Sales Planning Analyst

Sales Planning Analyst - Sydney

• Hybrid working arrangements with collaborative workspaces in Norwest, Bella Vista Location
• Opportunity to collaborate with some of the brightest and best minds in Australia
• Work with a team that supports growth and career development

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.
Welcome to Group Enablement
Our Group Enablement Teams are the Technology, Business Enablement, Value Chain and Replenishment experts developing new capabilities and platforms for a better retail future. We're the crucial link between our stores and the stock they need, the IT engine moving our business forward, the strategic connectors streamlining the way we work, and the forward thinkers using tech to transform the retail experience. Uniting cutting edge technology, data and retail smarts, you'll work behind the scenes, in the margins and across every corner of the business - to uplift our capability, amplify our collective impacts and revolutionise the customer experience.
What you'll do
As a Sales Planning Analyst, you will be responsible for ensuring that store sales forecasts accurately predict the purchasing behaviours of customers. You will proactively manage sales forecasts to ensure that all future events and seasonality impacts are accounted for, making certain that forecasting methodologies are expertly applied. The Sales Planning Analyst plays a key part in influencing sales and operational outcomes for Australia.

• Accurately maintain weekly forecasts on products at a store level, across multiple divisions, using forecasting methodologies
• Using available data, provide actionable insights within the forecasting systems, for major events, promotions, and seasonality
• Support stores and customers, by investigating the unavailability of stock at the store level
• Provide detailed and clear insights to assist queries from various stakeholders within the business

What you'll bring

• Excellent communication skills and an ability to work with and manage a wide variety of stakeholders
• Experience working with various software systems such as SAP & JDA products along with technical systems skills (e.g. SQL coding language, or other coding languages, experience working with algorithms) or capability to learn some of these
• Be a great communicator
• Have a strong understanding of customer behaviour & Retail, Supply chain, or FMCG or has a very keen interest or aptitude to learn

What you'll experience
We embrace diversity of thought and love to take on challenges with a pragmatic and innovative approach. Our culture thrives on mutual respect, care, curiosity, openness, and a proactive attitude. We continually seek ways to pair, collaborate, support, and learn from each other as a team!

• 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
• A progressive and flexible 'work from anywhere' policy that gives you the opportunity to harmonise work, life and your wellbeing
• Parental Leave provisions and various leave types, including but not limited to Study Leave and Sports Representation Leave

• Applications for this role will close at midnight on Sunday 17th March 2024.

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 solve problems. As one of the largest employers in Australia and New Zealand, we aim to create a truly inclusive workplace where everyone feels that they belong, can be their best selves, and reach their full potential.
We encourage all candidates to apply; please let us know in your application if we can support you with any adjustments in the hiring process. #work180 #LI #LI-Hybrid