Assistant Category Manager

2 weeks ago

Auckland City, New Zealand LS Travel Retail Full time

**Wellbeing & Charity volunteering leave**:

- **Employee discount across New Zealand & Australia**:

- **Hybrid working arrangements**

**As we prepare to move to a single operator model for the Duty Free Operations at Auckland Airport, we are looking to bolster our support teams with like minded professionals with an interest in growing their career with a global leader, with a local heartbeat.**

This is a rare opportunity for you to elevate your career in category managment in Fashion & Art of Living and join an established category management team. Providing critical administrative support, this is your opportunity to build your career whilst demonstrating your keen commercial acumen, superior customer service and immaculate presentation. No two days will look the same as you manage our promotional calendar, report on sales and trends, support with assortment reviews and manage SKU data. Working both with big global brands, and niche local producers, responsibilities will include:

- The accurate and timely management of category SKUs and vendors in ERP
- Coordination of the promotional calendar
- Monthly & ad-hoc reporting for categories
- Supporting with assortment reviews and file maintenance
- Administrative tasks as directed

**In order to be successful in this role you will need**:

- Tertiary qualifications in marketing or a related field
- Previous experience in a similar role or retail environment with a focus on fashion or art of living
- Knowledge of category trends, products and key brands/retailers
- Experience with POS and ERP software will be highly regarded
- Strong Microsoft suite skills including intermediate to advanced Excel
- A high level of initiative
- Strong attention to detail
- Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced, high-pressured environment
- Strong written and verbal communication skills

**Lagardère AWPL is the Pacific region's largest and most experienced Travel Retail operator. **We are globally enabled through the backing of Lagardère Travel Retail, and our passionate teams across Australia, New Zealand and Noumea are empowered to execute locally for our customers and landlord partners. Lagardère AWPL operates over 150 stores and we are the only operator in the region able to offer our customers and partners unique experiences across four distinct business lines; Travel Essentials, Speciality, Duty Free & Luxury and Food Service.

Our friendly teams are committed, enthusiastic and share a passion for delivering unparalleled customer service in retail & hospitality driven by our core values of **Excellence | Adventure | Respect.

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