Category Manager

Ambition Recruitment; Canterbury-Bankstown; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Ambition Recruitment is seeking a hands-on Category Manager to own category strategy and range presentations for major FMCG retailers in Australia. You will convert raw scan data into commercial recommendations to defend and grow shelf presence.

In this in-office role, you will build data-driven PowerPoint decks, Power BI dashboards, and advanced Excel models, collaborating with Sales, Marketing, and Procurement to validate pricing and go-to-market plans for new product launches.

Qualifications

• Experience in category management, commercial analysis or retail buying within FMCG.
• Hands-on proficiency with scan data platforms and advanced Excel modeling.
• Strong commercial acumen with experience presenting range reviews and space management recommendations.
• Ability to manage end-to-end data analysis and deck creation.

Responsibilities

• Lead category reviews, range rationalisation, and shelf-space recommendations for major retail accounts.
• Analyse raw portal data and syndicated scan data (Aztec, Circana/IRI, NielsenIQ, Quantium).
• Build data-driven PowerPoint decks, Power BI dashboards, and advanced Excel models (VLOOKUPs, data cleansing).
• Partner cross-functionally with Sales, Marketing, and Procurement to validate pricing, commercial feasibility, and go-to-market plans for NPD launches.
• Deliver actionable performance scorecards directly to executive leadership.

Skills

Category management

Data analysis

Retail buying/trading

End-to-end data analysis

Tools

Power BI

Excel

Job description

A well-established, market-leading importer, manufacturer, and distributor of high-growth food and beverage brands, supplying major supermarket chains, wholesale networks, and independent grocers across Australia and New Zealand.

The Opportunity

Reporting directly to the CCO in an autonomous, high-visibility role, you will take full ownership of category strategy, range reviews, and retail presentations across Australia's biggest FMCG busineses. You will turn raw scan data into compelling commercial recommendations to defend and grow shelf presence.

What you'll do

• Lead category reviews, range rationalisation, and shelf-space recommendations for major retail accounts.
• Analyse raw portal data and syndicated scan data (Aztec, Circana/IRI, NielsenIQ, Quantium).
• Build data-driven PowerPoint decks, Power BI dashboards, and advanced Excel models (VLOOKUPs, data cleansing).
• Partner cross-functionally with Sales, Marketing, and Procurement to validate pricing, commercial feasibility, and go-to-market plans for NPD launches.
• Deliver actionable performance scorecards directly to executive leadership.

About you

• Category management, commercial analysis, or retail buying/trading experience within FMCG / grocery.
• Hands-on proficiency with scan data platforms and advanced Excel modeling.
• Solid commercial acumen with experience presenting range reviews and space management recommendations.
• Self-starter capable of managing end-to-end data analysis and deck creation.

Please note

This is an in-office role, 5 days in the office.

• High visibility role with high impact work - great career development opportunity