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We are Woolworths Group. 200,000+ bright minds, passionate hearts, and unique perspectives across Australia and New Zealand. Connected by a shared Purpose - 'to create better experiences together for a better tomorrow'. That Purpose 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. 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.
- Key role where you’ll make a tangible difference
- Senior level career opportunity-mentor and build capability
- Strategic input to advance our range and space ambitions
- End of January 2025 start, maternity leave cover
Please note that the Woolworths support office is closed for the festive season from 21 December 2024. We will return on Monday 6 January 2025 and will review your application after this date.
Ready to make an impact? We are!
We have a great opportunity to join within our Micro Space team as a Micro Space Analyst, in a fixed term capacity, covering a maternity leave We are looking for someone who will support the increasing complexity and demanding requirements inherent within the fast evolving Group range and space ecosystem and our Next Generation Ranging ambitions. This includes the transition towards a fully data led optimisation tool kit and store specific curated ranges - “what good looks like” in terms of how we execute excellence in Micro Space planning and performance. Mentor and support the wider team to deliver great outcomes and build capability.
About the Role | Mō te Tūranga
This role will require someone with advanced technical skills, who also demonstrates curiosity, excellent communication and influencing skills, paired with the drive to continually improve our customer's shopping experience. You will be engaging with stakeholders across the Range & Space and Merchandise teams to understand and execute the strategic direction of each category.
Your new role offers excellent exposure to retailing principles, with some of your key accountabilities and skill development also including:
- Training, Mentoring and coaching of Micro Space Analysts through their early category reviews
- Continue to deliver plans for Project stores, ERCs and NPDs as required, focussing on the more complex of plans to problem solve
- Analysing and deciding on space for category placement while maintaining the product range of stores across all categories
- Maintain and provide analysis and data to demonstrate improvements
- Deliver insight and performance reporting
About You | Mōu
If you are a highly organised individual, with a strong customer focus and exceptional analytical skills then this role is for you. Complimenting your strong coaching experience, you’ll also possess:
- Experience in Blue Yonder (or similar space planning tool) and Excel/Google Sheets
- Ability to translate our company strategies into visual layouts
- A keen eye for detail along with the ability to work to deadlines.
- Great problem solving ability & excellent time management
- Excellent team working abilities and resilience to work under tight time frames
Working with Woolworths NZ | Me mahi tahi tatou ki Woolworths NZ
Our purpose is to make Kiwis' lives a little better every day.
We’re friendly, down-to-earth, and energetic - we work hard but we have a great time doing it, and we love what we do. There is plenty of scope for new ideas, lots of room for you to add value, and importantly, you’ll be working with a business that touches the lives of three million New Zealanders a week. We offer a diverse range of career opportunities across our ecosystem.
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Come as you are | Nau mai, whakatau mai
We’re an equal opportunity employer and are committed to the principle of equal opportunity for all.
If you’re smart and good at what you do, let’s work together | Me mahi tahi tatou
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.
