Business Manager

At Pet Circle, we want to create a world where pets and their families are healthy, happy and spend more time together - we are looking for fantastic people to help us do that

Over the past ten years, we’ve scaled to become one of Australia's Top 5 eCommerce companies and the No.1 player in the Online Pet industry. We will accelerate our growth as we continue on our mission to disrupt the way that pet parents discover & shop for the products they love.

The pet industry is booming (it’s a $15billion dollar industry) and pets are holding bigger spaces in our hearts and homes than ever before. Online penetration of the pet industry is going to grow exponentially in the next 5 years. This is a unique opportunity in your career to be part of our exceptional growth story

Founded and headquartered in Sydney, our team is now over 700 people strong and are based across Australia, New Zealand and the Philippines.

**The Opportunity**

Our Business Management team’s purpose is to empower customers to confidently shop the largest range of pet supplies in Australasia. We do this with a pet first approach, leveraging the expertise of our vet staff and grounding ourselves in a customer-led culture.

As a Business Manager at Pet Circle, you will have P&L ownership and decision making authority across your category, under the guidance of the broader Business Management functional strategy and objectives. Cross-functional collaboration is critical, both within the Business Management team and our broader business (e.g. with Marketing, Product and Operations), and with our supplier partners.

**What you will be doing**:

- Strategy development:_
- Develop category growth strategies in line with the company’s strategic objectives
- Define and own your product range to satisfy customer segments and needs operating within inventory constraints, leveraging the Buying team to support with new additions
- Develop and execute promotional strategies to grow key categories, segments, and brands in line with your category strategy
- Negotiate trading agreements with our supply partners, aligning on growth plans, building joint business plans, and sharing knowledge of “how to win” with Pet Circle
- Market analysis and business development:_
- Maintain accurate understanding of specific pet needs, customer behaviour, and trends adjusting your category strategy as appropriate
- Maintain accurate understanding of the competitive landscape and its implications on the category and business
- Cross-functional project management:_
- Collaborate with Supply Chain and Demand Planning teams to manage inventory, ensuring all customers have access to the products they need and sustaining appropriate inventory levels
- Lead strategic, cross functional projects that extend beyond category boundaries alongside product, marketing, and supply chain

**Your Skills & Experience**:

- Highly motivated, action-oriented individual who is ready to take on tangible P&L responsibility and make independent decisions within a fast moving environment
- Strong commercial acumen with exceptional communication skills and excel expertise
- Willingness to roll up your sleeves, be hands on to achieve outcomes with a “can do” attitude
- Demonstrated ability to work closely with others, both internally (within the Business Management Team and cross-functionally) as well as externally with supplier partners
- Demonstrated commercial acumen with experience in identifying and improving profitability drivers within an e-commerce environment
- Experience in using data driven analysis to identify and solve problems, build business cases, and negotiate trading agreements
- End to end project management including goal setting, scoping, setting timelines, and execution to the plan
- Experience in commercial, strategic, or marketing-focused roles required (eCommerce experience highly valued)
- Experience working with external stakeholders, e.g. in a client facing or B2B role

**Role Location**

At Pet Circle we believe that collaboration and team connection is key for success. This role will be based in Sydney with a blended working arrangement of [2+ days] in our pet friendly offices and the remaining working from home.

As part of your working from home arrangement we will provide you with IT hardware and an office allowance to support your home set up. #LI-Hybrid

**WHY JOIN?**
- Australian Hyper-Growth Startup - Head Office in Sydney
- Grown to become one of Australia's Top 5 eCommerce companies and the No.1 player in the Online Pet industry.
- From puppies to unicorns: Pet Circle banks $125m
- Pet Circle raises $125m to become Australia's latest unicorn

**Make an impact**:Enjoy being part of a driven team with a collaborative culture that values decision-makers and action

**Invest in you**:Accelerate your career through our learning and development opportunities - think learning tools, stretch projects, focus groups, secondments and other internal mobil