Category Manager

**A FANTASTIC OPPORTUNITY TO JOIN A RETAIL SERVICE BUSINESS AT THE CUTTING EDGE OF THE CONSUMER ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY**

**ABOUT THE COMPANY**

Our business, NARTA (the National Associated Retail Traders of Australasia) was established in 1965 as a buying group for the consumer electronics industry and has evolved to be the largest retail services provider in the ANZ market today.

A career at NARTA will allow you to work with the best consumer electronics brands globally across a broad range of categories. We provide a range of services to our retailer shareholders, across merchandising, marketing, procurement, finance & data services. Our retailer members are some of the best & most innovative retailers in the CE industry anywhere in the world, providing technology & consumer appliances to millions of customers a year.

As custodians of the best data in the industry, working at NARTA gives you access to the most comprehensive insights and information in our market. Whether your NARTA journey is in category, marketing, procurement, finance or data you will have the information, technology and workplace flexibility you need to excel in the next step in your career.

NARTA is currently looking to fill an existing role within the organisation in the Category Management team.

**ABOUT THE ROLE**

The position of Category Manager is an important role within NARTA to ensure the successful management of our product categories. Supporting the Category Managers, the role is responsible for managing & updating the financial estimates for product categories to ensure the business has a current & accurate view of the financial health of the category.

Working with key stakeholders the role requires analysis of member & supplier forecasts helping to drive accurate outcomes against the business plan. Using the NARTA MKTVUE insights & analytics platform, the role helps to identify opportunities within key core brands and ensure all targets and commercial objectives are met.

Success in the role is the ability to take accountability, demonstrate your proactive and passionate drive to optimise the Category experience for our members and suppliers.

Focused on achieving the strategic targets and commitments made to all stakeholders, this position is responsible for the category annual business planning calendar, preparation of the Category annual business plan, all category meetings, joint business planning meetings with strategic suppliers and/or any supplier meetings.

Our Category Managers are great at building relationships within suppliers & retail member to ensure NARTA is seen as a key business partner for the category. Key elements of the role include
- Design and successfully implementation & management of your category strategic category plans & initiatives.
- Build effective, influential relationships with members and suppliers.
- Work with Category Planners to communicate and claim offers, deals and payments.
- Work with Marketing Manager on all aspects of the key financial elements of marketing plans & proposals, NPI planning and new product launches across the key NARTA marketing pillars.

**SKILLS & EXPERIENCE**
- Planning or buying experience in a related industry or category.
- Experience in negotiation commercial outcomes with suppliers
- Retail experience, preferable
- Project management experience
- Experience in analytics & data analysis to provide actionable insights.
- Experience in working with NetSuite or similar ERP system.
- Strong attention to detail.
- Demonstrated relationship skills that reflect a high level of integrity

**CULTURE & BENEFITS**

As a service business, culture is critical to the success of NARTA, our member retailers, suppliers and affiliated. Our collaborative, inclusive and innovation-driven way of working makes NARTA an employer of choice in our industry.

The culture of Narta demonstrates a commitment to its team members skill growth and is seen as a leader of career depth and growth.

If you are enthusiastic, motivated and willing to learn and develop you will thrive working at NARTA. An attractive salary package is on offer.

**Salary**: $100,000.00 - $130,000.00 per year

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday

**Experience**:

- Planning or buying: 2 years (preferred)
- Project management: 2 years (preferred)
- Analytics & data analysis: 2 years (preferred)

Work Authorisation:

- Australia (required)