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About Penguin Random House Australia

Penguin Random House Australia, the world’s largest independent book publisher, strives to be the best home for authors and people, the most service-oriented partner for customers and to put readers at the centre of everything they do. Penguin Random House is a global publishing powerhouse with over 10,000 employees, spanning multiple countries and imprints, producing over 15,000 new titles annually and boasting a roster of authors that includes over 70 Nobel Prize laureates.

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Your role

An opportunity exists for an analytical, entrepreneurial and detail-driven Sales Data Analyst to join the team in the Melbourne office. In this role, you will use sales data from internal and external sources to discover and maximise opportunities to improve sales performance with online retailers. You will work with digital and physical books, analysing pricing, in-stock performance, as well as conversion rates across large volumes of titles. You will work with internal teams across the sales, product and commercial teams, helping to run and interpret existing reporting, as well as looking for new opportunities to use retailer data to drive sales and market share growth.

You'll undertake tasks including:

• Reporting on sales performance across eBooks, audio and physical books using internal and customer data sources
• Reporting on, and updating, pricing across digital products and measuring performance through pricing experimentation and promotional analysis
• Making sales-focused improvements by adding new reporting on sales trends by titles and subjects
• Combining retailer and internal reporting to view end-to-end sales performance including in-stock performance and conversion rates
• Designing and building Power Bi reports
• Reporting on customer search term data
• Liaising with other teams on areas for improvement, including product teams and commercial / finance teams
• Liaising with customers on improvements and troubleshooting

Benefits

At Penguin Random House, they offer their employees the following benefits:

• Ability to swap public holidays, as part of their Leave Policy, which allows staff to substitute an Australian public holiday for another of their choosing that may be culturally or personally significant to them
• Transgender Policy (for staff who may be in the process of reaffirming their gender)
• Parental Leave Policy
• Hybrid Work Policy
• Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO)
• Diversity Policy
• Be Well team, dedicated to workplace wellness and employee empowerment

Work-life balance

Penguin Random House (PRH) ensures the fulfilment of their commitment to staff support through policies such as Parental Leave, Hybrid Work, and Equal Employment Opportunity. The Be Well team, dedicated to workplace wellness, emphasizes physical, mental, and financial well-being through engaging activities, resources, and connections. In collaboration with Converge International, the team conducts monthly webinars to inform staff about different aspects of well-being with past topics including mindfulness, unconscious bias, sleep and health, mental fitness and financial wellness.

Company culture

At Penguin Random House, they’re passionate not just about publishing good books but also about doing good for the world. They’re making the world a little bit better through their community & social responsibility, diversity & inclusion and sustainability initiatives. The Penguin logo represents quality, passion, accessibility – and these values are not only reflected in the work they do, but also the working environment they foster.

About you

Your Qualification:

• The ideal candidate will have excellent attention to detail and be able to work analytically with large volumes of data.
• You will be able to extrapolate insights with sales-focused thinking, finding opportunities and making recommendations for actions and process improvements.
• You may have previous experience in an analytical data role, or you could be a new graduate looking to use your skills in the workforce for the first time.
• You will have an advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office, particularly Excel as well as previous experience with a data analysis system such as Power BI and/or Tableau.
• Experience with Business Objects, Business Intelligence and Amazon Vendor central reporting are desired but not essential.
• Experience or qualifications in data analytics/data science are a requirement.

How to apply

All applications must include a cover letter outlining your suitability for the role.

Source

The following sources were used in researching this page:

• penguin.com.au/careers
• penguin.com.au/diversity-inclusion
• penguin.com.au/news/4086-penguin-random-house-be-well-team