Commercial Analyst — Supplier Strategy & Margins

Endeavour Group; Melbourne; Hybrid; AUD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work

Staff discounts

Learning & development

Wellbeing programs

Job summary

Endeavour Group is hiring a Commercial Analyst to provide critical analytical support for maximizing supplier value. Based in Melbourne or Sydney, this hybrid role focuses on COGS, margin analysis, inventory optimization, and financial visibility for trading teams.

You will transform data into insights, engage senior stakeholders, and collaborate across Trading, Supply Chain, and Finance to drive margin improvements and aligned supplier strategies.

Qualifications

• Strong analytical and numerical skills gained through 3-5 years experience in previous analytical role.
• Degree qualified in commerce, accounting, economics, finance.
• Extensive experience using relational databases - any flavour of SQL.
• Ability to tell stories with data and engage others through data visualisation.
• Proven ability to engage and influence senior stakeholders.
• Exceptional communicator (verbal and written).
• Strong aptitude and curiousity for problem solving.
• High attention to detail.
• Experience with Tableau.
• Understanding of category management and buying principles - e.g. shelf management, merchandising, ranging, promotional and pricing strategies.

Responsibilities

• COGS & Margin Analysis: Detail COGS models to track and identify margin improvements via better supplier terms.
• Inventory Optimization: Provide analytics to assess inventory health, identify slow-moving stock, and optimize working capital per EDG strategy.
• Financial Visibility: Develop reports/dashboards to increase transparency and accountability of financial outcomes related to supplier performance.
• Supplier Strategy Alignment: Support SCM/trading in developing category-specific supplier strategies aligned with EDG value creation goals.
• Terms Compliance: Ensure supplier agreements comply with EDG strategy and negotiated benefits are realized.
• Project Support: Offer commercial data and analytics for transformation projects (e.g., supply chain automation, AI inventory).
• Stakeholder Collaboration: Work across Trading, Supply Chain, and Finance to drive growth and ensure commercial objectives are understood.
• Executive Preparation: Assist SCM by preparing data-heavy presentations and action plans for executives and supplier meetings.
• Relationship Management: Build strong, data-led partnerships with suppliers and internal agencies for smooth commercial operations.
• Culture & Values: Exemplify Endeavour Group's "Ways of Working" and support the broader Customer Value function.

Skills

SQL

Tableau

Data visualization

Stakeholder management

Problem solving

Attention to detail

Education

Commerce/Accounting/Economics degree

Job description

Endeavour Group is hiring a Commercial Analyst to provide critical analytical support for maximizing supplier value. Based in Melbourne or Sydney, this hybrid role focuses on COGS, margin analysis, inventory optimization, and financial visibility for trading teams.

You will transform data into insights, engage senior stakeholders, and collaborate across Trading, Supply Chain, and Finance to drive margin improvements and aligned supplier strategies.