Category Specialist

**Company Description**

Are you a recent graduate, with great admin / organisational skills, with a passion for retail and looking for an opportunity to kickstart your career? Or perhaps you have great store experience, a real understanding of products and want to learn and support the behind-the-scenes of how our products land in store?

The Warehouse Group (TWG) has become a Kiwi household name, and we proudly recognise the role that we play in communities throughout New Zealand. We are the largest general merchandise retailer in NZ across The Warehouse, Warehouse Stationery & Noel Leeming. We are at an exciting point in our journey where our focus is on becoming brand-centric, aiming to deliver an unparalleled experience for our customers. Agility and collaboration are cornerstones of our work culture, empowering us to adapt swiftly and work seamlessly together. By being brand-led and retail-focused, we are intentional about placing the right people in the right roles, allowing us to perform work that truly makes a difference.

We're seeking proactive, detail-oriented self-starters to join our team in these vibrant, administrative roles with true impact As Category Specialists within our merchandise team, you'll play a pivotal role in keeping our operations running smoothly. Acting as a main point of contact with suppliers and providing key support to our Buyers, you'll cover a broad range of categories—from our trend-setting apparel collections, must-have food and grocery essentials, high-tech appliances, and stylish home ranges to stationery for creative minds and outdoor living products.

**In this role, you’ll be responsible for**:

- Efficiently managing multiple live tasks, juggling priorities, and adapting swiftly in a fast-moving environment
- Placing, tracking, and managing product orders to meet schedules and deadlines, including handling purchase orders and barcodes
- Inputting and maintaining accurate product data and imagery for smooth product rollouts
- Handling supplier invoices and information to sustain strong supplier relationships
- Supporting advertising and promotional activities across categories
- Monitoring and reporting on sales performance, contributing valuable insights
- Offering additional administrative and systems support to keep operations seamless
- Coordinating customer-focused events (e.g., Christmas, Easter, Mother’s Day), tracking timelines, and managing samples

**Qualifications**
With lots of opportunities to learn in real-time and develop your skills, you’re a real self-starter who takes ownership of your work, thrives when working at the fast pace of retail and can collaborate with internal teams and build relationships with external suppliers. No two days are the same You’re an active problem-solver, curious in nature and drive to find solutions.

Organisation, prioritisation and time management skills are your key strengths as you work efficiently to juggle priorities, manage workload and deliver to strict deadlines with ease You will have outstanding verbal and written communication skills, have a high attention to detail and robust organisational skills.

On our wish list:

- Strong administration experience and organisational skills
- Proficient knowledge in Microsoft Office including Excel
- A passion for retail and enthusiasm for working in a fast-paced, dynamic environment
- Impeccable accuracy and attention to detail

**Additional Information**
We offer a dynamic, flexible and supportive team environment working with like-minded people within a business that cares about and recognises individuals.

We also offer a range of benefits that work for you, your lifestyle and your career which include flexible working arrangements, team member discounts, wellbeing support, leave benefits and more

**MAKE SUSTAINABLE LIVING EASY AND AFFORDABLE FOR EVERYONE** don’t hesitate. APPLY