Job Description
Assistant Category Manager
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Department: Marketing - ANZ
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Location: North Strathfield, NSW, Australia, ****
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Job Function: Marketing - ANZ
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Employment Type:
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About the Job
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At The Arnott's Group,we'repassionate about creating delicious moments for consumers every day. An exciting opportunity has become available for an Assistant Category Manager to join our Meals & Beverages team, supporting a portfolio worth more than $150 million in annual sales.
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Reporting to the Category Development Lead,you'llplay a key role in turning data into actionable recommendations, supporting category growth strategies, partnering with major retailers, and helping bring new products to market. This is a highly visible role with broad exposure across Sales, Marketing, Finance and Supply Chain, offering the opportunity to build commercial capability while making a genuine impact on business performance.
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We'reopen todifferent backgroundsand experiences. You may be a highly analytical category professional who loves uncovering insights from data, or you may bring stronger customer-facing experience and be ready to take greater ownership of retailer engagement and category storytelling.
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About You
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You'renaturally curious,
commerciallymindedand
enjoy turning complex data into explicit recommendations that drive growth.
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You'llbring:
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Experience in FMCG category management, category insights,
categorydevelopmentor
a related commercial function
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Experience within FMCG or another fast-paced,



consumer-led environment (not mandatory)
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Strong analytical skills with the ability toidentifytrends and turn insights into compelling commercial stories
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Experience using category and shopper data platforms such as Coles Synergy, Quantium and/orCircana(IRI)
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Confidence building relationships across Sales, Marketing, Finance and Supply teams
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Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to influence stakeholders
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Excellentorganisationskills
and the ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously
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Experience with Power BI and JDA Space Planning will be highly regarded.
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What Your Days Look Like
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No two days are the same. You could be:
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Supporting category reviews,
planningsessionsand
joint business planning with key retail customers
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Analysingshopper,categoryand
market data to uncover growth opportunities
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Building category recommendations and commercial stories to support customer conversations
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Supporting innovation launches, forecasting and post-launch performance tracking
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Managing ranging activities,
assortmentreviewsand
product lifecycle recommendations
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Partnering with Sales, Marketing,



Revenue Growth Management and Finance teams to deliver business priorities
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Providing insights that influence strategy, execution and decision making across the portfolio
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The Ingredients for Success
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Success in this role comes from balancing
analyticalrigourwith
commercial thinking.
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You'llthrive if you enjoy:
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Working with large and complex data sets
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Finding opportunities hidden in the numbers
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Building strong cross-functional relationships
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Presenting recommendations with confidence
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Taking ownership and driving outcomes
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Learning quickly in a fast-moving FMCG environment
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Hybrid ways of working
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Career development across one of Australia's most loved FMCG businesses
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Exposure to major retailers and category leadership teams
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Access to
health,wellbeingand
employee benefits programs
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Our Culture
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The Arnott's Group is home to some of Australasia's most trusted and iconic brands. As a proud and independent business, we have the freedom to move quickly,
thinkdifferentlyand
create opportunities for our people to grow.
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We celebrate diversity,
valuecollaborationand
encourage our people to bring fresh thinking to everything they do.
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Ifyou'relooking for a role where you can develop your commercial capability, build
meaningfulrelationshipsand
make a real contribution to the success of well-loved brands,we'dlove to hear from you.
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📌 Assistant Category Manager (New South Wales)
🏢 The Arnott's Group
📍 New South Wales