Marketing Category Manager

Job no: 943877

Work type: Permanent / Full time

Location: Support Office - Docklands

From humble beginnings in downtown Bendigo to supporting Australian communities far and wide- Myer has always been a special place, transcending beyond just a place to work.

Myer is a place for finding life-long friendships, a safe space with a big heart. Here, you're encouraged to be yourself, share your ideas and are entrusted to deliver your very best. Some might even say it feels like being "right at home".

MYER is looking for a Category Marketing Manager – Beauty. Reporting to the Senior Marketing Manager – Beauty you will be responsible for supporting the marketing and commercial performance of Myer's Beauty portfolio, spanning skincare, fragrance, makeup, wellness, and haircare.

This is a hands-on role that blends campaign coordination with commercial insight, cross-functional collaboration, and strong process ownership — ensuring all beauty campaigns and initiatives are delivered on time, on brand and in line with business priorities.

• Exciting new opportunity in our Marketing - Beauty department
• Join our growing MYER team
• Flexible hybrid working model – mix of working in our Docklands Support Office and Work-From-Home

About the role:

• Partner with the Beauty Buying and Planning teams to understand trade priorities, product launches, and promotional opportunities.
• Translate commercial and category plans into clear, actionable marketing briefs.
• Support the planning and execution of 360° beauty marketing campaigns, including seasonal events, brand launches, promotional activations and exclusive brand moments.
• Collaborate with external (e.g. creative) and internal teams (e.g.) eComm, digital, loyalty, social to deliver consistent messaging and impactful customer journeys.
• Own process with team on campaign timelines, approvals, and asset management — ensuring seamless execution across digital and physical channels.
• Support the marketing onboarding of new brand partners into the Myer Beauty portfolio.
• Collaborate with the Buying team and external partners to understand brand positioning, launch requirements and timelines.
• Develop marketing launch plans in alignment with brand strategies and Myer's customer expectations, including creative briefing and asset management and coordination.
• Ensure new brands are integrated into key customer touchpoints such as eCommerce, social, loyalty, events, and in-store communications.
• Support the management and tracking of the marketing budget, ensuring campaigns are delivered within allocated spend.
• Monitor and report on campaign performance metrics including traffic, engagement, conversion and ROI.

About you:

• Extensive experience in retail, category or brand marketing, ideally within beauty, fashion.
• Strong understanding of marketing campaign development, retail calendars and the beauty category landscape.
• Demonstrated ability to manage projects with multiple stakeholders and tight deadlines.
• Experience working with or alongside buying, planning, creative and digital teams.
• Excellent organisational skills with strong attention to detail, follow-through and process orientation.
• Proficiency with marketing systems and tools (e.g. Wrike, Excel, PowerPoint).
• Collaborative, solution-focused and agile in approach.
• Degree in Marketing, Business, Communications or a related field
• Previous experience in a large retail or omnichannel organisation
• Experience coordinating co-branded campaigns with external partners or vendors
• Understanding of loyalty marketing, influencer/content integration, and retail promotional mechanics (e.g. GWP, launches)

Benefits to you:

• Generous team member discounts on all Myer products, including team-member exclusive discounts.
• Access to lifestyle leave and volunteer leave – arrange work around your life, not life around work.
• A supportive leadership and team network to set you up for success.
• Career growth and succession opportunities across the business.

Here, you're not only an employee. You're a valued Team Member with real dreams that we want to help you chase, no matter how big or small. At Myer, we're all about making your work life meaningful. We want you to experience life's special moments fully, which is why we take pride in offering balance and flexible options to get you to where you want to be.

Wherever you are and wherever you're going, we'll meet you there and get you to your destination. With your enthusiasm and our support, we're fully committed to helping you thrive and flourish. The future lies in your hands.

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Aust. Working Rights: To be eligible to apply for this job, you must have Australian working rights. For further information contact the Australian Department of Immigration.

Equal Opp. Employer: We pride ourselves on the diversity of the people who work at Myer, representing the community in which we serve.

Agency note: Myer Pty Ltd does not accept unsolicited resumes/candidate profiles from external agencies or suppliers via any method. Any candidates submitted in an unsolicited manner, will be considered a direct candidate application to Myer and no fee will be payable.

Applications close: 30 Oct 2025 AUS Eastern Daylight Time