Category Assistant

**Work options**: Hybrid
- Join our talented and passionate Category team based in Acacia Ridge
- Achieve work-life balance and extend your skills with us
- An excellent opportunity to build your career in Category management

Bring your outstanding Category skills to a role as Category Assistant at Lincoln Sentry and work shoulder-to-shoulder with people you trust.

**So much good. So let’s make it better.**

You might not have heard of us, but we're sure you know the high-quality brands and products we’ve been distributing to the building industry for almost 40 years.

With 25 locations across Australia, Lincoln Sentry is a proud part of the DuluxGroup family so we can support you as you grow with us. And while work is important, our top priority is to ensure you stay safe on the job, and get home to the people who matter most.

We’re really proud of all we’ve achieved over the years. But we’ve really only scratched the surface. Join us as our Branch Assistant and help us as we take something great and make it better.

**Your opportunity**

This is a perfect opportunity for someone who has what it takes to multi-task and assist and positively help grow multiple business units and assist with their internal needs As an integral member of the Category team, you will provide support to the Category Managers with a focus on managing the core range and delivering new products to the market. You will get involved with the development of product lifecycle analysis, building ranges, promotional execution, data management, and channel communications. Collaboration with multiple departments including Sales, Customer Service, Marketing and Supply Chain is key to this role.

Responsibilities include:

- Assist in the preparation, planning, coordination, and deployment of new product launches and promotional campaigns and track return on investment
- Provide analysis and reporting on sales within the category portfolios and pricing systems
- Collaborate on category strategy and innovation pathways with a focus on customer experience
- Build great working relationships with our supply partners
- Contribute to the execution of the category strategy with a key focus on maximising the categories’ commercial performance through clear and concise communication with Lincoln Sentry stakeholders
- Manage the content for product master data for internal and external facing stakeholders (SAP and other systems)

**What you’ll bring**

You are a great team player who is passionate about developing your career and open to learning. You will have strong analytical capabilities and a knack for picking up technical details. You are a people person with great influencing and stakeholder engagement skills. Ideally, you can demonstrate:

- Previous experience in a Category/Buying/Procurement or Sales support function
- Advanced use of Excel and other platforms in MS Suite
- Sound SAP or other ERP skills
- Prior experience of complex Master Data is desired
- Prior experience in FMCG, Trade, Consumables, or Hardware is preferred
- Strong attention to detail and organisational skills
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills at all levels of the business

**Why choose us?**

You know when you get to do good, quality work with people you actually like? It feels good, eh? At Lincoln Sentry, you’ll find no-nonsense people who get in and get it done. We roll up our sleeves, share the load, then head home, safe and sound.

Tegan loves working for Lincoln Sentry because it means she can achieve a healthy work-life balance as she raises her young family.
- “I’ve learned how to step back more here. I think it’s important to have a good work-life balance, and Lincoln Sentry is very supportive of that. You shouldn’t have to pull astronomical hours to get your job done. Here, you get all the tools and resources you need to find the balance that’s right for you.”_

We know you give a lot. So here’s some of what you’ll get in return:

- Industry-leading professional development programs
- 20 weeks paid parental leave for primary carers
- Total wellbeing support through our wellbeing app and our LifeWorks Employee Assistance Program
- Monthly Employee Celebration Program and Quarterly XCEED Program to recognise and reward your hard work
- Up to $1000 a year back on out-of-pocket medical expenses, through our ‘Gap Plan’
- ‘Supporting our Communities’ employee action day

Looking for more? If you want to step up, there’s space for you to learn and progress - at Lincoln Sentry, DuluxGroup and beyond. Realising your full potential starts here.

**Help us take something great and make it better**

There’s so much potential here for the taking.

We have the plan. Now we just need you.

We are proudly part of DuluxGroup, so one of our DuluxGroup team members will contact you throughout the recruitment process on behalf of Lincoln Sentry.

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