Category Manager | Sydney

Job Description

• Come and lead a + $1Billion category Portfolio
• Drive category growth based on motivating category insights
• Leading FMCG Company - Work with some of Australias most loved brands

At Goodman Fielder our purpose is to make everyday food better for everyone. We own a host of iconic brands that generations of Australians have grown up with and put in their supermarket trolleys every week, including Helga's, Wonder White, Praise, White Wings, Meadow Lea, La Famiglia and many more.

At Goodman Fielder our aspiration is to be the leading integrated food business in the region We are a team that believes that anything is possible. A team that understands our business and focuses on the right things that make the biggest difference and one that considers our end to end value chain when making decisions to optimize our business. We drive change as an opportunity for us to innovate and transform our business and to achieve beyond what we think is possible. 

About the Opportunity

Currently we are seeking an experienced Category Manager to join our Flavour Enhancers and Oils portfolio. Working on household brands including Praise, Olive Grove, Cornwells and Hollbrooks this role is responsible for leading the customer relationship between Goodman Fielder and retail partners to drive long term profitable growth of our business.

Specifically, you will:  

• Develop and embed Category Strategy of the Flavour Enhancers and Oils portfolio to drive long term sustainable growth opportunities
• Translate category, portfolio and brand insights into growth opportunities and key risks for the business
• Support teams to deliver key range review milestones & outcomes with a strong focus in development
• Support Marketing, Shopper Marketing and Sales functions to successfully bring NPD and key activations to market
• Lead price and promotional strategy

What you will need

• 5+ years at Category Manager position in FMCG environment
• 2+ years at National Account Manager position in FMCG environment
• Tertiary qualification in related field
• Proficiency across IRI (Aztec), Quantium, Microsoft 365 and Unify platforms
• High level of Strategic thinking, being able to translate internal and external insights into compelling actions
• Demonstrated category leadership advocating category drivers and initiatives which drive category growth
• End to end value chain thinking – You understand the end to end functional interdependencies and commercial levers to optimise activities and decisions
• Strong internal and external stakeholder management (essential)

In return for your passion and success, we will reward you with a competitive remuneration package and help you to achieve personal and professional growth and development in a flexible working environment. At Goodman Fielder, we aim to be a destination employer in the food industry where we don't just offer jobs - we offer long term careers.

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