Category Development Manager

Simplot Australia is a food manufacturing and agriculture business encompassing potato, vegetable, seafood, and sauce operations that supply a wide range of frozen, shelf-stable and chilled products to Australia and New Zealand’s major retail and food service customers.

As a leading provider of quality, nourishing and sustainable food, we are focused on creating food Australians and New Zealanders love by maximising value from the best Australian-grown produce and global seafood. Our iconic brands have been an integral part of Australian life for generations, and include the likes of Leggo’s, Birds Eye, Edgell, John West and Chiko.

We have five manufacturing sites in Australia and six sales sites and employ almost 2000 people across these operations. We are an integral part of the global J.R. Simplot Company.

**Culture and Benefits**:
At Simplot, we are fuelled by our purpose: We Contribute to Feeding Our World. We imagine a better future and set goals to reach it. We are committed to working as one Simplot and are guided by our shared values:

- Respect for Resources
- Spirit of Innovation
- Passion for People

We embrace diversity, equity, and inclusion. We care about creating an environment that promotes safety and wellbeing and where our people feel supported, respected and empowered. We do not tolerate any form of discrimination and are committed to providing equal opportunities for all our team members.

Simplot is passionate about cultivating a future where good ideas and inspiring possibilities have the chance to grow. We want our team members to build exciting and fulfilling careers with us and offer professional and personal growth opportunities.

**The Perks**:

- Flexible working arrangements and a variety of engaging Health and Wellbeing programs
- Diverse Leadership Development Programs and Professional Development Support
- Employee Reward and Recognition Program
- Bonus incentives
- Discounted Health Insurance and Gym Memberships
- Sensory Club Program - Enjoy and taste our new product launches and access to our Culinary cooking sessions
- Novated Car Leasing Agreements
- Income Protection Insurance
- Opportunity to purchase additional annual leave

Simplot Australia values the innovation and relationship building that comes from face-to-face connection but also recognises the need for flexibility in the lives of our team members. This is why we have a hybrid work environment, with one dedicated day per week where we all come together to maintain our successful culture of innovation, connection and collaboration.

**About our role**:
An exciting opportunity currently exists for an enthusiastic and commercially astute Category Development Manager to join our Commercial team. Based at our Chifley head office and reporting into the Head of Category Development, you will be responsible for supporting the Category Development team to provide a clear category and shopper strategy to drive growth for both Simplot and the category in both the Retail and Food Service channels.

In addition, the role is focused on developing and executing Category Management principles in collaboration with the Category and Sales teams and identifying category drivers to bring growth to Simplot and its customers.

**What you will do**:
Additional responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

- Providing category/shopper insights, analytics and recommendations to the sales and category team to enable the development of the 0-3yr commercial operations plan
- Supporting the development and execution of the annual Category Plan, focusing on both the short
- and long-term shopper strategies (Range, Space, Visibility, Price)
- Establishing and maintaining strong working relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
- Range reviews and strategy day analysis and recommendations

This role will also proactively identify business development opportunities outside of the range review cycle; including working with NAMs and NSMs to maximize our range returns on shelf, highlighting changes in competitor activity and the potential impacts on the Simplot business, proactively supporting the Sales and Marketing team with insights and recommendations to build Simplot’s credibility with the customer.

**About you**:
This is a highly visible and rewarding role with a variety of customer and internal stakeholder engagement responsibilities across a variety of categories.

The successful applicant will have strong analytical experience to deliver insights and have a strong foundation in the use of Nielsen/Aztec software, and the ability to tell simple stories from complex data. Ideally you will be working in a similar Senior Category Development role. You will need to be comfortable in front of Customers and senior leadership at Simplot. It is expected that you will have a strong attention to detail combined with the ability to multi-task, which will be required in this role as you move between various categories. Yo