The Opportunity

A rare opportunity to lead one of our most exciting, high growth categories. As the Merchandise Manager for Four-Wheel Drive & Adventure, you will have end-to-end accountability for category strategy, sales, profitability, and team leadership. This role is ideally suited to a commercially astute leader who can combine category management expertise with a genuine passion for the 4WD and outdoor adventure lifestyle.

About you

You are a commercially astute leader with a proven ability to grow sales, profit, and category performance. Combining strong strategic, analytical, and stakeholder management skills with a genuine passion for the 4WD and outdoor lifestyle, you create high-performing teams and deliver exceptional customer and business outcomes.

To be successful in this role, you will have

- Strong leadership skills and a proven ability to develop high-performing teams in Category Manager or Merchandise Manager roles.
- Commercially astute with deep category management experience.
- Strategic, customer-focused thinking and strong planning capability.
- Energy, enthusiasm, and a positive approach that helps engage and inspire those around you.
- Creativity and a willingness to challenge conventional thinking to unlock new opportunities.
- The ability to effectively balance competing priorities and drive performance across both Retail and Trade channels.
- Excellent communication, influencing, and stakeholder management skills.
- A curious mindset and a drive to identify opportunities for growth and improvement.
- Resilience, adaptability, and tenacity in delivering results.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, supported by attention to detail.
- Collaborative leadership style and commitment to achieving shared business outcomes.




- Build genuine relationships while fostering an enjoyable and high-performing team culture.

About you

You will be results focussed, with a dynamic, go-getter mentality, ensuring your category always exceeds customer expectations, and performs above target. With a strong commercial background, you'll drive a results-focussed, inclusive culture within your team.

To be successful in this role, you will have

- An inspirational leadership style and a strong service orientation
- A strong commercial acumen and merchandise/category background
- Strategic thinking and planning skills
- Outstanding communication skills and relationship building abilities
- A strong influencer and change agent
- Analytical skills with a keen eye for detail
- A team player, who is focussed on success

Looking after you

We are committed to ensuring our people are well looked after. In addition to a rewarding and challenging career, we will provide:

- Staff discounts across the GPC Asia Pacific group of Companies
- Private health insurance discounts
- Employee assistance program
- A highly safety conscious work workplace
- We proactively support our working parents in a variety of meaningful ways, and our parental leave top-up allowance is one of the ways we do this
- Paid volunteer leave allowing you to give back to your chosen charity/community organisation

GPC Asia Pacific

Movement is in our DNA. We are GPC Asia Pacific: one of the largest industrial and automotive aftermarket parts and service suppliers in Australia, New Zealand and South East Asia. Our iconic brands include Repco, NAPA & McLeod Accessories.

Yet we are more than just a parts and service company. We propel people forward.

With over 8000 team members in Asia Pacific, and 60k+ globally, being part of Genuine Parts Company won't leave you standing still. Reach is key to our success. Learn more about our business online at www.gpcasiapac.com

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📌 Merchandise Manager - GPC Asia Pacific (Melbourne)
🏢 GPC Asia Pacific
📍 Melbourne