**Pricing Analyst - Cost Assessment & Management
- Play an instrumental role in defining a pricing, cost and promotions culture that supports Woolworths wider strategic agenda
- True hybrid working with collaborative workspaces in Surry Hills & Bella Vista
**About Us
The Pricing & Customer Value team business partners within the Buying division of Supermarkets, Woolworths Food Company, Finance, IT & Strategy teams. As a team, we support the optimisation of pricing opportunities for the Woolworths Supermarkets division with a strong focus on building continued price trust with our customers and maintaining Woolworths' competitiveness in the market.
We are a part of an ever-changing & evolving environment & a team who pride themselves on being trusted business partners to a wide group of stakeholders and is strongly connected to the development and delivery of the strategic direction of the business.
**About the Role
As a Pricing Analyst, you will play a key role in the COGs team, partnering with the commercial teams to analyse and interpret cost increase submissions from suppliers to deliver the best possible financial outcomes for our customers and our business. It will provide exposure to senior commercial forums and insights into the commercial negotiation process. Your recommendations will focus on building continued price trust with our customers and maintaining Woolworths' competitiveness in the market.
Some responsibilities will include:
- Framing problems, gathering, and analysing complex data, and developing insights and recommendations to support the PCV team's mandate within the business
- Becoming a trusted advisor to the Buying team, by injecting analytical rigour and innovative thinking into the issues the business faces, and proactively finding and landing opportunities to add value
- Scoping, developing, and maintaining various solutions for the business, including models, reports, and dashboards
- Contributing to the knowledge environment within the Pricing & Customer Value team and the broader Buying team, including training team members and business partners in new concepts and solutions
- Fostering a culture of continuous improvement and innovation
**Our Offer**
- Attractive remuneration package - including base salary, super and annual bonus
- Added benefits - including staff discounts, flexibility to work from different sites, healthcare, social club, and much more
- Tech options - Woolworths is the largest employer of Google Apps in Australia, are early adopters of Agile, and have Bring Your Own Device options too
- Work variety - the opportunity to work on multiple brands and sizeable projects
- Training and education - we pride ourselves on helping you realise your potential and giving you the opportunity to be innovative
- We work in Google Cloud Platform (GCP) using SQL, Google Sheets, Excel, Tableau
**About you
You are currently an experienced & highly motivated Assistant Category Manager, Sales Planning Analyst, or Finance Analyst looking to further develop your career within the Woolworths Buying Team. You share our customer-first, and team-first culture, and enjoy influencing stakeholders and peers on alternative methodologies and strategies that may not be the norm within the business.
You are a strategic and commercial thinker, a strong business partner, demonstrate personal effectiveness, and have an agile & growth mindset.
**You will also have:
Minimum of 3 years experience in a pricing, finance or commercial role, preferably in fast-paced retail or FMCG environment:
- Ability to manage large data sets and develop complex analyses
- Ability to draw on data and analyses to develop actionable insights and recommendations
- Proficiency in MS Excel / Google Sheets and MS Powerpoint / Google Slides
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, and ability to establish and maintain strong partnerships with stakeholders
- Ability to prioritise, deliver to tight deadlines and thrive in a challenging environment
- "Can do" attitude in the face of challenges
- Aptitude for learning, having the ability and willingness to learn quickly.
**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 tha