Category Associate Manager ANZ

Job Description

We are excited to announce a brand-new role and opportunity to join our team as a Category Associate Manager Australia & New Zealand! About the Role: This position reports directly to the Category & Marketing Manager, ANZ and offers a flexible, hybrid work environment based in Sydney (Work From Home and 1 day at our Office in North Sydney). Be part of a dynamic team, contribute to the growth and success of our categories, and make an impact in the vibrant ANZ market. Ready to take the next step in your career? Apply now! Expected Contributions: Lead the monthly category scan and shopper performance reports and any ad hoc data requirements. Integrate consumer, shopper and category insights and trends into the customer and deliver the battery category range reviews with key retailers. Lead the category work to provide the Sales Team with guidance by channel in terms of pricing, sizing and promotional strategy (frequency, depth, product choices) - to maximize sales and margin delivery as well as market share growth potential. Develop strong working relationships with cross functional teams including by not limited to sales, category, marketing/shopper marketing and supply chain. Develop and maintain relationships with third party data providers and be the key contact between ANZ market and Regional/Global marketing. Key Responsibilities: Category & Shopper performance continuously to understand drivers and make recommendations on opportunities and next steps to the business. Support the commercial function with additional analysis and insights to mitigate risk and exploit short term opportunities to close gaps to annual business plan. Develop and maintain reports, dashboards and other tools to track category performance and provide insights to stakeholders on a monthly basis. Conduct competitive analysis to understand market trends and benchmark against competitors. Work alongside sales team to develop promotional guidelines (depth and frequency) to reach sales objectives while continuously analyzing scan results and ROI, making changes where necessary. Work with Sales and Finance teams to make recommendations on product assortment for Off Location Displays with the aim of maximizing ROI and driving category sales. Work with third party data agencies to ensure legitimacy of databases and making corrections where necessary. Support Category and Marketing Manager with developing a product ranging matrix across all key selling channels. Support Category and Marketing Manager with developing a price list. Support the Category and Shopper Marketing Manager across key retailer range reviews including category and shopper insights, innovation and planogram recommendations. Construct planogram recommendations that deliver optimal category flow, blocking & adjacencies by updating and maintaining retailer planogram recommendations. Support Category and Marketing Manager with all regional reports and requests. Administrative responsibilities for inputting into the Marketing Intelligence budget, encompassing day to day Purchase to Payment (PTP) support. Required Competencies and Capabilities: 1-2 years’ experience in Category/Sales experience in FMCG industry. Tertiary qualification in marketing / commerce economics / business (or equivalent). Evidence of strong commercial acumen, analytical skills and use of Nielsen/Aztec/Unify Systems (scan & panel). Demonstrates ownership and a self-starter. Demonstrates a growth mindset, ability to be a team player and goal driven. Consistently demonstrate ethical behaviors and integrity beyond reproach. Planning, organizing and hands on experience in execution of shopper plans. Good problem solving and decision-making skills (amidst ambiguity). Passion & stamina to go the long haul in a fast-growing market. Passion for implementing processes and driving continuous improvements. May lead projects in the business on an ad-hoc basis. Strong communication skills (verbally & written). Is open-minded and demonstrate a “can do” approach. Is resourceful and inventive. Demonstrates the ability to deliver on objectives, across functions and in challenging circumstances. Display high level of resilience under internal & external pressure. Has a bias for action. Literate in MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook (Intermediate/Advanced level). #J-18808-Ljbffr