Analyst

Blackmores Group; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Discounted products

Mental health support

Sonder assistance program

Job summary

Blackmores Group is seeking an Analyst – New Business & Market Entry to deliver high-quality research supporting new market entry decisions. You will work with Marketing, Commercial, Product and Finance to translate market data into actionable insights for growth opportunities.

Based in Sydney, you will spend three days per week in Surry Hills and two days from home, collaborating across APAC and global stakeholders while developing evidence-based recommendations and strategic plans.

Qualifications

• Bachelor degree in Business, Marketing, Economics or related discipline.
• 2–5 years in research, insights, consulting, strategy or analytical role with multi-country ops.
• Experience with quantitative research methodologies.
• Advanced proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint; data visualization capabilities.
• Ability to source insights from alternative data sources and work across APAC.

Responsibilities

• Conduct structured analysis of new business opportunities, including market size, growth potential, segmentation and key market drivers.
• Identify emerging market trends and assess their implications for opportunities.
• Support prioritisation of opportunities using strategic and commercial criteria.
• Analyse competitive environments, including key competitors, product portfolios, pricing models and channel strategies.
• Identify sources of competitive advantage, market gaps and white space.
• Monitor changes in competitor activity, customer behaviour and market dynamics.
• Support primary and secondary research to understand consumer needs and behaviours.
• Develop consumer and customer insights to shape market-entry plans and launch strategies.
• Prepare high-quality reports, presentations and recommendations for internal stakeholders.
• Present complex findings clearly to support milestones and decisions.
• Build relationships across cross-functional teams and align research with timelines.
• Identify risks, assumptions and commercial implications throughout process.
• Contribute to improving research practices and frameworks.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Critical thinking

Excel

PowerPoint

Power BI

Tableau

Stakeholder engagement

Education

Bachelors in Business/Marketing/Economics

Tools

Tableau

Power BI

Job description

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The Opportunity

The purpose of the Analyst – New Business & Market Entry (12 months fixed term) role is to provide high-quality research and analytical support that enables data-driven decisions on new business opportunities, including entry into new markets and consumer segments.

Working cross-functionally with Marketing, Commercial, Product and Finance teams, you will analyse complex market, category, competitor and consumer information and translate it into clear, actionable insights. Your work will help identify growth opportunities, validate strategic assumptions and inform opportunity selection, market-entry strategies and commercial planning.

This is an exciting opportunity for a curious and commercially minded analyst who enjoys working with complex information and influencing important business decisions through evidence-based recommendations. This role will be based in Sydney – working from Surry Hills at least 3 days per week and 2 days from home.

What You’ll Be Doing?

• Conducting structured analysis of new business opportunities, including market size, growth potential, segmentation and key market drivers.
• Identifying emerging market and consumer trends and assessing their implications for potential business opportunities
• Supporting the prioritisation of opportunities using relevant strategic and commercial criteria.
• Analysing competitive environments, including key competitors, product portfolios, pricing models and channel strategies.
• Identifying potential sources of competitive advantage, market gaps and areas of white space.
• Monitoring changes in competitor activity, customer behaviour and broader market dynamics.
• Supporting primary and secondary research to understand consumer needs, behaviours and purchase drivers.
• Developing consumer and customer insights that help shape strategic direction, market-entry plans and differentiated launch strategies.
• Preparing high-quality reports, presentations and recommendations for internal stakeholders.
• Presenting complex findings clearly and concisely to support critical project milestones and business decisions.
• Building effective relationships across cross-functional teams and ensuring research deliverables align with stakeholder needs and project timelines.
• Proactively identifying risks, assumptions and commercial implications throughout the research and analysis process.
• Contributing to the ongoing improvement of research practices, analytical frameworks and ways of working.

What You’ll Bring?

• A tertiary qualification in Business, Marketing, Economics or a related discipline.
• Approximately two to five years of experience in research, insights, consulting, strategy or a related analytical role. Exposure to consumer business, healthcare or similar nature of business with multi-country operations will be an added advantage
• Demonstrated capability in quantitative research methodologies.
• Demonstrate resourcefulness and an agile approach to sourcing insights and data from alternative sources if not readily available and thinking outside the box on the approach as the business structure evolves.
• Strong analytical, critical-thinking and problem-solving skills.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint.
• Proven ability to synthesise complex data and information into clear, commercially relevant insights.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to develop and present compelling reports and presentations.
• Effective stakeholder engagement skills and the ability to work collaboratively across multiple business functions.
• Excellent attention to detail and a strong commitment to data quality and accuracy.
• Good understanding of Asian work cultures and norms will be an added advantage given that this role requires working across the APAC region with global and regional stakeholders
• A proactive, curious and accountable approach to managing research deliverables.
• Experience using data visualisation tools such as Tableau or Power BI.

Why Blackmores?

• Opportunity to conduct research for new business opportunities for us to integrate a new brand into our existing business and newer markets entrant
• Flexible working arrangements in line with Blackmores Flexfit.
• A socially responsible work environment, on track to be carbon neutral by 2030.
• Great benefits to support your health and wellbeing, including access to discounted products.
• Mental health support for you and your family through our Sonder assistance program.

Agencies Please Note

This recruitment assignment is being managed directly by the Blackmores Talent Acquisition team. We will reach out to our preferred agency partners if required. Your respect for this process is appreciated