Merchandise Manager Workshop Consumables - GPC Asia Pacific

Genuine Parts Company; Australia; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Staff discounts across the GPC Asia Pa

Private health insurance discounts

Employee assistance program

Safety-conscious work environment

Parental leave top-up allowance

Paid volunteer leave

Job summary

GPC Asia Pacific, a leading automotive aftermarket supplier operating across Australia, New Zealand and Southeast Asia, invites applications for Merchandise Manager – Workshop Consumables. The role holds end-to-end accountability for the category strategy, sales, profitability and team leadership within a high-volume retail/wholesale environment.

You will drive category growth, lead a small team, manage supplier partnerships and optimize ranges to deliver profitable growth across both Retail and

Responsibilities

• Working across both Retail and Trade channels, supporting Repco NAPA businesses across Australia and New Zealand.
• Building strong supplier and internal stakeholder relationships
• Leading and developing a small category team
• Setting and executing category strategy
• Identifying market and product growth opportunities
• Delivering sales, margin, and profitability targets
• Managing category budgets and pricing strategies
• Conducting range reviews and assortment optimization

Job description

Through an internal promotion, an opportunity has arisen to lead one of GPC’s core automotive categories. As Merchandise Manager – Workshop Consumables, you will have end-to-end accountability for category strategy, sales, profitability and team leadership. This opportunity would suit an experienced, commercially driven Category or Merchandise Manager from a high-volume retail, trade, FMCG or wholesale environment. You will bring strong category management expertise, commercial acumen, people leadership and supplier management capability, with a proven track record of turning strategy into execution and delivering profitable growth.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Working across both Retail and Trade channels, supporting both Repco NAPA businesses across Australia and New Zealand.
• Building strong supplier and internal stakeholder relationships
• Leading and developing a small category team
• Setting and executing category strategy
• Identifying market and product growth opportunities
• Delivering sales, margin, and profitability targets
• Managing category budgets and pricing strategies
• Conducting range reviews and assortment optimization

About You

• You are a commercially astute leader with a strong track record of driving sales, profitability and category growth and building strong, strategic supplier partnerships.
• You bring energy, curiosity and a genuine ability to connect with people, balanced with strong strategic and analytical capability.
• A confident communicator, you lead and engage teams and stakeholders to deliver exceptional customer and commercial outcomes.
• Commercially astute with demonstrable previous experience in Category Management roles.
• The ability to effectively balance competing priorities and drive performance across both Retail and Trade channels.
• Strategic, customer-focused thinking and strong planning capability.
• Strong leadership skills and a proven ability in developing high-performing teams in Category Manager or Merchandise Manager roles.
• Energy, enthusiasm, and a positive approach that helps engage and inspire those around you.
• Creativity and a willingness to challenge conventional thinking to unlock new opportunities.
• Excellent communication, influencing, and stakeholder management skills.
• A curious mindset and a drive to identify new opportunities for growth and improvement.
• Resilience, adaptability, and tenacity in delivering results.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, supported by attention to detail.
• Collaborative leadership style and commitment to achieving shared business outcomes.
• Build genuine relationships while fostering an enjoyable and high-performing team culture.

Looking after you

We are committed to ensuring our people are well looked after. In addition to a rewarding and challenging career, we will provide:

• 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

Reach is key to our success. Learn more about our business online at www.gpcasiapac.com

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.

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.

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.