Category Manager

4 months ago

Bowen Hills, Australia 99 Bikes Full time

**An exciting Category Manager role, in a fast paced, high growth company.**

**Why Join Pedal Group & 99 Bikes**

**Generous salary package** - Range from $80,000 to $115,000 depending on experience and match to the selection criteria.

**Flexibility**:

- We believe excellent outcomes and results are more important than set hours

**Be recognised and rewarded for your achievements **- as well as monthly awards and events, our top 10% of high achievers fly off to an all-inclusive annual Global Gathering - 2023’s was in Whistler, Canada and this year’s is in Hakuba, Japan.

**Enjoy unmatched career opportunities** - we promote from within wherever possible, and our people have become Team Leaders, State Leaders, Product/Online/Marketing Specialists and even GMs of overseas countries.

**Grow your skills and expertise** - we have our own 7-program Leadership Academy and we offer $1000 pp per year for a self-development activity such as attending a wellness retreat or getting some personal mentoring.

**Save money **- we pay our people to ride to work, offer cost price on bike products and discount prices on travel products (through our shareholder Flight Centre), plus we offer other extras like a paid parental leave package and free counseling services..

**Grow your wealth** - buy in or be allocated reward shares as part of our Employee Share Scheme which started at 99c per share and is now worth $5 per share. Our goal is for employees to own over 54% of the company by 2027.

**Give back to the community **- we donate 1% of our total wage bill to the charity of our people’s choice. Past recipients include RSPCA, Beyond Blue and the Children’s Cancer Institute.

**Do good to the planet** - we are committed to reducing our social and environmental impact and became B-Corp certified in Dec 2023. eg 75% of our shops are now solar-powered, all of our packaging is 100% recyclable and our used bike tyres are re-purposed for the surface of kid’s playgrounds.

**About Us**

Pedal Group is the parent company of 99 Bikes and Advance Traders and is Australia's largest bicycle company. Backed by major investor Flight Centre in 2008 we now have over 800 employee shareholders. Pedal Group operates over 70 bicycle retail stores, two wholesale distribution businesses, and a commercial property business. Originally from Brisbane, Pedal Group now serves cyclists in Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom.

99 Bikes humble beginnings started 2007 with our first shop only fitting 99 bikes in the store, is now the largest bicycle retailer in Australia and stretches across the globe with retail stores in the UK and New Zealand. 99 Bikes has a loyal customer base with over 1.6 million Club 99 Members in Australia, speaking to the incredible customer experience we provide in store alongside offering a huge range of great value products.

99 Bikes’ vision is to be “The World’s Most Approachable Bike Shops”. Our shop teams are filled with driven consultants on the sales floor and skilled mechanics in the workshop who are assisted by our passionate support office team. Our main support office is based in Brisbane, with some local on the ground support team members spread throughout the states.

**About the Role**

We are seeking an experienced Category Manager/Buyer to join our Product Team. This is a hands-on, full-time role, based in our Brisbane office and will suit an individual seeking high levels of responsibility, autonomy that has a passion towards further development in Retail Category Management.

Key responsibilities
- Manage effectively the range selection, pricing, promotion and sell through of product lines.
- Analyse sales, retail data and other consumer insights to assist in forming and developing long term Category strategy.
- Forecast, purchase and allocate the correct level of inventory in order to best meet customer demand.
- Accurately manage category product data including entry of new lines, price changes, and product specifications.
- Foster trusting relationships with important Trade Partners, in order to achieve mutually beneficial trading terms, favourable buy prices and overall business support.
- Work closely with internal cross department functions including Marketing and Retail Leadership teams to assist in the support of category strategy and ultimate sell through of category product.

**Key Criteria**
- Ambitious and have a growth mindset
- 1+ years of Category Management / Buying experience
- A demonstrated and proven track record of high achievements
- An analytical mind and passion for solving problems
- Strong communication skills both written and verbal for the ability to deal directly with our supply network
- Worked with ERP systems and Business Intelligence systems - experience with NetSuite preferred
- Advanced level MS Excel skills

Please submit your CV and a one page letter outlining why you are a great fit for the Pedal Group Team

Applications close Sunday 25th of

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