Gm Power Tools

Large Specialty Hardware Retailer - people & partnership focused
- Take the helm - KEY succession appointment into the GM Merch role
- HIGH profile role, leading the largest Category portfolio & team
- **Large Specialty Hardware Retailer - people & partnership focused**:

- **Take the helm - KEY succession appointment into the GM Merch role**:

- **HIGH profile role, leading the largest Category portfolio & team**

**What’s in this for you?**
- **An extraordinary succession opportunity**:that will take your career experience and development to a whole new level. Having the capability to move into a GM Merch level role within 18-24 months, with GM level direct reports is a key criteria
- **The privilege**: to join a very fast-paced, people and customer-centric retail business, envied Australia wide in its core category
- **The culture**: Be part of a 'down to earth', inclusive, values-based, people and partnership centric culture that encourages work-life balance and flexibility
- **To be inspired**: this is an organisation that attracts and retains some of the best retail minds and talent in the country
- **Your division**: Power Tools - It’s the highest-profile portfolio in the group, it dominates the sales revenue and it’s made up of a very high performing team
- **Rewards**: We are looking for the markets best and the package on offer reflects this
- **Location**: It’s easy to get ‘to and from’ and you can park with ease (and for free)
- **The work environment is new school & flexible**: Fresh, open and collaborative and set up to leverage the sharing and expertise that everyone brings when in the office

**Your prospective employer**:
**This could be you**

**Your role**:
Your remit will be to lead and mentor your team to continue to create and build a compelling vision for the Power Tools portfolio whilst also taking the lead on broader Merchandise strategies, initiatives, and projects. More specifically you will:

- Bring your experience, leadership and credibility to the forefront in setting and executing the national strategic buying direction for your portfolio
- Successfully lead and mentor your team to deliver outstanding merchandise results, ensuring a compelling offer is delivered across all channel
- Your passion, focus on stores, drive and in-depth buying and category management experience will inevitably lead your success across range development, promotional planning, pricing, merchandise and promotional initiative
- Reviewing the pricing, promotional and layout strategies will naturally form part of your remit, as will ensuring expertise knowledge is applied in forecasting, inventory management, commercial/trading terms negotiation and supplier management and development
- You will provide leadership to the stores, developing and capitalising upon retailer and supplier relationships and you will be focused on growth and sustainability of the business through competitive and profitable promotions and complaint retailing standards

**Here’s what it will take**
- **You are proven**:You are an experienced GM Merchandise, Buying Manager, National Merchandise Manager or you are a GM/National Sales/Product Manager (or similar) from the supplier side.
- **You are a born leader**: You have a large following. People love to work ‘with you’ and ‘for you’ and you have led and developed sizeable teams to new heights and levels of capability
- **Category experience**:Power Tools, Hardware (or aligned) category, and/or product management experience is a ‘nice to have’ not at all essential
- **Your stakeholder and relationships management skills are ‘next level:’ **You have a natural ability to influence and engage a diverse internal and external stakeholder network. You inspire with ease, and you can drive and lead change, with people and partners, always on your journey
- **It’s a given **you have skill sets in inventory management, negotiating, and building supplier relationships and you are always in it for a ‘win-win.’ It is, also your ‘eye for commercial ranging’ and helping your team to develop solution-based category plans that sets you apart
- **You have ambition**:your career is important to you, and you are recognised as a leader with the capability to lead a Merch division with GM level direct reports. There is a possibility you are at this level already
- **You are authentic and down to earth**:this oozes from your every pore
- **You inspire**: You have drive, determination and commitment that inspires others, and you are always ‘in it for the team’
- **You take a non-hierarchical approach**:you are prepared and comfortable getting your hands dirty as much as you are performing the strategic and high-level relationship management aspects of the role