Category Manager - Infrastructure
Spearhead this dynamic category, managing top brands and impactful products within the infrastructure, retail and power tool categories.
Mō te whai waahi | About the opportunity
Join our growing team at Farmlands as a Category Manager, spearheading this dynamic category, managing top brands and impactful products within the infrastructure, retail and power tool categories, making a genuine difference for our customers in the agricultural, horticultural and lifestyle sectors.
The day to day includes:
- Developing category plans and strategies for the development and inclusion of innovative and sustainable product items for Farmlands
- Identifying market needs and opportunities
- Overseeing all commercial engagements with nominated vendors
- Working collaboratively with internal and external stakeholders to support the achievement of planned category sales growth
- Using technology and maintain and ensure compliance with systems and data to identify customer insights and to assist informed decision making
Mōhou ake | About you
A skilled category manager, you’ll be in your element building excellent relationships with our suppliers. You’ll have a track record of developing strategy, achieving results, surpassing targets and generating commercial innovative ideas.
You will also have:
- Large scale buying experience in a category related role preferably within FMCG or a retailer
- Strong understanding of farming operations and infrastructure
- Excellent analytical skills, with the ability to effectively mine data and derive actionable insights
- Strong account management, relationship building and client servicing skills
- A creative and curious nature, with the ability to effectively problem solve
Mō ngā painga | About the benefits
You’ll be joining a successful team with a track record of achieving our targets. There is a genuine opportunity to make your mark within the role and make significant contributions.
Working as a Farmlander you'll also be rewarded with:
- Great reward package
- Sick leave from Day 1
- Paid birthday leave
- Access to training through our online library, The Greenhouse
- Staff discounts at Farmlands Retail Stores
- Exclusive Farmlands shareholding offer providing access to a vast array of discounts with our Card Partners
- Additional support for parents - 10 weeks of fully paid parental leave for primary carers and 2 weeks' paid partner's leave
Mō matou | About us
Be part of a great New Zealand story! Te Whenua Tāroa - Farmlands was born from people joining together to do things differently. Fast forward from our humble beginnings in 1962 and we're New Zealand's largest farming co-operative with an annual turnover of more than $2.3 billion, with over 1200 staff in over 80 locations from Cape Reinga to Bluff!
In addition to our strong core retail business, we also have a well-established shareholder card network (with over 75,000 shareholders and over 7,000 card partner locations), with operations dealing with feed production, nutrition, ecommerce, fuel, distribution, agronomy, and a wide variety of other areas.
Te Tono | How to apply
Apply online with your CV and cover letter and we'll do the rest. We'd love to hear from you and know you'll most definitely grow your career - and us - at Farmlands.
Applicants must have the legal right to work in New Zealand.
- Team
- Merchandising
- Role
- Category Management
- Locations
- Christchurch Support Office
- Employment type
- Full-time
- Job Type
- Permanent - full-time
- Position Description
- https://JobDesc.azureedge.net/ttjds/Category Manager - Infrastructure - Nov 2023.pdf
Category Manager - Infrastructure
Spearhead this dynamic category, managing top brands and impactful products within the infrastructure, retail and power tool categories.
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