Category Insights Manager

Excellent salary package with shares, discounts & bonuses
- **Grow your career with an iconic Australian business leader, Wesfarmers**:

- **Great team culture with supportive management & ongoing career development**:

- **Permanent full-time hybrid role giving you work/life balance, based in SYD or MEL**

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**OUR STORY**

Blackwoods is Australia's leading supplier of industrial and safety supplies. For over 140 years, we have supported businesses big and small with our range of over 300,000 products from the world's best brands. From the Sydney Harbour Bridge to the railway and your local mechanic, we supply what our customers need when they need it, along with unparalleled expertise and service from our passionate team.

With a national footprint of over 50 branches and 6 Distribution Centres, our people are at the heart of everything we do. Being a part of the Wesfarmers group, also means that we have endless opportunities to make a difference, so join us, and let's help more people build a better Australia.

**YOUR OPPORTUNITY**

We have an exciting career opportunity for an experienced **Category Insights Manager** to join our high performing Category and Sourcing team, with the option to be based out of our **Macquarie Park NSW** or **Scoresby VIC** offices.

You will lead a small team, collaborating with internal and external stakeholders to develop and implement strategic and tactical category plans that deliver the right selection of products at the right price, to achieve revenue and profitability targets. You will oversee the continuous improvement, administration, and commercial support for the entire Category team.

Your key responsibilities include, but not limited to:

- Develop a Category Playbook including standardised processes, procedures and reporting to ensure consistency across all Categories
- Manage end to end Category profitability including investment returns of marketing campaigns/catalogue and capital performance
- Improve insights and reporting on inventory management for each category to equip them with the tools to facilitate collaboration with relevant Supply Chain teams
- Manage the impact of price increases including review and mitigating actions, utilising the commodity platform provider to develop a financial impact assessment tool in collaboration with the Pricing Team
- Provide reporting insights into major suppliers who are delivering required levels of service in line with the overall supplier management strategy
- Review PIM process and supplier data management for continuous improvement opportunities
- Support Category Leadership Team (LT) to communicate, motivate and hold the team to account for the actions needed to implement the function's strategy and business plan

To be successful, you will have:

- The ability to build relationships and work collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives, with strong people management skills and a solution focused approach
- Previous project management experience with the ability to create action plans and hold people to account to deliver successful outcomes
- Strong commercial business acumen and the ability to act as the established expert to develop solutions with an understanding of the business environment and objectives
- A good understanding of forecasting processes, as well as highly proficient with Microsoft Office programs
- Tertiary qualifications in a related field will be highly regarded but not essential
- Experience with marketing and overseas trade desirable but not essential
- Can demonstrate bringing organisation values to life and how they have been embedded into teams previously

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**CULTURE & BENEFITS**

A career with Blackwoods will offer you rewarding experiences and opportunities for growth and development. We have a diverse, inclusive, and safe workplace where our team members care about each other and enjoy building meaningful connections.

To ensure our employees feel valued, supported, and celebrated, we provide a range of employee benefits including:

- Flexible and hybrid work arrangements
- Competitive salaries and incentives
- A range of diversity and well-being initiatives
- Ability to purchase up to 4 weeks additional annual leave
- Team events, celebrations and development opportunities
- Team member discounts on Wesfarmers products
- Discounted offers from over 300 corporate partners
- Onsite parking and novated leasing options
- Generous Wesfarmers annual share plans
- Attractive parental leave policy and more

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