Eoi - Senior Network Planner

Join Australia's largest retailer working across multiple of our Group brands (Woolworths, Metro, WooliesX, Big W)
About Us
Here in Woolworths 360, we have exciting plans to continually develop our network of stores for our customers to ensure we continue to serve their evolving needs.
Our Network Planning team is instrumental in identifying and assessing opportunities for future network growth across Australia & New Zealand, with our core purpose to guide our business to prioritise new and renewal store investments that deliver the right space, in the right place, at the right time.
The Role
Our diverse, flexible working team apply their skills across multiple brands and retail types across Woolworths Group and partners. As a result of a team member's well-earned internal promotion, we are looking for a talented person with comprehensive Network/Location Planning experience to join our leadership team.
Reporting into one of our Network Planning Managers, you will use your experience, spatial analysis and storytelling skills to help inform our business on where to open new stores while considering where we should be expanding, replacing or renewing our existing network of stores.
You will be working closely with our DNA (Data, Network & Analytics) & Property teams, using the latest market trends, store / spatial data and models to develop our multi channel (instore / eCom) network for the future. As well as this, you will identify opportunities to deliver new formats that address market gaps and unlock eCommerce capacity for the future. You will also be supporting the development and delivery of our integrated points of presence plan (Woolworths Group multi-brand network location strategy).
A great opportunity for you to grow in your career, this role will challenge you to apply spatial data & GIS tools to develop and deliver a customer first, multi-brand network location strategy, and assess new / renewal store opportunities across the country.
In this role, key responsibilities will be:
Develop & share expertise across Woolworths Group, delivering the Network Planning Assessment Framework for priority Woolworths new store & renewal projects.
Support the development of our state network strategies and new space pipeline, utilising regional market, customer loyalty & industry activity data
Build and manage relationships across the business to enable collaboration within an agile working environment.
Collaborate with all business units e.g. Supermarkets, Metro, Endeavour Drinks partners, BIG W and WooliesX and New Zealand to help embed network location strategy, opportunity assessments and ways of working.
Identify and assess customer focused new market growth opportunities and provide market opportunity assessment studies (including sales & impacts forecasting), to inform investment decisions.
Apply GIS & associated spatial data analytics capability to develop action plans and strategies that solve complex business problems within our Food, Drinks, Online, & Convenience store network.
Apply network planning capability to enable data based decision making which informs Capex investment decisions and commercial deliverables within your region.
Forecast financial / non financial outcomes resulting from network changes and competitor impacts.
Will require in state site visits to inform site opportunity assessments (3-5 days per month) & regular interstate travel (1-3 days per month).
Who we're looking for
The suitable candidate will have:
We are looking for someone with experience of network or location planning and ambition to grow!
A passion for location analysis and new store site selection, with a strategic, analytical mindset that helps you to solve complex business
problems.
Previous experience forecasting new store sales (including eCommerce) for food, drinks and/ or general merchandise retailers using spatial data and GIS based tools (e.g. MapInfo).
Excellent time management and organisational skills with an ability to manage multiple tasks and work to tight deadlines.
Strong written and verbal communication and storytelling skills and an ability to work effectively within a team environment, within an Agile
organisational structure.
Degree or Postgraduate qualifications in Geography, Town planning, Economics, Commerce, Spatial Science, Statistics majors or similar
preferred (but not essential).
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
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.