Woolworths

• Permanent Opportunity
• Melbourne location
• Partner with leadership to drive real business improvements

Welcome to Primary Connect 

Primary Connect is the most extensive food and retail supply chain network in Australia and New Zealand. Our 10,000-strong team are an essential part of the expansive Woolworths Group, which encompasses Woolworths Supermarkets and Metro stores, BIG W, Quantium, and more. With us, your possibilities are not limited to a single opportunity. 

We’re delivering to more than 3,000 retail stores every day (stores like Woolworths, BIG W, Dan Murphy’s, and BWS), but at Primary Connect, we’re more than just a supply chain business. We’re a big team, but every individual plays a pivotal role and leaves a distinctive impact. 

Our extensive reach opens up boundless opportunities for learning, growth, and professional

development. By raising your hand, fostering relationships, and seizing the moment, you can take control of your own unique path.

Endless possibilities with Woolworths Group

We’re a proud part of the Woolworths Group – 200,000+ bright minds, passionate hearts and unique perspectives working together connected by a shared Purpose – ‘to create better experiences together for a better tomorrow.’ 

Here you’ll be supported and empowered 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. Backed by a culture of genuine care, a flexible approach to work and the support to grow your career and make a meaningful impact, the possibilities for what we can achieve together are endless.

The Opportunity

Partner with the State and Site Leadership team at our Distribution Centres, to generate analysis, insights, and provide recommendations to understand and improve the overall operation.  Deliver timely and accurate reporting, forecasting, budgeting, and financial education and guidance.  Work collaboratively with other Senior Business Analysts and Business Analysts across the network to simplify, align and improve processes. Partner closely with the National Optimisation, Operations Excellence and Benefits and Investments teams to support the implementation of continuous improvement and project activities. 

What you’ll do

• Business Reporting & Analysis: Produce and analyse weekly, monthly, and quarterly financial reports for various teams, including ad-hoc requests.
• Financial Guidance & Coaching: Advise and coach leadership and operations teams on financial performance, cost-to-serve, and decision-making.
• Performance Forecasting & Budgeting: Lead accurate forecasting for cost centres and collaborate on annual operating plans and budgets.
• Continuous Improvement: Drive initiatives to standardise and automate financial processes, seeking "best-in-class" solutions.
• Stakeholder Alignment & Communication: Ensure strong alignment across departments and effectively communicate financial results and insights to leadership.
• Data Integrity: Maintain the integrity and accuracy of all financial data and insights used for reporting and analysis.

What you’ll bring

• Extensive and proven experience in a financial or commercial analyst role/Finance Business Partner role.
• Finance or business related degree and/or working towards a professional qualification.
• A solid understanding of supply chain operations.
• Proven ability to communicate complex financial information to a broad audience; able to make the complex simple.
• Demonstrated achievements in analytical and conceptual finance with experience in financial, variance, and forecasting analysis.
• Experience with SAP, TM1, GCP, IPA, Tableau and other data visualisation tools and financial systems in a commercial environment.

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.