We’ve been trusted to serve Aussie communities since 1914 and grown to become a top 30-listed on the ASX with over 115,000 team members and a portfolio of iconic brands. At Coles Group, you’ll not only get to make a difference to millions of Aussie lives—you’ll also get to see your impact.

ABOUT YOU AND YOUR SKILLS

We are looking for a candidate with a strong commercial acumen, experience working within an FMCG and/or retail environment and strong knowledge of the merchandising function and processes.

You’ll also need:

• Strong organisational skills and ability to plan ahead to support the category’s unique needs
• Prior experience with promotional and trade planning
• Industry knowledge within Liquor is highly desirable
• Exceptional stakeholder management with the ability to work closely and influence internal and external stakeholders to achieve objectives
• Strong commercial acumen with experience applying this to interpret industry dynamics and competitive retail landscape
• Strong analytical skills demonstrated through proactively sourcing customer insights and data to formulate category recommendations
• Experience working within cross functional teams to manage and execute projects

On a day to day bases you’ll be responsible for trade and promotional planning, leveraging commercial analysis to drive these areas.

You’ll also:

• Develop strong supplier relationships to effectively partner and execute goals
• Gain data driven insights to shape the promotional and trade plans in the category
• Own the promotional program for a set category.
• Assist in the execution of the category’s pricing, promotion, range selection and layout development
• Assist in management of key processes for assigned category including marketing brief and sign off on content and accuracy