Country Care Group is one of Australia's largest privatelyowned providers of assistive technology, mobility equipment and healthcaresolutions.

Established in 1997, we employ more than 700 people acrossAustralia through a network of 50 company owned stores and more than 130 memberstores. Our retail, wholesale, manufacturing and government healthcarebusinesses help thousands of Australians live more independently every day.

Our K Care Healthcare Solutions division is home to thetrusted K Care brand and supplies leading assistive technology products throughretail, wholesale and manufacturing channels across Australia.

At Country Care Group, we believe staying connected supportshealth and wellbeing, and that connection begins with the freedom to liveindependently.

About the Opportunity

The Merchandise Manager will lead the national merchandisestrategy across Country Care Group.

This is a highly commercial role responsible for the end toend management of merchandise categories, including category strategy, rangearchitecture, pricing, promotions, supplier partnerships and commercialperformance.

Working collaboratively across Network Operations,Marketing, Digital, Supply Chain and Product Development, you'll deliver acustomer focused product offering that drives category growth, improves grossmargin and strengthens our position as one of Australia's leading providers ofassistive technology.

Key Responsibilities

- Develop and execute thenational merchandise strategy
- Lead categorymanagement, range architecture and assortment planning
- Develop pricing,promotional and margin strategies across product categories




- Build strategic supplierpartnerships and negotiate commercial trading terms
- Analyse categoryperformance and identify opportunities to improve sales, margin andcustomer outcomes
- Partner with Marketing,Digital, Supply Chain and Product Development to deliver category plansand new product initiatives
- Implement best practicecategory management and merchandising processes across the business.

Our ideal candidate will have

- Demonstrated experiencein Merchandise Management, Category Management or Buying within a nationalretail, wholesale or healthcare environment
- Strong commercial acumenwith the ability to drive category performance and profitability
- Experience developingmerchandise strategies, pricing models and category plans
- Proven suppliernegotiation and relationship management experience
- Excellent analytical andcommercial decision making skills
- Strong stakeholderengagement skills with the ability to influence across multiple businessfunctions
- Tertiary qualificationsin Business, Commerce, Marketing or a related discipline will be highlyregarded.

Experience within healthcare, medical devices or assistivetechnology will be highly regarded but is not essential.

- Prospect to shape themerchandise strategy of one of Australia's largest privately ownedassistive technology businesses
- Participation in ourLeadership Academy
- Healthy work lifebalance
- 24/7 access to ourEmployee Assistance Program
- Discounted HealthInsurance.

If you're a commercially minded merchandise leader whoenjoys building product strategies, developing supplier partnerships anddelivering profitable growth, we'd love to hear from you.

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📌 Merchandise Manager (Melbourne)
🏢 Country Care Management Services
📍 Melbourne