Drinks & Snacks Category Lead – Growth & Strategy

BIG W; Sydney; On-site; AUD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Sonder support

Generous leave policy

Team discounts

Rewards program

Salary Sacrifice options

Job summary

BIG W in Sydney is hiring a Category Manager for Drinks, Snacks, and Confectionery within our Everyday team. Based at Bella Vista, you will own the end-to-end category strategy, pricing, promotions and placement, and empower a high-performing team to reach ambitious growth, profitability and market share targets.

You will collaborate with internal and external partners, translate customer insights into category plans, curate ranges, negotiate with suppliers, and ensure compliance with Australian

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a Category Manager in a large retail organisation or FMCG environment.
• Demonstrated success in developing and executing customer-focused category plans aligned with the divisional strategy and supported by data.
• Strong negotiation and influence skills with cross-functional and external stakeholders at all levels of the business.
• Ability to become an industry expert in Australia.
• Passion for product development and continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

• Partner with the Senior Category Manager to build the category strategy by gaining a thorough understanding of customer insights & the market to contribute to the BIG W Strategy
• Curate ranges, refine pricing and promotion channel plan in line with Category Strategy, using Customer and Market insights to ensure it’s aligned to BIG W strategies
• Partner with Suppliers to build relationship and optimise supplier portfolio in category to increase sales, profit and customer advocacy
• Partner with BIGW Asia & Graphic Packaging Design Team to maximise own brand offers & grow customer advocacy where relevant
• Ensure that all products ranged within the category are compliant to Australian consumer law. To ensure that all own brand and exclusive brand products are approved through the Big W QA processes prior to ranging of the product lines. To understand BIG W's New Product Development process as it relates to the products ranged within your category

Skills

Category management

Negotiation

Stakeholder influence

Australia market knowledge

Job description

BIG W in Sydney is hiring a Category Manager for Drinks, Snacks, and Confectionery within our Everyday team. Based at Bella Vista, you will own the end-to-end category strategy, pricing, promotions and placement, and empower a high-performing team to reach ambitious growth, profitability and market share targets.

You will collaborate with internal and external partners, translate customer insights into category plans, curate ranges, negotiate with suppliers, and ensure compliance with Australian