Assistant Merchandise Manager - GPC Asia Pacific

AUS GPC Asia Pacific Australia Pty Ltd; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Staff discounts across GPC AsiaPacific

Private health insurance discounts

Employee assistance program

Safety conscious work environment

Parental leave top-up allowance

Paid volunteer leave

Job summary

GPC Asia Pacific Australia Pty Ltd in Melbourne is seeking a detail-oriented category coordinator to support merchandise plans and catalogue schedules across our automotive aftermarket brands. You will coordinate collateral, analyse data, and help ensure deadlines are met to drive top results.

Ideal candidates have exposure to category or buying, strong Excel and MS Office skills, and excellent stakeholder relationship abilities.

Qualifications

• Category, merchandise or buying exposure
• Strong communication skills and ability to develop stakeholder relationships
• Love of data and ability to analyse information
• Well-developed Excel skills and proficiency in MS Office tools
• Administrative prowess and organisational skills

Responsibilities

• Meet business objectives in relation to category plans
• Assist in ensuring catalogue deadlines are met
• Conduct new product research
• Perform data analysis and review
• Prepare reports and present findings
• Provide general administration support related to the role and category
• Build internal and external stakeholder relationships

Skills

Category buying exposure

Excellent communication

Excel

Data analysis

Stakeholder management

Organised

Tools

MS Office

Job description

Exciting Opportunity within a Growing Organisation

Iconic brand with over 400 stores across Australasia. Part of Genuine Parts Company, the global leader in automotive parts and accessories. Play an integral part in the success of a major product category through the coordination of collateral / catalogue schedules that bring top results.

About us

With 100 years operational experience, GPC Asia Pacific is the largest automotive aftermarket parts supplier in Australia and New Zealand, supported by Genuine Parts Company in North America, owner of the NAPA parts distribution business. Every day we deliver careers and experiences that are both challenging and rewarding. We have fun at work and celebrate our achievements and milestones, big and small. We foster an environment where we focus on results and continuous improvement and our people share our passion.

The role and you

Playing an integral part in the coordination of category related collateral, this fast-paced role reports directly to a Merchandise Manager, and ensures that category/merchandise plans are rolled out to schedule. You’ll know you’re the right person for the role if you have a resilient, tenacious personality, you thrive in a fast-paced role, and you love the challenge of meeting defined deadlines. Able to work with set objective and set information, and yet still be able to find a way around information that may sometimes seem ambiguous, you’ll rely on your problem-solving skills, asking questions along the way.

Duties

• Meet business objectives in relation to category plans
• Assists in ensuring catalogue deadlines are met
• New product research
• Data analysis and review
• Report preparation and presentation
• General administration support related to the role and category
• Internal and external stakeholder relationship building

Requirements

• Category, merchandise or buying exposure, or a passion for developing a career in this area
• Retail or FMCG experience desirable
• Strong communication skills and the ability to develop solid stakeholder relationships
• Well-developed excel skills, and good experience in all other Microsoft packages
• A love of data and ability to analyse information
• A keen eye for detail, and strong sense of logic
• Administrative prowessA natural ability to be organised

Benefits & perks

• Staff discounts across the GPC Asia Pacific group of Companies
• Private health insurance discounts
• Employee assistance program
• A highly safety conscious work environment
• We proactively support our working parents in a variety of meaningful ways, and our parental leave top-up allowance is one of the ways we do this
• Paid volunteer leave allowing you to give back to your chosen charity/community organisation

Who we are

We are GPC Asia Pacific: one of the largest industrial and automotive aftermarket parts and service suppliers in Australia, New Zealand and South East Asia. Our iconic brands include Repco, NAPA & McLeod Accessories. Yet we are more than just a parts and service company. We propel people forward. With over 8000 team members in Asia Pacific, and 60k+ globally, being part of Genuine Parts Company won’t leave you standing still. Reach is key to our success. Learn more about our business online at www.gpcasiapac.com.

Equal Opportunity Statement

GPC conducts its business without regard to sex, race, creed, color, religion, marital status, national origin, citizenship status, age, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, disability, military status, status as a veteran, or any other protected characteristic. GPC's policy is to recruit, hire, train, promote, assign, transfer and terminate employees based on their own ability, achievement, experience and conduct and other legitimate business reasons.

Our Heritage

Since 1928, GPC has set the standards for performance and value for our customers and our stakeholders. Today, we’re proud to say we’re the largest global auto parts network and a leading industrial parts distributor, one that offers rewarding careers that combine small company feel with a global scale. Our strengths are in the relationships we build and the value we deliver by merging local expertise with a global force.