Forecast Analyst

**Forecast Analyst | Norwest**

At BIG W everyday’s a big day. For you, this could be the start of something big. There are over 15,000 of us, in the biggest cities and the tiniest towns. And each of us has an important role to play to help make a real difference for families by providing real value, real solutions and real care. If you have a passion for designing and delivering great customer experiences; a desire to join BIG W's journey to become a purpose led digital retailer enabled by a great store network; and if you’re looking for a place to grow your career, we could be just for you

**About The Role**

In your new role as Forecast Analyst you will be responsible for bringing the BIG W Purpose to life by providing analysis and predictions for all products in store to contribute to the development, testing and execution of business strategies that will drive continuous improvement on Sales, Profit, Customer and Brand advocacy. This is a full-time permanent opportunity.

Together with demonstrated success in a similar role we are seeking the following skills and experience:

- Use analysis and insight to accurately predict the purchasing behaviour of customers to support business objectives
- Ensure dataset accurately captures future events and seasonality impacts to be accurately reflected through BIG W forecasting systems
- Determining forecast methodologies to accurately predict weekly company sales for all products
- Contributing to the development, testing and execution of business strategies that will drive continuous improvement

**About You**

You are a curious individual who always looks at ways of improving and makes the complicated simple. Your focus on the customer is always at the forefront of mind.

You will bring to the role the following knowledge, skills and experience:

- Experience in retail preferred
- Strong analytical problem solving and/or Forecasting
- Relationship building skills with facilitation, influencing and negotiation skills
- Organising data and drawing insights & recommendations

**Why you’ll love it here**

In addition to this exciting role, these are some of the benefits we offer:

- Hybrid working arrangements that will help you thrive
- An attractive remuneration package including base + super
- Be led and work with incredible leaders
- The opportunity to collaborate with some of the brightest and best minds in Australia across BIG W and Woolworths
- An exciting career - as our business grows, so do the opportunities for our people
- Team member discounts across all of our brands including Woolworths insurances

**Joining the Group
As part of the wider Woolworths Group, 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.

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