Retail Category Specialist West

Compass Group is listed on the London Stock Exchange (Top 20) and is the global market leader in providing food and a range of support services to customers in the workplace, schools and colleges, hospitals, at leisure and in remote environments. We operate in over 50 countries, employ over 600,000 people, and are a recognised top 10 employer worldwide. In Australia, Compass Group Australia (CGA) generates $2.0Bn revenue per annum, servicing over 350 clients across over 700 sites, with 16,000 employees. 

Do you have a passion for strategic sourcing and supplier partnerships? We are the largest national foodservice and hospitality procurement and supply chain organisation in Australia. As the sole sourcing partner for our parent company, Compass Group Australia, Foodbuy offers an unmatched advantage through our economies of scale and dedicated procurement, contracting and supply management capability.

Join a global leader that feeds innovation, drives hospitality, and powers possibility

The Position

As a Retail Category Specialist, you will provide day-to-day support to the National Manager - Retail in executing retail strategy and ensuring the smooth operation of retail services across multiple categories and sectors.

The role will manage various categories across food & beverage, FMCG, front of store, vending, focusing on delivering strategy, SRM, sourcing and range, price, promotions, tracking performance to commercial KPIs, and will play a role in negotiation and contract management. The role will also provide support to stores and focus on improving operational efficiency.

The Retail Category Specialist will also play a key role in monitoring retail performance, providing insights, and collaborating with various teams to support retail growth and innovation.

Main responsibilities:

• Retail Strategy Execution
• Operational Support & Retail Delivery
• Consumer Experience & Engagement
• Performance Monitoring & Reporting
• Continuous Improvement      
• Stakeholder support

The Person

Qualifications, Skills, Qualities, and Experience

• Experience: Minimum 3 years of experience in Retail, (Supermarket, FMCG), or Supplier
• Retail Knowledge: Experience and understanding of retail operations, consumer behaviour, and product sales strategies, industry best-practice
• Problem-Solving: Identify issues and contribute to finding solutions that improve operational performance
• Communication: Strong verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to collaborate across teams and engage effectively with internal and external stakeholders across the business
• Analytical Skills: Strong data analysis skills to track performance and provide actionable insights, strong excel capability
• Project Support: Experience supporting the implementation of projects and initiatives in a retail or service environment
• Preferred: Bachelor's degree in Business, Retail Management, Hospitality, or a related field
• Relevant experience or certifications in retail operations, hospitality, or customer service are advantageous

The Benefits

Working with a large global company means you can be assured that we have an attractive benefits program This includes comprehensive learning & development offerings, a variety of recognition programs and company discounts, an excellent salary benchmarking matrix and at this management level also includes an incentive bonus scheme You can read all about these here: Why work at Compass

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