We are Woolworths Group


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.


Welcome to WIQ


We 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 do


The purpose of the wiq NZ team is to unlock the power of data to imagine retail, which contributes to making Kiwis’ lives a little better every day. We're seeking a highly technical and commercially-minded Analytics Lead to drive the progress of our Next Gen tools as they become an ongoing and highly valuable feature of our commercial operations. As a key member of the wiq NZ team, you will work closely with the WWNZ Commercial leadership team, as well as wiq (analytics) leads globally (AU and India). You'll harness your advanced Excel, SQL and Python expertise to empower a squad of technical analysts to deliver high-impact analytical solutions.


As the Analytics Lead, you will be managing the day to day workload of a highly technical analytics delivery squad. You are responsible for the delivery of all projects across the squad, the execution of BAU Analytics as well as ensuring urgent and important requests are responded to in a timely manner.

• Oversee data pipeline refreshes and implement minor continuous improvement updates using DBT.
  
• Maintain and enhance our business-facing toolkits (Excel front-end, SQL/Python backend), including daily and ongoing tool updates / releases.
  
• Refresh and manage tool outcome / benefits trackers to ensure accurate and up-to-date information.
  
• Debug and resolve tooling issues, making strategic decisions on implementing hot fixes versus longer-term solutions.
  
• Monitor the tool inboxes, respond to and triage business stakeholder queries and communicate tool updates to the business
  
• Raise data-related concerns with data governance and data teams to ensure data quality and integrity.
  
  

What you'll bring


You can think creatively, critically and thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic culture. Your stakeholder management skills are exceptional and you don't shy away from conversations with senior business leaders. Your mature and likeable demeanour will allow you to influence, guide, and deliver the direction to the team. You will bring a wealth of experience working in analytics, ideally you have experience working in an agile environment and be able to demonstrate your strong leadership skills. You will have strong experience in delivering analytics projects and initiatives.


You will have a relevant tertiary degree and be looking to take a step up to a leadership position. Ideally you will be familiar with JIRA, Confluence and Project Management tools.


This is an opportunity to make your mark as an inspiring coach influencing at the highest levels. If you take joy in the success of others and bring to life the world of data science, you will love this role!


What you’ll experience


Our 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 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.