Assistant Category Manager

6 months ago


Bella Vista, Australia Woolworths Full time

**About Woolworths Group**

Woolworths Group is a food and everyday needs retailer united by the shared purpose of creating better experiences together for a better tomorrow. With more than 1,400 stores across its Woolworths Supermarkets, Countdown Supermarkets (New Zealand) and BIG W brands, and fast-growing eCommerce businesses, Woolworths Group is Australia and New Zealand’s largest retailer. A top 10 company on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX), Woolworths Group employs more than 180,000 team members and serves more than 20 million customers a week.
- **Full Time Opportunity**:

- **Flexible working options - NSW based role**:

- **Excellent opportunity for growth within the group
**We are Woolworths Group
If you’re excited to turn today’s blue sky thinking into a better tomorrow for future generations, you’ll find yourself supported and enriched in a dynamic, inclusive and empowering workplace that reflects the diverse communities we serve. With a culture of genuine care, a flexible approach to work and opportunities across the group to grow your career and make a meaningful impact, the possibilities for what we can achieve together are endless.

We are looking for an experienced ACM to join our team in Baby Needs, managing key elements of the portfolio. Baby is a strategically important category within the supermarkets business as it has the largest customer basket size, plus the largest online penetration within the business.

This role is responsible for managing the Promotional and Trade Plan, whilst delivering to target on sales growth profitability and market share. You will partake in close management of suppliers from small to large, in a fast paced environment with stretch elements including buying jobs for events and supporting to manage range reviews in certain sub-categories

**What you’ll do:
- Optimise the promotional program through the frequency, depth, funding and phasing of promotions whilst ensuring we are providing market leading value for our customers
- Utilise data and insights to ensure our promotional offers are customer led and deliver a ROI
- Leverage sales driving tactics for key customer offers (brochure, sales planning, event space etc)
- Negotiate with Suppliers on promotional investment and executions (aligning to KPI’s)
- Collaborate with other team members and stakeholders e.g. Category Manager & Assistant, Marketing, Online, Replenishment, Promotions etc. to implement promotional activity effectively
- Support range reviews negotiating outcomes Manage Buy for seasonal events

**What you’ll bring:
**We are looking for an experienced Assistant Category Manager in Promotional Management and strong negotiation skills to deal with high profile FMCG suppliers.
- Previous buying experience
- Demonstrated the ability to negotiate and influence with cross functional and external stakeholders
- Proven ability of delivering against KPIs within previous roles
- The ability to use customer insights and data to make strategic and commercial business decisions Strong commercial acumen

**What you’ll experience
- The opportunity to grow within the group
- Strong mentorship and development; opportunity to collaborate with some of the brightest and best minds in Australia
- Hybrid or fully remote working arrangements depending on your home location
- Unparalleled growth opportunities Get your Woolies worth through team member benefits across all of our brands

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**Grow with the Group
As an inclusive, team-first company, our people are at the core of everything we do.

We care deeply about creating a workplace where our team members feel valued, respected and empowered. We are committed to providing equal opportunity regardless of gender identity, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation or life stage. We are proud to be recognised as a Gold Tier Employer in the Australian Workplace Equality Index for LGBTQ+ inclusion and as an Employer of Choice for Gender Equality by the Workplace Gender Equality Agency.

As our Group continues to evolve, innovate and support our communities, we encourage our team members to do the same with their own careers, by providing ongoing opportunities to grow and make a real difference.

We value flexibility, and encourage our team members to work in ways that meet their work/life commitments and support their wellbeing.

We work hard to create a safe and inclusive environment for all, and most importantly, we're all about creating better experiences - for our customers and for each other.

**We’d love to hear from You



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