What you’ll do:

• Lead the overall customer and business strategy with full P&L accountability. 
• Coach & Develop the Assistant Category Management and Category Assistant team in this portfolio .
• Develop and implement the strategy with respect to sell price, GP, range, NPD and new concepts and operating processes.
• Accountable for the fiscal performance of the category including forecasting, budgets and overall performance to KPI’s and expectations.
• Develop and manage strong supplier relationships with a varied and diverse supplier base.

Who you are

You are looking for a new challenge and to take a complex high profile category within the Woolworths Supermarkets buying team.  You enjoy coaching both your own team and peers and are keen to play an active role in continuing to grow the team’s culture and people initiatives and engagement plan.  

You’re driven by a customer mission and passionate about being part of a team of great people. Whatever you love - customer experience, business process, trading, leadership or data, you’re active in the community that sits around it.  You orient yourself around doing what’s meaningful, purposeful and delivers value.

You’re excited about being part of the transformation of one of Australia’s biggest companies. Your previous experience in a Category Management role working across multiple teams and your leadership capabilities put you ahead of the crowd. You’re curious and empathetic, with an eye for the bigger picture. You deal with complexity by collaborating with colleagues, listening to customers and suppliers, testing ideas and continuously learning. You take authorship for what you create.

About You: 

• Proven buying experience at a Category Manager level, in a large supermarket/ FMCG/ pharmacy environment 
• Success in developing and executing a clear customer focused Category Plan that is aligned to the overarching divisional strategy and based on sound commercial insights / data
• A strong background and demonstrated ability to negotiate and influence with cross functional and external stakeholders at all levels across the business
• Ability to coach and develop a high performing category team and develop a culture where the customer is the focus and at the centre of all decisions made.
• Willingness to learn, collaborate with the wider team and adapt with changing conditions
• Interest in Health and Wellness

 
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