Range Optimisation Analyst

Play a leading role in tailoring our product offering to every community across Australia
- Be an advocate for the use of customer-focused data and insights in the business Multiple opportunities available (permanent full time & fixed term full time contract)

**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
The purpose of the Range Optimisation team is to partner with our Commercial Team to category strategies and achieve the best product range outcomes for our customers, i.e. bring the foods our customers like & want. You will have the opportunity to work on one of the biggest strategic initiatives within the Woolworths business - to deliver a differentiated offer for our customers, leveraging our data and insights to inform how we make physical range and space decisions.

The focus of this role is twofold:

- Detailed analysis of our product and store trading patterns to identify opportunities to improve our offer through utilising and developing current and future tools, and continuously identify how we can improve the efficiencies of these capabilities to produce these insights. You will work closely with the Commercial, Planning, and Analyst teams and ultimately provide frontline analysis to enable great customer outcomes through our product/category range reviews. Leveraging our industry-leading new capability that produces store-specific ranges and helps pave the way for new processes moving forward.

In addition to this, you will:

- Identify key strategic priorities for our range optimisation program using quantitative and qualitative research
- Work with Category Managers, Planogram Planners, and Merchandise Managers to provide category range recommendations
- Use analytical tools to drive continuous improvement and evolve the ranging process in line with the company’s strategic objectives
- Support the development and rollout of new tools and processes within Food Group Produce data & reporting, alongside creating and sharing high quality insights and presentations

**What you’ll bring
**You are currently an experienced Analyst with a passion for customer insights who is looking to take on a new challenge that requires expertise in driving and delivering results. In addition to being technically proficient, you will have the ability to negotiate and influence cross-functional stakeholders.
- Experience in interpreting data and deriving actionable insights to make recommendations for commercial strategies. You are a critical thinker who is able to adapt to new situations, and know-how to maximise value even with limited information and inputs.
- Structured problem-solving skills and logical thought process
- Experience in commercial or retail is beneficial, but not strictly required.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- A results-oriented & agile mindset
- Strong Excel proficiency required SQL knowledge preferred**What you’ll experience
- Our Team Members are at the heart of everything we do and we’re always looking for ways to support your career journey and reward great work:

- A progressive and flexible ‘work from anywhere’ policy that gives you more control over your work, life and wellbeing.
- 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.
- A global business with endless career possibilities around every corner and across every discipline - with valuable exposure to a vast and exciting business network.
- High impact role supporting our teams who enrich our communities.
- A range of programs to help you prioritise and manage your wellbeing, including 24/7 access to the Sonder app. A progressive and competitive leave policy that gives you more space for what matters to you.**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