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Product Analyst - Optimisation Team Lead

  • 715245
  • North Sydney, NSW, Australia, 2060
  • Sydney CBD, NSW, Australia
  • Full Time
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Product Analyst - Optimisation Team Lead
Sydney office based, Mitchell Street, McMahons Point, NSW, 2060 
  • Reporting to the Culinary General Manager
  • Hybrid working model (2 days working from home & 3 days working in the office)

 

Compass Group is listed on the London Stock Exchange (Top 20) and is the global market leader in providing food and a range of support services to customers in the workplace, schools and colleges, hospitals, at leisure and in remote environments. We operate in over 50 countries, employ over 600,000 people, and are a recognized top 10 employer worldwide. In Australia, Compass Group Australia (CGA) generates $2.4Bn revenue per annum, servicing over 350 clients across over 700 sites, with 15,000 employees.

Join Compass Group and play a key role in shaping high‑quality, sustainable food solutions across our diverse client portfolios. In this role, you will lead structured SKU and menu optimisation initiatives, combining culinary expertise with data‑driven insight to deliver measurable value for our clients. Working closely with culinary, procurement, and sector stakeholders, you will translate complex analysis into practical recommendations that support smarter decision‑making and long‑term outcomes.
 
About the Role

As Product Analyst - Optimisation Team Lead, you will be a key team member of Central Culinary' team, plus a critical part in delivering incremental financial and non‑financial benefits to member clients through data‑driven analysis, culinary insight, and strong stakeholder engagement.

You will act as the key conduit between Procurement, Culinary teams, and Compass Group Australia sectors, supporting menu development, tender responses, and optimisation initiatives while leading a small national culinary services team.

Key Responsibilities

  • Perform net pricing, scenario, leakage, and inflation analysis. 
  • Lead end‑to‑end SKU optimisation programs, from opportunity identification through to consultation, approval, and delivery
  • Deliver structured reporting on optimisation performance, benefits realised, and initiatives in progress
  • Provide culinary and commercial expertise to support product rationalisation, optimisation, and alternate recommendations
  • Partner with procurement teams on optimised product specifications for tenders and sourcing activities
  • Work closely with sector culinary teams to develop and validate menus
  • Manage national stakeholder relationships with Sector GMs and Executive Directors
  • Lead and develop a team of culinary services professionals
  • Support business development activity with commercial data, modelling, and supplier collateral

 

What You’ll Bring

Essential:

  • Strong commercial and analytical capability with experience working with complex data
  • Sound understanding of pricing, costing, and commercial principles
  • Advanced Excel skills (financial modelling, pivots, lookups)
  • Clear, professional communication skills and strong stakeholder engagement capability
  • Ability to manage multiple priorities and deliver to timeframes

Desirable:

  • Experience in procurement, sourcing, contracting, and culinary environments
  • Exposure to FMCG, food, catering, or hospitality industries
  • Experience with tools such as Tableau, SQL, or Access
  • Relevant tertiary qualification (STEM, Finance, Economics, Supply Chain or similar)

 

Ready to make a meaningful impact while advancing your career? Apply now and be part of something bigger. You’ll collaborate with culinary and cross‑functional stakeholders to interpret insights, share outcomes clearly, and support smarter, faster decision‑making across product and menu optimisation. Join Compass Group’s Culinary team and help deliver sustainable, client‑focused food solutions.

 

Working with a large global company means you can be assured that we have an attractive benefits program! This includes comprehensive learning & development offerings, a variety of recognition programs and company discounts, an excellent salary benchmarking matrix and at this management level also includes an incentive bonus scheme! You can read all about these here: Why work at Compass

We are committed to providing a recruitment process that is fair, equitable and accessible for all. If you require adjustments or alternative methods of communication in the recruitment process, please reach out to us on either talisson@compass-group.com.au or georgefouskarinis@compass-group.com.au 

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