Trade Partner Lead

Job Description

• Be uniquely you and come as you are
• Leverage your strong analytical and numerical skills to support our trading teams
• Partner with our suppliers across either the Wine, or Beer & Cider categories to maximise value across our brands

The Trade Partner Lead provides critical analytical support to the Senior Commercial Manager, focusing on maximizing value within supplier partnerships.

This role is responsible for monitoring supplier performance, ensuring adherence to commercial terms, and optimizing inventory and COGS. You will transform data into actionable insights that allow the trading teams to improve margin delivery.

Sound good? Read on.
Here is a taster of what you can expect in this role:

• COGS & Margin Analysis: Detail COGS models to track and identify margin improvements via better supplier terms.
• Inventory Optimization: Provide analytics to assess inventory health, identify slow-moving stock, and optimize working capital per EDG strategy.
• Financial Visibility: Develop reports/dashboards to increase transparency and accountability of financial outcomes related to supplier performance.
• Supplier Strategy Alignment: Support SCM/trading in developing category-specific supplier strategies aligned with EDG value creation goals.
• Terms Compliance: Ensure supplier agreements comply with EDG strategy and negotiated benefits are realized.
• Project Support: Offer commercial data and analytics for transformation projects (e.g., supply chain automation, AI inventory).
• Stakeholder Collaboration: Work across Trading, Supply Chain, and Finance to drive growth and ensure commercial objectives are understood.
• Executive Preparation: Assist SCM by preparing data-heavy presentations and action plans for executives and supplier meetings.
• Relationship Management: Build strong, data-led partnerships with suppliers and internal agencies for smooth commercial operations.
• Culture & Values: Exemplify Endeavour Group's "Ways of Working" and support the broader Customer Value function.

Qualifications

Now let’s talk about you: 

• Strong analytical and numerical skills gained through 3-5 years experience in previous analytical role
• Degree qualified in commerce, accounting, economics, finance
• Extensive experience using relational databases - any flavour of SQL
• Ability to tell stories with data and engage others through data visualisation
• Proven ability to engage and influence senior stakeholders
• Exceptional communicator (verbal and written)
• Strong aptitude and curiosity for problem solving
• Attention to detail
• Previous commercial retail experience, is desirable
• Experience with Tableau, is desirable
• Understanding of category management and buying principles - e.g. shelf management, merchandising, ranging, promotional and pricing strategies, is desirable

The benefits are good too! 

• We offer hybrid ways of working
• An exclusive discount card for BWS, Dan Murphy’s, Woolworths, BIG W and other Endeavour Group brands, including our ALH pubs
• Your health and wellbeing is your most important asset, and as one of our valued team members, it’s our first priority. You will have a range of free services to help you live well and support your physical, mental and financial wellbeing
• Endeavour Group is full of opportunities - use our dedicated learning and development options to grow an idea, yourself, and your career. This is just the start, so dream big.

At Endeavour, we value being a workplace where everyone’s welcome - if you meet a number of the requirements (and not all), we encourage you to apply.

Additional Information

We are together creators

With a portfolio that includes Dan Murphy’s, BWS, ALH Hotels, Pinnacle Drinks and more, Endeavour Group is big on sociability. Together we create the moments that bring millions of people together. And together we have more fun, create more opportunities, and score a lot more goals. We’re serious about creating a safe, inclusive and fun place to rock up to where equal opportunity is key, and flexibility is part of how we roll.  

We’re all about creating a more sociable future - for our customers and each other. If this job excites you - and you’re close-enough on the requirements, reach out, we’d love to hear from you.

You can learn more about working with us on LinkedIn or at endeavourgroupcareers.com.au.

Our Talent Team and Hiring Leaders kindly request no unsolicited resumes or approaches from Recruitment Agencies. Endeavour Group is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.

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