Who We Are:
OTR Group comprises of over 1000 retail, convenience, and quick service restaurants – including brands such as Reddy Express (formerly known as Coles Express), Smokemart & GiftBox, and in S.A, Krispy Kreme, Hungry Jacks, Oporto, Guzman and Gomez and many others. OTR Group is part of the Viva Energy Australia Group – an ASX-listed company helping Australians reach their destination by refining, importing, and distributing energy products while building a safe and sustainable energy future for all Australians. With Viva Energy Australia’s national footprint and OTR’s history of industry-leading innovation, there has never been a more exciting time to join the OTR Group as we set out to redefine the retail landscape in Australia.
The Role:
An exciting opportunity exists for a commercially minded Merchandise Analyst to support category performance, reporting and decision-making across our retail network. Using sales, margin, product and supplier data, you will deliver actionable insights that support category planning, range reviews, promotional activity and commercial performance improvement across multiple brands.
You Will Provide:
- Analysis of category, product, supplier and store performance across sales, margin, volume and customer metrics.
- Commercial insights and reporting that support category reviews, range optimisation and business decision-making.
- Performance tracking and forecasting support for key commercial initiatives and priorities.
- Analysis to support product ranging, deletions, substitutions and supplier performance reviews.
- Accurate and timely reporting, dashboards and insight packs for stakeholders across the business.
- Recommendations that identify trends, risks and opportunities to improve commercial outcomes.
- Support for the development of consistent reporting frameworks and analytics tools across the Merchandise function.
- Collaborative support to Category, Finance, Operations, Marketing and Commercial Planning teams through data-driven insights.
What We Offer:
- Join a dynamic team at a renowned South Australian company, known for their innovation and outside-the-box thinking.
- Be a part of the journey, with countless opportunities as we rapidly expand into a nationwide retail powerhouse.
- Access to exclusive staff benefits via our OTR App.
- Access to our free and confidential Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
- Access to extensive health and wellbeing benefits, including discounted private health insurance, fitness memberships, and everyday lifestyle savings for you and your family.
About You:
- Experience in an analyst, commercial, category, merchandise, finance or retail support role.
- 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.
- Experience within retail, FMCG, convenience, QSR or multi-site environments will be highly regarded.
- Experience with Power BI, SQL or similar analytics tools is desirable.
- Relevant tertiary qualifications in business, commerce, finance, analytics or a related discipline are advantageous.
We welcome applicants from diverse backgrounds including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and encourage and support diversity in our traditional and non-traditional roles.
Please note: This role is being sourced by our internal Talent Acquisition team; therefore, we will not be accepting applications via external recruitment agencies.
