Category Manager

4 days ago

Council of the City of Ryde, Australia brambles Full time

locations: Macquarie Park, New South Wales, Australia; Dandenong South, Victoria, Australia; Derrimut, Victoria, Australia

time type: Full time

posted on: Posted 7 Days Ago

job requisition id: JR19600

CHEP helps move more goods to more people, in more places than any other organization on earth via our 347 million pallets, crates and containers. We employ approximately 13,000 people and operate in 60 countries. Through our pioneering and sustainable share-and-reuse business model, the world's biggest brands trust us to help them transport their goods more efficiently, safely and with less environmental impact.

What does that mean for you? You'll join an international organization big enough to take you anywhere, and small enough to get you there sooner. You'll help change how goods get to market and contribute to global sustainability. You'll be empowered to bring your authentic self to work and be surrounded by diverse and driven professionals. And you can maximize your work-life balance and flexibility through our Hybrid Work Model.

Job Description

  • Global, ASX-listed market leader in Logistics & Supply Chain | One of the World's most sustainable companies
  • Supportive, diverse & collaborative team that wins together
  • Drive growth, optimize value & help transform the Customer Experience with Care

An exciting opportunity has become available for a strategic, analytical & influential Category Manager to join the CHEP Australia Sales Strategy team and manage the business' largest category.

Purpose of the role:

  • Develop the CHEP AU strategy for assigned product categories, including Product, Price and Place (customer segmentation, market share / penetration, customer value proposition, product development and strategic pricing).
  • Manage performance of the category to budget expectations, and long-term organisational strategy.
  • Drive the development and delivery of specific projects for growth as identified by the business, including managing the commercial contact process for all major initiatives.
  • Manage and maintain the base service offer and seek operational process improvement opportunities for the category.

Key responsibilities & accountabilities:

  • Design and execute the platform strategy optimising customer value, delivering revenue growth and market penetration in target customer segments, and sustainable pricing.
  • In collaboration with key stakeholders, develop and track performance to budget, 4-year plan, and forecasts in line with business requirements.
  • Drive the development of specific projects / tools for growth as identified by the business, including steering the broader sales team and the Go-to-Market plans for the category.
  • Own the demand management through forecasting and planning and providing strategic leadership in areas such as network adjustments and procurement decisions.
  • Develop and embed strategic pricing within the business.
  • Identify and manage risks and opportunities beyond the plan and lead the reporting out to key stakeholders.
  • Platform life-cycle management, including managing new product and service developments.
  • Provide direction for sustainable profit growth, through asset utilisation and capital management, and development of profit improvement initiatives.
  • Act as the conduit between the Sales organisation and Supply Chain, or any other relevant area of the Company for all platform related matters (e.g., quality, innovation, etc.).
  • Compile and monitor competitor activity, changes in customer behaviour and insights into market trends which may impact business decisions.
  • Act as knowledge expert for developments with the category globally; create a network for information sharing within and outside CHEP.
  • Achieve Zero Harm target.

About CHEP, a Brambles company

CHEP is a global leader in supply chain solutions. Together with producers, manufacturers, retailers, and logistics partners, CHEP advances the smart and sustainable movement of goods across more than 60 countries.

Powered by its share, repair and reuse network of connected pallets, crates, and containers, CHEP helps businesses optimise their supply chains to reduce costs and minimise the environmental impact of their operations.

CHEP pairs its leadership in circularity, which helps tackle emissions, waste, and single-use packaging, with a focus on resilience, to build future-ready supply networks through data, scale and collaboration.

With its operational excellence trusted by the world's top brands, CHEP primarily serves customers in the consumer staples (e.g. dry food, grocery, household products, health and personal care, fresh produce and beverage), retail, automotive and general manufacturing industries.

A part of the Brambles Group, CHEP manages ~347 million pallets and containers through a network of 750+ service centres, employing approximately 11,000 people worldwide with its largest operations in North America and Europe.

CHEP Australia offers a range of employee benefits including a competitive salary, bonus opportunities, flexibility towards work: life balance, a supportive learning and development culture and a wide range of opportunities to assist you in achieving your career aspirations.

Benefits:

  • Work for an accredited Top Employer in Australia.
  • Flexible working environment.
  • Paid volunteer leave for those who wish to volunteer their services to a community organisation – 3 days per annum.
  • Reward and Recognition Program to celebrate outstanding achievements of our people through a number of different delivery methods.
  • Employee discounts with a range of partners.
  • Up to 14 weeks of paid parental leave for primary caregivers and 2 weeks of paid parental leave for secondary caregivers.
  • Unparalleled opportunities to advance and accelerate your career.
  • Attractive options to purchase Brambles shares.

Our team boasts a friendly and fun culture that celebrates successes, with award-winning engagement and enablement, and results achieved through collective intelligence, collaboration and teamwork.

With a highly inclusive workplace rich in diversity, CHEP Australia celebrates the diversity of thought, backgrounds, style and working arrangements of our people to ensure that we reflect the communities and customers that we serve.

Join our team to be part of an international growth company with an advanced business model, solving complex supply chain problems for more than 300,000 companies around the world.

Interested? To apply please click the ' Apply' button now.

In order for your application to be considered, you will require full working rights in Australia. We are unable to offer sponsorship at this time.

Remote Type: Hybrid Remote

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer, and we are committed to developing a diverse workforce in which everyone is treated fairly, with respect, and has the opportunity to contribute to business success while realizing his or her potential.

Individuals fraudulently misrepresenting themselves as Brambles or CHEP representatives have scheduled interviews and offered fraudulent employment opportunities with the intent to commit identity theft or solicit money. Brambles and CHEP never conduct interviews via online chat or request money as a term of employment.

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