Woolworths Supermarkets Hiring for Supplier Category Analyst at Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Full Time

Woolworths Group is a food and everyday needs retailer united by the shared purpose of creating better experiences together for a better tomorrow. With more than 1,400 stores across its Woolworths Supermarkets, Countdown Supermarkets (New Zealand) and BIG W brands, and fast-growing eCommerce businesses, Woolworths Group is Australia and New Zealand’s largest retailer. A top 10 company on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX), Woolworths Group employs more than 180,000 team members and serves more than 20 million customers a week.

Are you curious to understand customer behaviour and its links to commercial outcomes?

• Help grow Woolworth’s diverse range of supplier capability for a better tomorrow
• Leverage our customer & commercial data & insights
• Hybrid role with collaborative workspaces in Norwest & Surry Hills

About The Role

Our Supplier Capability team delivers continued improvement to enhance the engagement with our supplier network to be the most preferred retailer to partner with.

Together with the team, you will play a critical role as a key conduit between Woolworths Suppliers and Supermarket Commercial team. ing to the Supplier Capability Lead, you will inform our Supplier interactions to increase the volume of high-quality, effective Joint Category (Trade) Plans by leveraging our category data and customer insights & improving ways of working with our supplier networks.

Key Responsibilities

• Draw conclusions from commercial & customer data and insights to design and develop meaningful recommendations
• Analyse existing tools, processes, and capabilities to identify opportunities for innovation in applications and the use of data and decision-making for both Woolworths and Suppliers in BAU practices that help grow Woolworths and our diverse range of supplier capability.
• Identify the root causes of problems through structured problem-solving and diagnostic techniques
• Support the day-to-day operations, development, training, embedding, and quality management of the Supplier Connect Product portfolio and Joint Category (Trade) Planning processes
• Supports engagement of stakeholders across the Woolworths Group, Supermarkets Buying & Replenishment, Suppliers, and cross-functional teams to consult and collaborate together to strengthen ideas to work together to deliver outcomes

About You

• Proven experience & understanding of the category management process, and how data sources and analysis tools are used by suppliers & retailers
• Understands the retail industry and commercial processes of Woolworths and Suppliers
• Developed ability to interpret data and make recommendations and derive actionable insights for short and long-term strategies
• A good understanding of the retail industry and supplier/ FMCG / retailer processes
• Ability to present info in a clear and structured way tailored to the audience
• Success in engaging and influencing through relationships at all levels within a complex corporate environment
• Advanced Excel, Google Suite, PowerPoint
• Experience using agency tools for analysis e.g. Quantium, Nielsen
• Strong Communication skills

If you are a self-starter & curious about customer behavior & its links to commercial outcomes, you would like to hear from you.

We’re also social! – connect with us at #WOWcareers through LinkedIn #LI, Facebook, Instagram or via www.wowcareers.com.au #work180

Grow with the Group

As an inclusive, team-first company, our people are at the core of everything we do.

We care deeply about creating a workplace where our team members feel valued, respected and empowered. We are committed to providing equal opportunity regardless of gender identity, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation or life stage. We are proud to be recognised as a Gold Tier Employer in the Australian Workplace Equality Index for LGBTQ+ inclusion and as an Employer of Choice for Gender Equality by the Workplace Gender Equality Agency.

As our Group continues to evolve, innovate and support our communities, we encourage our team members to do the same with their own careers, by providing ongoing opportunities to grow and make a real difference.

We value flexibility, and encourage our team members to work in ways that meet their work/life commitments and support their wellbeing.

We work hard to create a safe and inclusive environment for all, and most importantly, we’re all about creating better experiences – for our customers and for each other.

We’d love to hear from You

If you meet a number of the requirements, but not all, we encourage you to submit your application. You can learn more about working with us on LinkedIn or via www.wowcareers.com.au. #LI #work180.

Our Talent Acquisition Team and Hiring Leaders kindly request no unsolicited resumes or approaches from Recruitment Agencies. Woolworths Group is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.