinking, with capability of breaking information into component parts, patterns and relationships

• Capable of interpreting data through the use of Google & Microsoft suites (SQL & GCP desirable) to provide actionable insights and recommendations

• Experience in SAP and Blue Yonder (JDA) Space Planning with exposure to PG is desirable

• A track record in demonstrating a proactive stakeholder management and networking

What you’ll experience

• A global business with endless career possibilities around every corner and across every discipline – with valuable exposure to a vast and exciting business network.

• Access to Sonder.  Sonder provides free confidential 24/7 personalised financial, medical safety, psychological or physical support for team members and their families.

• A progressive and competitive leave policy that gives you more space for what matters to you.  

• Team discounts across our range of Woolworths Group brands you know and love and a robust rewards program that celebrates and incentivises purpose-driven work.

• Opportunity to Salary Sacrifice, enabling team members to purchase selected eligible items or services from pre-tax salary.  Can be used for novated leases, superannuation contributions, Qantas Club membership, computing devices etc.

Everyone belongs at Woolworths Group

Diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging are key to realising our purpose of better together for a better tomorrow. We recognise the value our team’s diversity brings to our business, customers, and communities and that teams with diverse experiences and backgrounds enrich our group and are better able to innovate and solve problems. As one of the largest employers in Australia and New Zealand, we aim to create a truly inclusive workplace where everyone feels that they belong, can be their best selves, and reach their full potential.

We encourage all candidates to apply; please let us know in your application if we can support you with any adjustments in the hiring process.

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