Assistant Category Manager

7 months ago

Auckland City, New Zealand PlaceMakers Full time

**About the role**:
This role will see you working closely with our Category Managers, along with our stores and suppliers, to help continually grow the categories within PlaceMakers, Tumu and Mico. As an integral part of our Merchandise team, you will be based here at our National Office in Penrose.

Your core function as an Assistant Category Manager is to work side by side with the Category Manager to deliver on the execution of category plans and initiatives. This is a critical role in providing product and promotional support, delivering key initiatives across specific category lines and executing team strategies. You will make careful use of pricing analysis and market trends to assist in determining the best product ranges for our stores.

This role also gives you product ownership by managing your own category.

Daily you will be responsible for - Supporting category strategy, ranging and pricing
- Providing recommendations, reporting and data/competitor analysis to Category Managers
- Assisting with catalogue content/creation
- Providing support to the branch and supplier networks regarding any queries
- Assisting the wider team in sourcing the right products whilst optimising our purchasing power through effective negotiation skills

This is an exciting development opportunity for a strong Administrator/Coordinator or Buyers Assistant to step straight into managing category and strategy.

**Skills and Experience**:
You will be a great communicator, enjoy building a good rapport with our customers and have solid influencing skills to engage with key suppliers at a strategic level in order to add value to our customers. Alongside this you can also demonstrate the following:

- Previous experience in Assistant Category Management is ideal otherwise, a Marketing background or Strong project Coordination/ Administration experience
- Building Products/ Construction Industry experience is not required, but a passion for it is
- Systems savvy and highly proficient with MS Office, in particular Excel
- A ‘can do’, Innovative attitude with a solutions approach
- Strong analytical and administration skills with excellent attention to detail
- Thrive in a fast-paced environment with the ability to juggle many balls and manage ever-changing priorities

**About PlaceMakers and our Benefits**

PlaceMakers is New Zealand's leading and largest supplier of building materials to New Zealand’s residential and commercial construction markets. Part of New Zealand’s largest listed company, Fletcher Building, we employ more than 2,100 people in over 60 locations across the country and can source more than 100,000 product lines from concrete to paint and plasterboard.

These roles are working at our Head Office in Penrose, permanent opportunities, where hours are Monday to Friday, 40 hours.

**How to Apply**
- Opportunities like this do not come along very often and these are limited. To express your genuine interest please submit your CV for review and one of our team will get back to you

Please note - A pre-employment medical, including a drug test will be required as well as being fully eligible to work in NZ indefinitely.
- We are proud of the incredible diversity of people who make up our business As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we strive to create an inclusive environment for all our employees across our national network of branches throughout New Zealand._

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