Supplier Strategy & Insights Analyst

What began in 1910 as a small co-operative of just three pharmacies has grown into Wesfarmers Health—a leading Australian organisation in health, beauty, and wellness.

Today, Wesfarmers Health proudly employs over 3,600 team members, all committed to delivering accessible, innovative, and trusted health and beauty services to Australians nationwide, across retail, medi-aesthetics, digital health, and wholesale and supply chain operations.

What you’ll do:

We are seeking a Supplier Strategy & Insights Analyst to join our Merchandise Central team. Reporting to the Supplier Strategy Manager, you’ll play a key role in enabling smarter supplier decisions across our Category teams by delivering high-quality insights, structured planning, and robust performance frameworks.

You will turn complex supplier, commercial and market data into clear, actionable insights that support negotiation, investment decisions and long-term supplier strategy. This is a hands-on, high-impact role working closely with Category Managers and cross-functional stakeholders across a dynamic retail and healthcare environment.

Key activities include:

• Design and maintain supplier performance dashboards, creating a single source of truth across sales, margin, cost price, rebates and investment contribution
• Deliver proactive analysis on risks, opportunities and emerging trends to enable faster, better decision making
• Lead the Joint Business Planning (JBP) process, including calendar management, scorecards, pre-read packs and performance tracking
• Build insight-led supplier negotiation packs combining internal performance, market data and trend analysis
• Support investment decisions through financial modelling
• Act as custodian of the cost price process, ensuring accuracy, compliance and visibility of CPI and negotiated impacts
• Manage supplier contracts, trading agreements and renewals in line with governance frameworks
• Support supplier engagement, due diligence, and performance monitoring across the supplier portfolio

If you’re commercially curious, highly analytical and enjoy translating data into influence, this role offers the opportunity to shape supplier strategy and drive meaningful business outcomes.

What you’ll bring:

• Proven experience in commercial analytics, category management, or merchandise buying in a retail or FMCG environment.
• Demonstrated involvement in Joint Business Planning cycles — calendar management, pre-read preparation, and performance review documentation.
• Strong commercial acumen — able to form a view on what data means for ranging, investment, and negotiation strategy, not just describe what the numbers show.
• Clear communicator with strong data visualisation and storytelling skills; comfortable in stakeholder management with senior leaders and category managers.
• Hands-on Power BI capability — must be able to design and build a supplier dashboard. BI tools: SAP/MicroStrategy advantageous.
• Advanced Excel skills
• Experience with Circana, shopper panel, or similar retail data platforms desirable.
• Understanding of retail franchise model implications
• Bachelor Degree in Business, Finance, Commerce, Accounting or related discipline

Why us?

• Access to employee benefits across Wesfarmers including team member discounts at Bunnings, Kmart, Target, Officeworks, OnePass, Priceline, atomica and Clear Skincare Clinics
• Ongoing professional development and career opportunities across the Wesfarmers Health Division and the broader Wesfarmers Group
• Novated leasing options
• Access to our Employee Assistance Program (EAP) - available to all team members and their immediate family members, 24/7, 365 days a year
• Beautiful outdoor terrace for work and recreation
• Food, coffee and health & wellbeing facilities onsite including a landlord operated gym
• Dedicated end of trip facilities (cycle racks, showers, lockers)

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Applicants

Wesfarmers Health aims to become an employer of choice for First Nations Australians, through investments that attract, empower and retain First Nations team members within our stores, distribution centres, clinics and corporate offices.

As part of the Wesfarmers group, we provide authentic support through a diverse range of programs and initiatives, designed to empower you on your journey towards personal achievement and professional advancement.

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