Job Description

Bapcor Retail is home to some of Australia's most recognised automotive brands, including Autobarn, Autopro, Midas and Opposite Lock and we're looking for a commercially minded Category Manager to take ownership of a high-profile Spare Parts portfolio.

Experience in automotive or spare parts is highly regarded but not essential. We welcome applications from Category Managers, from retail, wholesale, trade, industrial, hardware and consumer products backgrounds.

This is more than a traditional category role.

You'll have genuine ownership of your category, with responsibility for product ranging, pricing, promotions, supplier partnerships and inventory performance. Your decisions will directly influence sales, profitability and customer experience across a national retail network.

If you're a Category Manager, who enjoys balancing strategy with hands-on execution,



this is an chance to make a real impact within a market-leading business.

What You'll Be Doing

You'll take end-to-end ownership of your category, including:

- Developing and executing category growth strategies
- Managing pricing, margin and profitability performance
- Identifying market trends, competitor activity and growth opportunities
- Building and optimising product ranges
- Leading supplier negotiations and managing key partnerships
- Delivering promotions, campaigns and catalogue activity
- Partnering with marketing to drive customer engagement and sales
- Managing inventory performance and stock optimisation
- Driving clearance and lifecycle management initiatives
- Collaborating with cross-functional teams and store networks to deliver commercial outcomes

📌 Category Manager (Mount Waverley)
🏢 Retail Merchandise
📍 Mount Waverley