Category Manager

3 days ago


Auckland, New Zealand CGR Services Full time

We grow together.
We keep things simple.
We get stuff done. Goodman Fielder is New Zealand's largest food & beverage manufacturer, serving customer needs with a portfolio of iconic brands that New Zealanders have grown up with and enjoy every day.
Our brands include Edmonds, Olivani, Fortune, Vogel's, Molenberg, Freya's, Meadow Fresh and Puhoi Valley just to name a few We are passionate about what we do and strive to be the best Marketing & Category team in New Zealand.
We are looking for equally passionate and talented individuals to join our business, and be part of our success.
The Opportunity:
We are looking for a Category Manager to join our high performing Grocery & Ingredients team on a 13 month maternity cover contract.
Reporting into the Head of Portfolio Grocery & Ingredients, you will be an integral member of the Portfolio Marketing & Category team leading consumer, category, brand and customer data insight, to enable decision making that drives the strategic direction of the portfolio.
To be successful in this role, you will be a commercially savvy Category Manager who gets stuff done. You will have a proven track-record of success and be able to demonstrate strong category disciplines.
Vital to your success will be your positive attitude, growth mindset, and ability to work well as part of a team.
Key Responsibilities:

Lead cross functional collaboration to achieve portfolio objectives.
Lead collaboration with retailers to boost category profit and support sales teams with reviews and key projects.
Create performance tracking tools to monitor customer and channel performance, highlighting issues and opportunities.
Use data to influence stakeholders across product, price, promotion, and place (4P mix).
Identify growth drivers to feed into channel-specific actionable plans.
Help create and execute 3-year strategic and annual plans for retail channel.

The Successful Applicant Will Have:

Experience in Category Management, Sales or Marketing within an FMCG environment or similar environment.
Experience in use of Circana Unify / Temple, Nielsen, Home scan and exposure to other forms of consumer and shopper insight methods.
An ability to analyse and interpret data from a range of sources & draw valid conclusions.
An ability to communicate complex information in an easily understandable manner to all levels of the business.
Strong commercial & financial acumen.
A growth mindset.

This is an exciting role and opportunity to join the Goodman Fielder Marketing & Category team, where you have the ability to lead the category thinking for your portfolio with the support of a larger organisation.
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