Strategic Analytics Manager

Job title: Strategic Analytics Manager

Company: Woolworths Group


Job description:

• Product management role in our Analytics & Insights practice
• A collaborative partnership and trusted advisor role to senior business leaders
• Leads a cross functional analytics squad to solve high impact problems.

We are Woolworths GroupWe 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.Welcome to WIQWe strive to create better experiences together for a better tomorrow for our customers and team, bringing the best of Woolworths Group and Quantium together to make data driven decisions. By partnering with Quantium, a world-class data science and advanced analytics business we’re excited about the future as we unlock the power of data to reimagine retail.
Through this partnership, we’ve created a new business called wiq who will harness the best of Woolworths Group and Quantium to reimagine retail by solving the most complex problems using data and analytics. As a team, we leverage Agile ways of working to help our team develop their skills while also making sure our team is focusing on solving the most complex problems for both our customers and team.What you’ll doThe purpose of the wiqNZ team is to unlock the power of insights to imagine retail, which contributes to making Kiwis’ lives a little better every day. We work closely with all WWNZ business units, as well as with the broader wiq team.As the Strategic Analytics Manager you will lead the analytics strategy for a functional domain within the WWNZ business. You will own the relationship with the business to identify opportunities for strategic and high value analytics solutions and to support a squad of analysts to deliver value through analytics and decision-making tools.This role is ideal for a Commercial strategy leader with a passion for data / analytics or an Analytics professional who has experience in driving commercial strategic outcomes, who is looking for career pathways into Commercial, Analytics or Strategy leadership roles.Key Responsibilities:

• Strategic Partnership & Value Creation: Establish yourself as a trusted advisor to stakeholders, understanding their business challenges, commercial drivers and strategic priorities and translating them into actionable analytical products that can be used to drive measurable business outcomes
• Stakeholder Management & Collaboration: Proactively manage expectations and competing priorities ensuring clear communication and alignment.
• Analytics Leadership: Guide cross-functional teams in the development and delivery of analytics solutions.
• Mentorship & Knowledge Sharing: Empower the squad with business acumen, strategic thinking, and data storytelling skills to enhance their impact.
• Be an active member of the wiqNZ leadership team: Proactively lead cross-team transformational projects, and contribute to the wiqNZ direction

What you’ll bringStrategic

• Thinking: experience in translating business strategy into impactful analytics products.
• Analytical mindset: the ability to articulate complex data insights in a compelling and actionable manner.
• Effective Communication & Influence: strong interpersonal skills to collaborate and engage stakeholders at all levels.
• Results-Driven & Proactive: a passion for delivering value through data-driven insights.
• Product Management and Agile Methodologies Expertise: proven track record in ensuring efficient delivery of analytics solutions.

What you’ll experienceOur Team Members are at the heart of everything we do and we’re always looking for ways to support your career journey and reward great work:

• A progressive and flexible ‘work from anywhere’ policy that gives you more control over your work, life and wellbeing.
• 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.
• Exposure to senior business leaders and valuable experience to grow your career in surprising ways.
• A range of programs to help you prioritise and manage your wellbeing, including 24/7 access to the Sonder app.
• A progressive and competitive leave policy that gives you more space for what matters to you.

Everyone belongs at Woolworths GroupDiversity, 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.

Expected salary:

Location: New Zealand

Job date: Tue, 04 Feb 2025 05:52:03 GMT

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