Category Development Analyst

2 weeks ago

Melbourne, Australia Simplot Full time

Simplot Australia is a food manufacturing and agriculture business encompassing potato, vegetable, seafood, and sauce operations that supply a wide range of frozen, shelf-stable and chilled products to Australia and New Zealand’s major retail and food service customers.

As a leading provider of quality, nourishing and sustainable food, we are focused on creating food Australians and New Zealanders love by maximising value from the best Australian-grown produce and global seafood. Our iconic brands have been an integral part of Australian life for generations, and include the likes of Leggo’s, Birds Eye, Edgell, John West and Chiko.

We have five manufacturing sites in Australia and six sales sites and employ almost 2000 people across these operations. We are an integral part of the global J.R. Simplot Company.

**Cultural and Benefits**:
At Simplot, we are fuelled by our purpose: We Contribute to Feeding Our World. We imagine a better future and set goals to reach it. We are committed to working as one Simplot and are guided by our shared values:

- Respect for Resources
- Spirit of Innovation
- Passion for People

We embrace diversity, equity, and inclusion. We care about creating an environment that promotes safety and wellbeing and where our people feel supported, respected and empowered. We do not tolerate any form of discrimination and are committed to providing equal opportunities for all our team members.

Simplot is passionate about cultivating a future where good ideas and inspiring possibilities have the chance to grow. We want our team members to build exciting and fulfilling careers with us and offer professional and personal growth opportunities.

**The Perks**:

- Flexible working arrangements and a variety of engaging Health and Wellbeing programs
- Diverse Leadership Development Programs and Professional Development Support
- Employee Reward and Recognition Program
- Bonus incentives
- Discounted Health Insurance and Gym Memberships
- Sensory Club Program - Enjoy and taste our new product launches and access to our Culinary cooking sessions
- Novated Car Leasing Agreements
- Income Protection Insurance
- Opportunity to purchase additional annual leave

Simplot Australia values the innovation and relationship building that comes from face to face connection but also recognises the need for flexibility in the lives of our team members. This is why we have a hybrid work environment, with one dedicated day per week where we all come together to maintain our successful culture of innovation, connection and collaboration.

**About our role**:
We have an exciting newly created opportunity for an agile category professional to join our Commercial marketing team on a 12-month fixed-term contract. This role will concentrate on building our portfolio across our Canned Vegetable Category while also supporting a broad range of categories in canned fish, vegetables, and sauces as well as frozen seafood and potato products.

**What you will do**:
Based at our head office in Melbourne and reporting to the Head of Category Development - Pantry, you will be responsible for driving actionable category and shopper insights to support the achievement of the annual budget. You will develop Category & Shopper plans, identify targeted shopper marketing opportunities and lead category planning / reviews with customers. The role will also provide support for the management of the Commercial Planning process of the Retail Business.
- Assist the team in developing a deep understanding of the categories;
- Recommend changes in strategy consistent with insights from detailed category analysis;
- Proactively provide regular & ad-hoc category performance analysis;
- Support the team with scan data related queries and reporting analysis;
- Facilitate training of teams in the use of the relevant data tools;
- Taking the lead as "Category Advisor" for category reviews for Canned Vegetables across multiple customers;
- Develop fact-based Ranging & Shelf Layout Strategies;
- Support the Commercial Planning process for the retail business; and
- Lead Customer specific Category Management Projects.

**About you**:

- You understand sales and hold a solid analytical background ideally within the Food or FMCG industry to deliver insights.
- Trade Marketing or Category Analyst background.
- Ideally degree qualified (Business, Commerce or similar).
- You hold a strong foundation in the use of Nielsen/IRI software, and the ability to tell simple and compelling stories derived from complex data.
- An exposure to Quantium / Shopper Panel Data will be viewed favourably.
- You are comfortable presenting to customers / category buyers, senior leaders and peers in the team.
- You possess a strong influencing style.
- A strong attention to detail combined with the ability to multi-task and prioritise your work.
- Most importantly, you have a strong commercial acumen and be an energetic, enthusiastic and proactive team player.

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