Career Opportunities: Assistant Category Manager - General Merchandise and Front of Store (1008439) Requisition ID 1008439 - Posted - New Zealand - Full-time - Commercial
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About the Role | Mo te Turanga
Our new Assistant Category Manager - General Merchandise and Front of Store will be accountable for driving the buying and merchandising processes across a broad range of products we offer to Woolworths consumers. The key to this role will be managing effective relationships with vendors and negotiating with them as well as developing and procuring the right products to drive our business in line with our Category merchandise needs and strategic objectives.
This role will suit someone with some retail based experience, ideally from within FMCG and who will have a desire to become an expert Category Manager. You will have good commercial acumen and previous experience driving new or challenged business initiatives within Woolworths with a proven track record of engaging and influencing key stakeholders of the business.
Responsibilities:
Delivering customer focused strategy through effective management of product, price, promotion and placement
Maintaining awareness of product trends, availability, and customer preferences
Understanding of buying and selling patterns, impacts on the category
Maintaining high level relationships with vendors and partners
Collaborating across functions to ensure efficient, on time delivery of products
Developing longer-term plans and recommendations across products/categories
Managing and controlling sales to budget
Assist in Category reviews and buying projects
As a Woolworths team member you will receive a generous salary as well as:
Supportive team environment
Ongoing development within an ANZ team and access to COE/specialist career opportunities
Global and local career opportunities
Grocery discount card - 5 -10% off your groceries!
Half price online delivery and free online delivery for new parents
Employee Assistance Program
Discounts on health insurance, dental, optometrists, gym memberships, JB Hi-Fi, PB tech and many more!
Working with Woolworths NZ | Me mahi tahi tatou ki Woolworths NZ
With over 185 stores and 20,000 team members across Aotearoa, we've made it our mission to make Kiwi lives a little better every day.
We're friendly, down-to-earth, and energetic - we work hard but we have a great time doing it, and we love what we do.
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Everyone belongs at Woolworths Group
Diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging are key to realising our purpose of better together for a better tomorrow.
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