Assistant Category Buying Manager

1 week 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.

With three iconic brands (First Choice, Liquorland and Vintage Cellars), our Liquor team is well on its way to becoming Australia’s favourite drinks retailer, serving up everything from premium wines and craft beers, to spirits from local distilleries. We’re passionate about understanding what our customers enjoy, and have people working across supply chain, marketing, finance and strategy to make this happen.

**About the role**

We currently have a 12 month fixed-term opportunity within our Beer category for an Assistant Category Buying Manager to join our team.

As an **Assistant Category Buying Manager - International Beer **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:

- 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

**Good things you’ll need**

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

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: 57340

Employment Type: Fixed Term

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