Junior Category Manager - Home & Living

You'll be responsible for:

• Identifying commercial opportunities for expansion of category including sourcing and developing new products
• Engaging and sourcing key suppliers, locally and internationally, in 's Exclusive Brands
• Actively managing daily category operations including; planning and promotional activity, inventory management, shipping and logistics to ensure revenue and profit targets are exceeded every month
• Managing and engaging with key stakeholders, internally and externally, to build effective working relationships and achieve outcomes
• Maximising profitability of all products, through a depth of understanding of your category and the market
• Being proactive, innovative and striving to continually develop your category for our customers
• Actively negotiating the best possible trading terms and prices
• Drive and control price changes across our different sales channels, and contribute towards pricing reviews when required
• Ensuring timely introduction of new products, efficient management of current and future inventory and ensuring timely fulfilment of customer demand
• Actively manage and monitor inventory levels to achieve your category’s goals and KPIs. This includes forward forecasting, planning promotional activity and actively reacting to market conditions.
• Partnering with the Marketing & Promotions teams to ensure product listings are well merchandised and discoverable to support the customer journey
• Monitoring performance and completing range reviews across your category and taking action where necessary

To be successful in this role, you should be:

• University Degree qualified in a relevant field (Commerce, Business, Economics or similar)
• Experienced with Category ownership, at either an Assistant or Junior Category Manager level, or have supported a Category Manager with exposure / ownership of a product range and ready to step up to have full category ownership
• Experience within an eCommerce, Retail or FMCG environment and / or Home & Living or Furniture categories will be highly regarded
• Comfortable building and maintaining effective relationships, through exceptional communication and engagement
• Highly analytical and possess commercial nous, being able to recognise opportunity and make quick decisions for the best commercial outcomes, so that we can offer market-leading pricing to our customers
• Comfortable working within a fast-paced, dynamic environment. Being agile and adaptable is key to success!
• A whiz with Microsoft Excel (we’re talking VLOOKUP and pivot tables, not SUM and AVERAGE - and we will test your capabilities).
• ighly proficient with various IT and cloud-based tools, with a keen eye for leveraging AI to streamline workflows, improve efficiency, and boost productivity

Why Kogan.com?

• Work with an incredible team to solve important challenges, helping to drive Australia and New Zealand’s eCommerce future
• Your role has a lot of ownership, autonomy and little red tape. You’ll be empowered to achieve positive outcomes and your work will have a real impact
• You’ll be at the forefront of the eCommerce industry with us and be part of a company that are the Pioneers of eCommerce in Australia
• Be an Intrepreneur, playing a hands on role in shaping our strategy at our HQ
• A range of employee benefits such as; complimentary Kogan First Membership, team exclusive discounts, Health & Wellness program, Learning & Development and Lunch & Learns, Hackathons, Team member referral program, Company and team events and celebrations, community engagement (volunteering) and extensive career development opportunities plus loads more!