Category Manager - Australia

All vacancies of AustraliaSalesCategory Manager - Australia

We are seeking a passionate, results-focused and experienced Category Manager to become the key support function across all Vitaco Australia channels.

Summary about this job

Analysis & Reporting

Company: Vitaco Health NZ Ltd

Location: Sydney

Work type: Full Time

Salary: n\a

Phone: +61-8-7208-3401

Fax: +61-3-4995-9612

E-mail: n\a

Site:

Detail information about job Category Manager - Australia. Terms and conditions vacancy

  • Well known health & wellbeing products
  • Fun, dynamic and friendly culture
  • Macquarie Park / North Ryde location

Our Story


Vitaco is the home of an outstanding collection of leading Australian and New Zealand supplements, health food, and sports nutrition brands. Our four core brands, Musashi, Aussie Bodies, Nutra-Life and Healtheries have been empowering healthier lives in Australia, New Zealand, and over 30 countries world-wide for over 100 years.

Health and wellness is our passion. From our best-in-class manufacturing capabilities to our dedicated customer service team, Vitaco employs over 450 team members in Australia, New Zealand, and Shanghai dedicated to providing the highest quality products for consumers of all ages and types around the world.

Vitaco brands are recognized as leaders in their category: Musashi has been voted #1 male sports nutrition brand in Australia, Healtheries has been #1 supplements brand in New Zealand for 12 years running and Aussie Bodies is the #1 sports nutrition brand for women in Australia. Whether in a grocery store, pharmacy, sports specialty store, or online platform, you are likely to find a high quality Vitaco product everywhere you love to shop.

Going global is more important to us than ever before. With the support of our shareholders Shanghai Pharma and Primavera Capital, Vitaco is focused on aggressively expanding into China and other international markets so we can introduce more consumers to the best in clean, green Australian and New Zealand products.

 

Your Opportunity

We are seeking a passionate, results-focused and experienced Category Manager to become the key support function across all Vitaco Australia channels and four brands. Your role will be to create a competitive advantage through insight driven, innovative and effective category reviews and proposals aligned to our brands and retailer priorities. This role will report through to the General Manager Sport & Foods and will work cross functionally with the brand teams and other divisions within Vitaco. Working with the General Manager Sport & Foods this will be a high profile role where you will be given the support and scope to make a real impact.

In this challenging and varied role, you will assist with the establishment of integrated category plans, the development and management of effective customer category reviews (including optimal product ranging , space management recommendations) and negotiations with third parties (data agencies).

As Category Manager, you will be involved in identifying customer, brand and shopper insights using both scan/shopper data and shopper research. With these insights, you will help to develop the strategies and layouts designed to drive category, brand and retail customer growth. You will be working with key clients/major retailers - driving strategy & delivering insights but also influencing areas like promotions/pricing, product development (new and existing), channel planning and shopper marketing.

 

Key responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

  • Development of category growth initiatives
  • Gaining strategic category partnerships through demonstration of category and consumer expertise
  • Optimisation of current shelf merchandizing principles and solutions
  • Development of category selling stories for Vitaco innovation/connections initiatives.
  • Category analytics and category insights including international trends and global trends 
  • Develop the success measures for all category leadership initiatives
  • Identification of category risks and opportunities.
  • Understand data sources – IRI Aztec, IMS and Shopper insights (Shopper tracker, Quantium and Customer data when relevant)

To be successful in this role, the candidate should have:

  • Category Management background preferably within FMCG
  • Experience in working with the major grocery and pharmacy retailers on category reviews, NPD launches, etc.
  • Excellent negotiations, analytical skills and understanding of retail insights
  • Proven track record of success in identifying customer behaviours to deliver a commercial outcome
  • Ability to manage and negotiate with senior stakeholders both internally and externally
  • Strategic thinking, planned and organized and be able to work effectively in a team environment
  • Converting data into win, win opportunities
  • Degree qualified in Business, Marketing or related field is preferred

Having the ability to collaborate positively within the Vitaco team and with other department members, and to work well within various cross functional teams will be critical to your success.
This role requires excellent communication, interpersonal skills and will have one direct report. We are looking for candidates who have high levels of drive & motivation and have a strong level of commercial and organisational awareness. You will also have solid baseline knowledge around the industry and drivers/things that impact upon customer behaviour in this space and can help guide category strategy to improve commercial performance.

Vitaco believes diversity in our business is an asset that impacts the way we think and the way we work together. We are committed to an inclusive workplace that respects all cultures, different ways of thinking and supports our people to perform at their best and develop to their full potential. At Vitaco, ‘We Care, We Act and We Succeed’. 

If you want to take your career to the next step with a highly respected organization, this is your opportunity, we’d love to hear from you. We offer a competitive salary, a caring and vibrant work environment, staff sales benefits and continual professional development. 

Working for a market leader in health & wellbeing products is an opportunity you just can’t miss! 

If you think you have got what it takes to secure this role. APPLY NOW!

Applications may be considered before the closing date.

 

Responds for Category Manager - Australia on FaceBook

Read all comments for Category Manager - Australia. Leave a respond Category Manager - Australia in social networks. Category Manager - Australia on Facebook, LinkedIn and Google+