Woolworths

Senior Applied Analytics Scientist

• Champions AI adoption, explores generative AI, and develops best-in-class methodologies.

• Ponsonby and Favona Support Offices with hybrid working (3 days in the office.

• Drive strategic decisions through actionable Insights

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.

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 AI and Insights to reimagine retail.

Through this partnership, the wiq team harnesses the best of Woolworths Group and Quantium data science and analytics talent to reimagine retail by solving the most complex problems using AI 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.

The purpose of the wiqNZ team is to unlock the power of data 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. 

What you’ll do: 

Bridge the gap between data and business strategy by addressing and solving specific business problems by leveraging a wide array of available tools and models. DrivING  significant business value by translating complex business problems into advanced analytics solutions, with a strong focus on helping the business to apply AI into actionable insights. 

Play a critical role in accelerating our transformation, fostering collaboration with wiqAU, and continuing empowering data-driven decisions, and demonstrating the value of our analytics work.

• Stakeholder Collaboration & Problem Definition: Engage proactively with business to understand their objectives, operational challenges, and key performance indicators. Ability to translate ambiguous business questions into well-defined, data-addressable problem statements and analytical requirements.

• Business Acumen & Communication: Demonstrate strong business acumen to translate business needs into analytical solutions and effectively communicate complex findings to non-technical audiences.  

• Data Acquisition & Preparation: Identify, gather, and integrate data from internal and external sources. Perform thorough data cleaning, validation, and transformation to ensure data quality and reliability, for analysis. Conduct exploratory data analysis (EDA) to understand data structure, identify patterns, and formulate initial hypotheses.

• Analytical & Modeling Expertise:  Apply a range of statistical methods (e.g., hypothesis testing, regression analysis, time series analysis) and foundational machine learning algorithms (e.g., clustering, classification, decision trees) to analyse data, identify significant trends, patterns, correlations, and causal relationships relevant to the defined business problem. 

• Insight Generation & Recommendation: Distill complex analytical results into clear, concise, and actionable insights that directly address the business questions. Develop evidence-based recommendations for action, outlining potential benefits, risks, and implementation considerations.

• Communication & Visualisation: Create compelling data stories to effectively communicate findings and recommendations to non-technical audiences, including senior leadership. Prepare compelling presentations.

• Collaboration & Leadership: Collaborate with cross-functional teams, provides guidance to analysts, and contributes to a culture of collaboration and innovation. Provide guidance and support on analytical methodologies and techniques to Analysts.

What you’ll bring:

Intellectual curiosity, strong attention to detail, and a results-oriented mindset focused on delivering tangible business value.

• Proficiency in SQL and Python for data extraction, transformation, and aggregation (DBT experience is a plus).

• Proficiency in a data analysis programming language (e.g., Python with Pandas, NumPy, Scikit-learn).

• Solid understanding of core statistical concepts (probability, distributions, inference, experimental design) and machine learning algorithms.

• Proficiency in data visualisation tools (e.g., Tableau, Looker).

• Ability to perform data discovery, quality assessment, and transformation.

• Ability to select appropriate analytical and modeling methods.

What you’ll experience:

• A global business with endless career possibilities around every corner and across every discipline – with valuable exposure to a vast and exciting business network.

• 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.

• 12 weeks paid parental leave for primary caregivers plus paid superannuation for up to 12 months while the Team Member is on parental leave - eligible from the first day of employment.

• 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 

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.

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. 

Woolworths Group is an inclusive, team-first company and we value all skills and experiences. If you meet some, but not all of the requirements, we encourage you to submit your application.