Assistant Category Buying Manager

2 weeks ago

Hawthorn East, Australia Liquorland Full time

We’ve been trusted to serve Aussie communities since 1914 and grown to become a top 30-listed on the ASX with 120,000 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.

**About the team**:
Coles Liquor team work across three leading brands (First Choice, Liquorland and Vintage Cellars), each with their own unique offering and customer base. We understand what our customers need and enjoy—and we work side-by-side with Supply Chain, Marketing, Finance and Strategy to deliver it.

We have a role within our ‘Local’ team for an Assistant Category Buying Manager - Local Wine to join and come work in a fast-paced environment within an innovative and exciting category.

**About the role**:
Due to an internal move, we have a role within our Dark Spirits category for an Assistant Category Buying Manager to join our team and come work in a fast paced environment with high growth potential.
Supporting the Dark Spirits category, you 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.
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:

- gain data driven insights to shape the promotional and trade plans in the category
- manage the collection, input and maintenance of all category data, including promotional systems, data systems and new lines
- assist in the execution of the category’s pricing, promotion, range selection and layout development
- develop strong supplier relationships to effectively partner and execute goals
- manage administration duties; embracing integrity issues, clearance requests and data integrity investigations
- 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 passionate team member with extensive experience working within an FMCG and/or retail environment with strong knowledge of 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
- exceptional stakeholder management with the ability to work closely and influence internal and external stakeholders to achieve objectives
- 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

With us it’s not about the discounts (although you do get those), it’s about joining a team where your wellbeing and professional development is invested in and celebrating your contributions is the norm. And because everyone leads unique lives, we offer flexible work including work from home, additional leave and parental leave entitlements.

**Safer together**:
Job ID: 74400

Employment Type: Full time

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