Assistant Category Buying Manager

We've been trusted to serve Aussie communities since 1914 and grown to become a top 30-listed on the ASX with over 115,000 team members and a portfolio of iconic brands. At Coles Group, you'll not only get to make a difference to millions of Aussie lives—you'll also get to see your impact.

Our Coles Liquor team working on Liquorland with a network of more than 990 stores and ultra-convenient online sites, delivering on our commitment to provide accessible drink solutions for every occasion.

Reporting into the Category Buying Manager we have an exciting role available within the Beer Category for an Assistant Category Buying Manager to join our team.

You will work closely with the Category Buying Manager and will be accountable for assisting them in growing profitable category sales, maintaining strong supplier relationships and supporting the customer-centric category strategy.

What you'll be doing

On a day to day bases you'll be responsible for trade and promotional planning, leveraging commercial analysis to drive these areas.

You'll also:

• Develop strong supplier relationships to effectively partner and execute goals
• Gain data driven insights to shape the promotional and trade plans in the category
• Own the promotional program for a set category.
• Assist in the execution of the category's pricing, promotion, range selection and layout development
• Assist in management of key processes for assigned category including marketing brief and sign off on content and accuracy

About you and your skills

We are looking for a candidate with a strong commercial acumen, experience working within an FMCG and/or retail environment and strong knowledge of the merchandising function and processes.

You'll also need:

• Strong organisational skills and ability to plan ahead to support the category's unique needs
• Prior experience with promotional and trade planning
• Industry knowledge within Liquor is highly desirable
• Exceptional stakeholder management with the ability to work closely and influence internal and external stakeholders to achieve objectives
• Strong commercial acumen with experience applying this to interpret industry dynamics and competitive retail landscape
• Strong analytical skills demonstrated through proactively sourcing customer insights and data to formulate category recommendations
• Experience working within cross functional teams to manage and execute projects

Please note this is a 12-month maternity leave contract.

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• Flexible working options: We know that work is only one part of your life, so we actively encourage a positive work-life balance and provide hybrid working options to help you achieve it.
• Office perks: Take advantage of our gym facility and fitness classes, free parking, BBQ area, mini-Coles supermarket, fooderie hub where you can sample new products before they hit the shelves, school holiday program and so much more when you come in.
• Discounts: Eligible team members receive 5% discount all year round on your Supermarket and Liquor online and in-store purchases. We also offer additional periods of double discount (10%) at various times throughout the year. As well as hotdeals exclusive to team members that translate into additional savings.
• Reward through recognition: Give and receive recognition, linked to our Coles values, through our digital recognition platform 'mythanks'. You can accumulate points to redeem in the online shop for exciting gifts and electronic gift cards from an extensive range of retailers.
• Opportunities for learning and development: No matter where you start within our diverse business, you'll have experiences, exposure, and education to satisfy you. Discover and explore a variety of career development programs and job-specific training.
• Paid parental leave: We understand how important your life outside work is and offer permanent team members paid parental leave to support you in balancing work and family.
• Investment in your future: Our annual team member share plan offer allows eligible team members to make regular pre-tax salary sacrifice deductions to purchase Coles Group shares.

We're continuing to build a gender equitable team, and a culture that is just as diverse, inclusive and welcoming as the communities we serve. We are committed to creating a workplace that is safe and respectful for our team. We encourage applications from people of all ages, cultures (including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples), abilities, sexual orientation and gender identities.

We're happy to adjust our recruitment process to support candidates with disability. For further information and additional contact details visit the 'Our Recruitment Process' section of our careers site or email

Job ID: 162948

Employment Type: Full time