Senior Category Manager | Sydney

Job Description

• Come and lead a $2.4 Billion Category
• Drive category growth based on motivating category insights
• Leading FMCG Company - Work with some of Australia's 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, 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 a Senior Category Manager to join our Grocery business which includes Spreads, Oils, Flavour Enhancers & In Home Baking portfolios. Working on many of our household brands Praise, MeadowLea, White Wings, Pampas & CSR Sugar just to name a few.  This role is responsible for leading the category strategy and customer relationship between Goodman Fielder and retail partners to drive long term profitable growth of our business.

Specifically, you will:  

• Be category expert and lead for the GF business, with deep knowledge and understanding of the category and competitive landscape across the Retail and Foodservice channels
• Develop and embed Category Strategy to drive long term sustainable growth opportunities and category health across the Retail and Foodservice channels
• Translate category, portfolio and brand insights into growth opportunities for GF
• Support teams to deliver key range review milestones & outcomes
• Support Portfolio & Marketing, Retail Sales and Foodservice Sales functions to successfully bring NPD and key activations to market
• Lead price and promotion strategy in collaboration with RGM function
• Lead  and develop 1 direct report

What you will need

• 5+ years at Category Manager position in FMCG environment
• 2+ years at National Account Manager position in FMCG environment (optional)
• 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 stories and action plans
• Demonstrated experience in developing robust category strategy that connects internal profitable growth with external category growth and development.
• 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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