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.

Develop and maintain our network planning data, tools and capabilities

12 Month Fixed-Term Contract

Either Sydney or Melbourne based with flexible working

Team member discounts at all of Woolworths businesses

About Us

The Woolworths Format & Network Development Team is a national team of over 650 people, responsible for developing retail stores of the future. We’re construction people, facilities and asset management people. We’re planning & commercial people. We’re architects and sustainability people. We’re network planners, data analysts, refrigeration and air conditioning people. We are operations and training people. Together, we’re doing our part to bring fresh food and great experiences to our customers everyday. 

We design through creating technology-led, retail store formats that are purpose built for our customers and teams. We innovate by focusing on sustainable energy management, technology, and working with our suppliers, service providers and operations teams to move towards a healthier planet. We maintain all aspects of our supermarkets stores through having highly specialised, skilled team members across all trades. Every choice we make is designed with our customers and teams at the heart.

The Role

Our Network Planning Team’s core purpose is to guide our business to renew & deliver the right space, in the right place, at the right time. Our team works across multiple brands and retail types and our service offering continues to grow. As a result of this growth, we require a Data & Insights Analyst to help develop our integrated points of presence plan (multi-brand network location strategy). 

As a Data & Insights Analyst you will assist in the development and maintenance of the tools and data assets that inform our location strategy and new store assessment process. You will solve complex business problems using data and insights solutions. Utilising customer loyalty data and other data assets to develop spatial tools, models and frameworks for the Network Planning team to apply and solve problems. In addition, you will be tasked with collating and organising large datasets to tell clear and effective stories to stakeholders based on your insights.  You will also work with our state format, property and marketing teams to forecast and report on external retail activity to guide our customer retention program.

This role can be based in either Sydney or Melbourne and we operate in a progressive, flexible environment with a combination of working from home and office based working. 

Key responsibilities will be:

Working within an agile environment to deliver solutions to complex problems using your data and analytics skills

Data asset management and development to enable reporting and tracking of our store network location strategy, retail market activity, and customer loyalty 

Process and interpret big datasets to derive actionable insights

Use your excellent communication and storytelling skills to share insights with stakeholders

Develop reporting dashboard capabilities

Maintaining and building robust analytical tools to assist Network Planning forecasts

Building and managing relationships across the Network Planning team and wider business to enable collaboration

Successful Candidate will have:

High level understanding of SQL and Excel 

Experience in database development, data querying / manipulation and data governance in SQL databases

In addition skills in Google Cloud Platform, Python or with Spatial Analytics highly regarded

A strategic, analytical mindset to solve complex problems by developing insights from data

Ability to create impactful slide decks in Google Slides or Powerpoint

Excellent storytelling skills to communicate insights to key stakeholders within the business

Well developed technical experience building and maintaining tools and reports

Excellent time management and organisational skills with an ability to manage multiple tasks and work to tight deadlines across an agile organisational structure

Strong stakeholder engagement and collaboration skills to encourage understanding of the solutions we’re building 

Tertiary study in a related area (Data Science, Geography, Spatial Science/GIS, Economics or Mathematics) an advantage 

Why you’ll love it here

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

An attractive remuneration package

Team member discounts at all of Woolworths businesses

The opportunity to collaborate with some of the brightest and best minds in Australia across our brands

Flexible work arrangements to support you to thrive. Unsure if this role will be right for you based on your flexibility or work life balance requirements? We encourage you to apply and let’s chat through the recruitment process about how we can support your work life balance. 

Applications close - Sunday 6th March

If this sounds like you and you want to be part of one of the most exciting journeys in Australian retail, apply now!

We value diversity and aim to create a vibrant and inclusive workforce that reflects the communities we serve. If you meet a number of the requirements (and not all), we encourage you to submit your application.

Grow with the Group

Woolworths Group has announced it will be requiring Australian team members to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 (subject to medical and religious exemptions).

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.