Woolworths

• Collaborate with Buying teams to fulfil our customer commitment
• Hybrid working, office based at Norwest

• 12 month fixed term opportunity 
  
  

We are Big W and 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
Part of the Range and Better Buying team, this role is responsible for partnering across the commercial (buying) teams to deliver on refreshed category plans, improved financials through COGS negotiation support and driving strategic initiatives to deliver on our customer promise., Successful delivery in this role will be underpinned by effectively leveraging our data to create insights to inform and reshape our customer offer and drive growth, identifying and generating opportunities for value creation with suppliers.

This role is part of the Commercial Excellence function, newly created this year to enable our commercial teams to optimise commercial operations and drive revenue growth and profitability. On a day-to-day basis, you will be expected to:

• Partner with Category Managers, Merch Planners and other key stakeholders in the creation of data led insights, providing recommendations on category strategy and influencing cross functionally to land customer first results

• Develop our supplier engagement approach to maximise collaboration and value creation

• Identify category opportunities through structured analysis and problem solving across different areas; including customer behaviour, market trends, category performance, pricing, supplier dynamics

• Incorporate strategic insights from qualitative and quantitative consumer and category research into category strategy, with an articulation of available levers in supplier negotiation

• Supporting and influencing category teams in cost and supplier negotiations
  
  

What you’ll bring

• Commercially-savvy analyst with a track record of partnering to deliver high-impact initiatives 

• Strong communication skills with an ability to convey concepts to technical and non-technical people in a clear and unambiguous manner

• Clear and high calibre presentation of information (verbal and written) for our stakeholders

• Ability to simplify the complex, and break down problems in a structured manner

• Bachelor Degree in Business, Marketing, Finance or related subject or equal professional experience (1-3 year retail/ category analyst experience)

• Advanced Excel skills, SQL knowledge is a plus

• Previous experience as a commercial business analyst, category analyst or strategy analyst highly valued
  
  

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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