Seed Category Lead: Drive Regional Growth & Strategy

Elders Rural Services; Toowoomba Regional; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Elders seeks a Category Lead - Seed to drive the regional implementation of the national retail strategy across the Elders branch network. Based wherever in Queensland or Northern NSW, ideally in Toowoomba, you will partner with branch teams to deliver category targets and strong commercial outcomes across the region.

You will bring a degree in Business or Agriculture, agricultural industry experience, and strong knowledge of logistics, inventory, and supply chain processes to influence regional

Qualifications

• A degree in Business, Agriculture or a related discipline, or equivalent relevant industry experience.
• Relevant accreditation for the assigned category (e.g. Agsafe, ChemCert, nutrition or animal health) is desirable or required where applicable.
• Agricultural industry experience, ideally within rural products, retail or an agribusiness environment.
• Strong knowledge of product logistics, inventory management and supply chain processes.
• Branch management experience is desirable, with strong commercial acumen across margin, inventory management and return on capital.
• Sound understanding of marketing, pricing, product ranging and margin management, including promotional planning and execution.

Responsibilities

• Identify and deliver growth opportunities by developing and implementing targeted regional initiatives, including opportunities across new products, customer segments, markets and channels.
• Build category capability across the region by providing branch teams with relevant product, service and sales process knowledge, and developing practical resources such as category insights, sales tools and customer engagement strategies.
• Partner with key stakeholders to improve category outcomes by working closely with the Retail Centre of Direction, Branch Managers, agronomists and branch retail teams to execute category plans, drive margin improvement and ensure alignment with national strategy.
• Develop strong supplier and industry relationships by managing relationships with suppliers and technical representatives, leveraging their expertise and insights to support category growth, product adoption and regional performance.

Education

Degree in Business, Agriculture or related discipline

Job description

Elders seeks a Category Lead - Seed to drive the regional implementation of the national retail strategy across the Elders branch network. Based wherever in Queensland or Northern NSW, ideally in Toowoomba, you will partner with branch teams to deliver category targets and strong commercial outcomes across the region.

You will bring a degree in Business or Agriculture, agricultural industry experience, and strong knowledge of logistics, inventory, and supply chain processes to influence regional