Merchandise Analyst Planner - GPC Asia Pacific

Merchandise Analyst Planner – Rowville or Brisbane

• Supportive environment; we will assist you to reach your potential
• Work Close to Home with Free On-Site Parking – Brisbane or Rowville
• Stability + Growth + Generous Staff Discounts

Join our collaborative team and help drive category performance through merchandise planning, financial analysis and commercial insights within automotive parts and accessories.

If you’re looking to join a company where recognition and celebration form part of our daily mantra, and where you can build meaningful relationships with your customers, then we’d love to hear from you.

We are seeking a result-driven Merchandise Analyst Planner to join our team in either Brisbane or Rowville.

Reporting to the General Manager Merchandise Planning and Transformation, this role contributes to the profitability, growth and return on investment of GPC Asia Pacific through the development and execution of merchandise plans that deliver sales, margin and inventory outcomes.

You will help drive category performance by:

• Developing merchandise financial plans informed by both strategic targets and detailed category insights
• Monitoring and analysing category KPIs, identifying risks and opportunities, and recommending corrective actions
• Partnering closely with Merchandise Managers to support category reviews, supplier discussions and strategic initiatives
• Planning and evaluating promotions by delivering insights on sales uplift, pricing effectiveness and margin outcomes
• Working collaboratively with Supply Chain teams to ensure inventory plans support sales and service objectives
• Playing a key role in developing and embedding elements of an exciting overall transformation program that is happening across the merchandise and supply chain functions.
  

All about you:

You will consider yourself to be a proactive and driven individual with:

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills and the ability to influence and communicate effectively at all levels
• Strong analytical capability and a passion for turning data into actionable commercial insights
• Strong attention to detail combined with the ability to understand the broader business impact of decisions
• The ability to build trusted professional relationships with internal and external stakeholders
• Strong planning, organisation and prioritisation skills in a fast-paced environment
• A collaborative approach, with experience working across Merchandise, Supply Chain and Commercial teams
• A continuous improvement mindset and a desire to challenge existing ways of working
• Relevant professional experience in Merchandise Planning, Retail Planning, Commercial Analysis, Category Planning or a similar role
• Relevant professional experience gained from a similar/same position
  

Looking after you:
We are committed to ensuring our people are well looked after. In addition to a rewarding and challenging career, we will provide:

• Staff discounts across the GPC Asia Pacific group of Companies
• Private health insurance discounts
• Employee assistance program
• A highly safety conscious work environment
• We proactively support our working parents in a variety of meaningful ways, and our parental leave top-up allowance is one of the ways we do this
• Paid volunteer leave allowing you to give back to your chosen charity/community organisation

GPC Asia Pacific
Movement is in our DNA. We are GPC Asia Pacific: one of the largest industrial and automotive aftermarket parts and service suppliers in Australia, New Zealand and South East Asia. Our iconic brands include Repco, NAPA and McLeod Accessories.

Yet we are more than just a parts and service company. We propel people forward.

With over 8000 team members in Asia Pacific, and 60k+ globally, being part of Genuine Parts Company won’t leave you standing still. Reach is key to our success. Learn more about our business online at www.gpcasiapac.com

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