Category Development Analyst

1 week ago

Bella Vista, New South Wales, Australia Woolworths Full time

About Woolworths Group


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.

**Category Development Analyst - 12 Months
**About the Role

We seek to give our customers a great shopping experience both in-store and online, making sure they can always 'get their Woolies worth' as they shop for the freshest foods, a curated range of products that makes sense to their community along with healthier and sustainable options.

The Category Development Team is responsible for partnering with Category Managers to deliver a differentiated & tailored product offer for our customers, leveraging our data and insights to inform our supermarket's strategy and product-ranging decisions.

We currently have two permanent opportunities for motivated and experienced Category Development Analysts to join the team.

Your main responsibility is the delivery of customer-focused category plans and range reviews for our Category Managers, driving continuous improvement while providing analytical support including developing business improvement opportunities and generating proactive & actionable insights.


Key responsibilities will include:

  • Identify key strategic priorities for categories in category plans and range reviews using quantitative and qualitative research
  • Partner with Category Managers to provide recommendations on strategy and ranging
  • Driving change with crossfunctional squads on strategic growth areas to land a customerfirst outcome
  • Use analytical tools to drive insights; including category and customer segmentation, clustering, commercial investment calculations
  • Demonstrating continuous improvement and evolving category development process in line with the company's strategic objectives

About You


With a strong understanding of retail through experience as a
Retailer, Supplier, or Consultant with one of the leading Consultancy firms, you will bring to the role a track record in demonstrating stakeholder management and influencing skills, alongside strong analytical skills and high attention to detail.

To be successful in this role, you will demonstrate the following qualities, skills, and experience:

  • Strong analytical skills and high attention to detail
  • Be able to interpret data and make recommendations and derive actionable insights for short and longterm strategies
  • An obsession for customers with a passion to solve problems in ways our customers will love
  • Understanding of business implications of range & space strategy recommendations, including commercial & operational impacts
  • A track record in demonstrating stakeholder management and influencing skills
  • Strong visual, verbal, and written communication skills; comfortable presenting
  • Advanced Excel functions e.g. pivot tables, formulas, and conditional formatting
  • Experience using agency tools for analysis e.g. Quantium, Nielsen, Mintel
  • Demonstrated experience working to tight deadlines on delivering projects
**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
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.

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