SENIOR MERCHANDISE PLANNER

• Bring in your Merchandise Planning experience and develop a new planning culture
• Location: Alexandria, Sydney | Hybrid working
• Newly created opportunity

About Ampol

We are proud of our heritage. We have been powering better journeys for all Australians for over 100 years. As Australia’s very own fuel brand we are committed to making those journeys easier by meeting Australia’s needs at every step with the care and service we all deserve. And, as we grow, we continue to evolve, to ensure we have low carbon solutions that will meet the needs of our customers well into the future.

We are proud to be an endorsed employer of choice for women by WORK180. To understand more about how Ampol’s policies, benefits and how we support our people, check out some key female leader career stories on the Work180 website. 

About the role: 

We are establishing a new structure within our Retail Convenience Merchandise team, hence an exciting newly created opportunity for an experienced Merchandise Planner to join the team.  

Reporting to the Planning & Analytics Manager, the Merchandise Planner will be a key partner to the Head of Trades and Category Managers. With a key focus on sales and profit optimisation, the Merchandise Planner will leverage their analytical expertise to drive monthly forecasts, share trends, insights & reports, work on assortment planning as well as Trade Planning.

Key responsibilities: 

• Be the financial and analytical expert through knowledge of current and future trends in the business/industry and be able to create innovative and efficient solutions to business opportunities and risks
• Develop models and forecasts to support accurate financial planning and to optimise sales, profit and inventory
• Analyse past sales data, trends, and market conditions to make recommendations on product assortment, inventory levels, and pricing
• Collaborate cross functionally with trade, marketing, operations and supply chain teams to ensure a cohesive approach to a timely trade planning execution
• Allocate promotional and investment buys based on trends and store sets based
• Lead and maintain development of merchandise reporting dashboards
• Additional reports, ad hoc projects and responsibilities as required to support the Merchandising department

About you: 

As a highly motivated individual and a catalyst for change, you will be the driving forces behind making the Foodary product visions available to our consumers through calculated and strategic measures. Your involvement in sales and margin forecasts, promotional performance analysis and inventory management will play a critical role in helping us become the number one retail convenience choice for our customers.

• Strong understanding on retail mathematics, forecasting, pricing architecture, range planning and inventory management
• Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Excel
• Ability to develop reports in Power BI or willing to learn developing Power BI reports
• Good leadership skills and able work with/lead in cross functional teams
• Lead the development of comprehensive reports to monitor and assess the success of existing pricing strategies
• Proven record of developing and delivering structured continuous improvement plans.
• Demonstrate logical analytical abilities, creative problem-solving skills, and financially sound judgment to deliver conclusions and recommendations to all levels of the organisation
• Ability to work in a fast paced and complex business environment.
• Demonstrates personal accountability by keeping commitments. Stretches self to achieve increasingly higher levels of performance.
• Open, honest, and models behaviours that foster an inclusive, supportive, cooperative, and trustful working environment.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Undergraduate degree in Bachelor of Commerce or equivalent technical degrees not essential but will be highly regarded.

Our benefits

• Our total remuneration is competitive. This is across base salary, a performance incentive, employee share offers and a 25% discount on Fuel for two privately used cars! 
• We are flexible.  Many of our teams have embraced hybrid work, balancing time spent remote working, with time spent at an office to connect and work together where it adds value. 
• Remote Working: Support for up to 3 months remote international working (conditional to 5 days paid leave for every 30 days of remote work).
• We value recognition.  We have an internal recognition platform amplifying the achievements of those who do great work and demonstrate our capabilities and values. 
• Career development and learning opportunities including LinkedIn Learning and other tailored training solutions. 
• Paid Parental Leave - up to 12 weeks paid Parental leave, and up to a year off (unpaid). In addition to the 12 months of unpaid parental leave, employees may apply for a further 12 months of unpaid parental leave (a total of 24 months for each birth) 
• BabyCare Package - financial and flexible support for parents transitioning back to work. 
• Need some wheels? Novated Lease options are available. 
• Invest in your future with the Employee Share Scheme 
• Leave Options – We offer wellbeing leave and leave purchasing  
• Care for your Community. Spend one paid day a year volunteering with one of our Ampol Foundation partners.   
• Check out our benefits and policies on the Work180 website.

We’re an equal opportunity workplace. We not only embrace diversity and inclusion; we celebrate what makes you unique. We welcome applications from people of all ages, cultural backgrounds, and diverse sexualities and genders (including if you identify as transgender). We also highly encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to apply for roles with Ampol.

Want to take your career to the next level? Apply today. 

Applications for this role will close 21 May 2024.