Category Optimisation Manager

Company Description

Let’s create a more sociable future together

At Endeavour, we’re totally into what we do. With a portfolio that includes Dan Murphy’s, BWS, ALH Hotels, Pinnacle Drinks and more, we love to bring people together. Together we share our passion for our products and industry; it’s what inspires us to dream big, and continue to create new experiences for our customers and teams across Australia. If you thrive on positive energy, we want to meet you!

Job Description

• Bring your passion and feel the energy

As the Category Optimisation Manager you will be responsible for driving the successful adoption and effective use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools within the category team.

Reporting directly into the Head of Merchandise you will champion AI technologies, oversee the implementation process and train team members, ensuring that the deployment of these tools leads to measurable commercial improvements.

Influencing multiple stakeholders across functions is crucial to achieving your objectives and ensuring the successful integration and utilisation of AI tools within your category team. 

Sound good? Read on.

Here is a taster of what you can expect in this role:

• You'll be responsible for the development and execution of strategy for the adoption of AI tools within the category team to achieve commercial goals.
• Build deep knowledge of the Liquor industry and category nuances in relation to Price, Promotion and Range to understand future challenges and shape AI strategy accordingly.
• Deliver category AI budgets across our Promotion and Pricing initiatives, as well as future use cases. 
• You will collaborate with cross-functional teams including Transformation, product managers, data scientists, engineers and finance business partners to identify opportunities where AI can add value. 
• You will lead the category team to leverage AI products to deliver the category strategy by unlocking strong commercial outcomes and managing the team’s change experience. 
• Responsible for the implementation of AI tools within the category team, ensuring they are deployed and adopted effectively and efficiently.
• Responsible for analysing, reviewing and synthesising the recommendation outputs of AI tools for the category team with an overall objective of streamlining team processes and driving commercial outcomes.
• Communicate progress, challenges and successes to stakeholders of all levels, including providing insightful commentary on monthly performance metrics.
• Partner with change management function to ensure team remains connected to AI program vision.
• Build team commitment to AI strategy, ensuring alignment, direction and role clarity.

Qualifications

Now let’s talk about you: 

• 5+ years of relevant, senior commercial experience.
• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Economics, or similar.
• Experience in retail buying, financial planning and analysis or analytics within Retail.
• Proven strategy development and implementation experience.
• Ability to work/influence across different departments & functions.
• Experience working in a matrix structured organisation where influencing skills at all levels are key to success.
• Ability to translate data and insights into meaningful and relevant action.
• Able to present and communicate complex information to a broad audience.
• Ability to work with an agile mindset and deliver change in teams.
• Liquor/FMCG experience is highly regarded.
  

The benefits are good too! 

• We offer flexible working in every sense
• An exclusive discount card for BWS, Dan Murphy’s, Woolworths, BIG W and other Endeavour Group brands, including our ALH pubs
• Monthly meeting-free days 
• Your health and wellbeing is your most important asset, and as one of our valued team members, it’s our first priority. You will have a range of free services to help you live well and support your physical, mental and financial wellbeing
• Endeavour Group is full of opportunities - use our dedicated learning and development options to grow an idea, yourself, and your career. This is just the start, so dream big.

At Endeavour, we value being a workplace where everyone’s welcome - if you meet a number of the requirements (and not all), we encourage you to apply.

Additional Information

We are together creators

With a portfolio that includes Dan Murphy’s, BWS, ALH Hotels, Pinnacle Drinks and more, Endeavour Group is big on sociability. Together we create the moments that bring millions of people together. And together we have more fun, create more opportunities, and score a lot more goals. We’re serious about creating a safe, inclusive and fun place to rock up to where equal opportunity is key, and flexibility is part of how we roll.

We’re all about creating a more sociable future - for our customers and each other. If this job excites you - and you’re close-enough on the requirements, reach out, we’d love to hear from you.

You can learn more about working with us on LinkedIn or at endeavourgroupcareers.com.au.

Our Talent Team and Hiring Leaders kindly request no unsolicited resumes or approaches from Recruitment Agencies. Endeavour Group is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.

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