Category Insights and Analytics Manager

High profile senior role and opportunity to make a real impact
- 12 month maternity leave contract role
- Office based in Clayton with hybrid/flexible work options

**About the role**

Reporting to the Head of Customer Experience, this role is responsible for driving the growth and evolution of the Decorative Paints category through a data, customer-centric, and commercial approach. This role involves setting and reviewing the performance of the category and sub-categories, using insights to inform portfolio and brand strategy and customer/channel recommendations, and leading category projects that enhance the business, such as range reviews and rationalisations, space optimisation recommendations, and strategic initiatives.

Key to your success in this role will be your ability to work collaboratively with stakeholders across the Marketing, Sales, Pricing, Channel, R&D and Finance teams, as well as with customers. You’ll leverage your strong understanding of the market, and our customers and take a proactive approach to connecting the category insights to our brand and sales channel functions to drive tangible outcomes.

This leadership role is supported by a team of expert Analysts and Insights Specialists who are dedicated to supporting you to succeed in your role. You will be someone who is energised by the prospect of working with a diverse portfolio and excited about the opportunities to learn, grow, and make an impact. You will be a data expert who is curious and have the ability to ‘dig under the surface’ and use data to draw insights and recommendations to drive growth.

We're proud to represent market-leading, trusted brands and products, and we're looking for someone who shares that pride. If you're energised by working alongside team mates who have the same passion and drive as you, we want to hear from you.

**Responsibilities**
- Deliver category range reviews and development plans recommendations to drive growth in customer channels
- Space planning optimisation and reporting to unlock opportunities for range efficiency and improvement
- Champion data-driven decision making, leveraging multiple data sets to translate critical customer and consumer insights
- Deliver key shopper insights programs to drive commercial growth

**Skills & Experience**
- Strong analytical ability to derive actions out of insights from data with strong story telling skills to evoke change
- Demonstrate success in implementing category management principles, including range reviews
- Experience in space planning strategy, encompassing space optimisation and inventory management
- Skilled in stakeholder engagement, effectively working with cross-functional teams and customers
- Strong commercial acumen, problem solving, communication and influencing skills
- Experience with category insights tools such as Quantium, Circana, IRI and Nielsen scan/panel data
- Previous experience in people management is highly desired

**Why DuluxGroup?**

As a member of our team, you'll unleash your potential, grow, achieve and thrive with us.

We offer a fast-paced work environment that values collaboration, rewards high-performance, and inspires innovation.

But it's not just about the work - it's also about the people.

At DuluxGroup, we foster a culture of inclusion, diversity, and flexibility. We care about your wellbeing, and we prioritise your safety in everything we do. You'll work alongside people who value your unique perspectives and contributions.

If you're ready to join a compassionate and collaborative workplace, your opportunity starts here.

**Benefits**
- Opportunities to work flexibly at all stages of your career
- Enjoy comprehensive, holistic health and well-being support, including our Wellbeing Hub and full EAP support
- Let us cover the gap for you, employees with private health insurance extras cover can claim up to $1000 out of pocket gap costs annually
- Give back to the communities in which we live and work, with our “Community Action Day” and other programs
- Market leading Learning and Development initiatives and genuine career pathways to accelerate your growth
- 20 weeks paid parental leave (primary carers) and 2 weeks paid partner leave available from the first day you start working with us
- Feel truly valued through our employee recognition programs
- Enjoy generous discounts on DuluxGroup products and through our corporate partnerships

**Realising your full potential starts here**

At DuluxGroup, we believe in the power to 'Imagine a better place', and we want you to be a part of it

You'll work with iconic, trusted household brands with a 100+ year history, have the stability of working for a global company and your work will have a real impact. Join us and be part of our growth trajectory as we continue to expand our business globally and innovate in our industry.

DuluxGroup is made up of six main business areas comprising of 50 well recognised brands, this opportunity sits within our *