Merchandise Insights & Analytics Specialist

Liberty Wholesale; Adelaide; Hybrid; AUD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working arrangements

Parental leave

Birthday leave

Health and lifestyle discounts

Employee share plan

Novated leasing

Job summary

Viva Energy Group is seeking a commercially minded Merchandise Analyst to support category performance and decision-making across our retail network. You will use sales, margin, product and supplier data to deliver actionable insights for category planning, range reviews and promotional activity.

You will provide reporting and dashboards to stakeholders, support forecasting for key initiatives and help optimise product ranging and supplier performance.

Qualifications

• Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret sales, margin, product and performance data.
• Advanced Excel skills and experience using reporting or business intelligence tools.
• High attention to detail with the ability to work accurately across large data sets.
• Ability to translate data into meaningful insights and practical business recommendations.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Analyze category, product, supplier and store performance across sales, margin, volume and customer metrics.
• Provide commercial insights and reporting that support category reviews, range optimisation and business decision-making.
• Support performance tracking and forecasting for key commercial initiatives and priorities.
• Conduct analysis to support product ranging, deletions, substitutions and supplier performance reviews.
• Produce accurate and timely reporting, dashboards and insight packs for stakeholders across the business.
• Offer recommendations that identify trends, risks and opportunities to improve commercial outcomes.
• Assist with developing consistent reporting frameworks and analytics tools across the Merchandise function.
• Collaborate with Category, Finance, Operations, Marketing and Commercial Planning teams through data-driven insights.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Stakeholder engagement

Attention to detail

Data interpretation

Education

Tertiary qualifications in business, commerce, finance, analytics or related

Tools

Excel

Power BI

SQL

Job description

Viva Energy Group is seeking a commercially minded Merchandise Analyst to support category performance and decision-making across our retail network. You will use sales, margin, product and supplier data to deliver actionable insights for category planning, range reviews and promotional activity.

You will provide reporting and dashboards to stakeholders, support forecasting for key initiatives and help optimise product ranging and supplier performance.