Head of Trade

**Joining the Metcash Family**

At Metcash, you’re **_part of something bigger_**. You have all the perks of a small business heart, without missing out on the big business support.

Being part of something bigger means you’re part of a strong purpose, where the work you do makes a big difference to independent business and local communities. It opens a sea of opportunities to develop yourself, grow your career, thrive your way and make your mark. And you’ll be part of our high performing team, where you reap the rewards of our collective success now and into the future.

**About the Opportunity**
Lead and inspire high-performance trading teams to source and negotiate optimal deals with both national and local suppliers, aligned with Channel Strategies. Drive continuous improvement by fostering innovation, differentiation, and agility that is shopper-led and delivers value to our retailers. Build and strengthen robust supplier partnerships that create long-term success, delivering value for both today and the future.

**In this Role**
- Lead transformational approaches to Category planning and execution that deliver wholesale sales, income budget and improvements in COGs for retailers
- Win share by expanding range into high growth segments, combined with delivering best in market wholesale pricing
- Set strategic agenda and partner with Suppliers to meet collective Channel needs on range, price, promotion, brand and store compliance, leveraging volumes during negotiations.
- Collaborate and partner with Channel and State teams to embed new ways of working fuelled by Shopper, Retailer and Metcash outcomes.
- Enable the highest standards of execution, rewarding behaviour that drives network growth.

**You’re Likely a Match If**
- Tenacious, innovative and proven negotiation skills that build partnerships with suppliers for mutual growth
- Highly collaborative leader who can translate strategy to action across various teams
- Preferable a background in sourcing
- Curiosity and obsession with cultivating Shopper and Category insights that determine actions.
- Leadership that inspires teams with vision and courage to deliver while embedding change and building resilience.
- Commercial acumen with intimate knowledge of the drivers of success in a Category P&L
- Proven record of delivering category strategies & plans that are clearly communicated, believed, enabled, empowering the team to succeed in delivery

**Life in at Metcash**
Experience a supportive and flexible work environment. We are a FlexReady accredited workplace
Enjoy a 5th week of annual leave every year after your first year.
Benefit from 2 well-being days and 1 volunteer day annually.
An abundance of learning, development, and career growth opportunities.
12 weeks of gender-neutral paid parental leave for primary carers.
Proudly awarded “Bronze Employer for LGBTQ Inclusion”.
Recognised as 45th in the global "Equileap Top 100" for initiatives on gender equity.
- ️A neutral gender pay gap of under 5% as published by WGEA 2022- 2023

Gold accreditation by Mental Health Australia.
Incredible value discounts and perks through our team member app, “Our Local”.

About Us
Metcash is Australia’s leading wholesale distribution company, with revenue 1 exceeding $18 billion in FY23. We’re also an ASX top 100 listed company.
We believe that it is absolutely vital to Australia that there is a sustainable, independent, family-owned business sector. Independent retailers support their local communities. We help them to be the ‘Best Store in Their Town’ by providing merchandising, operational and marketing support across our food, liquor and hardware pillars.
**Join us and become part of something bigger**

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