Category Manager (Home Improvement)
Job Description
- Australia’s #1 furniture and homewares online retailer
- Hybrid working arrangement – work from home and our St Peters Office
- Growing business with a fantastic culture + benefits!
Temple & Webster is Australia’s number one online retailer of furniture and homewares, with a vision to make the world more beautiful, one room at a time. To realise our vision, we need a Category Manager to join our team and lead the way in our Home Improvement Category.
If you’re ready to make a real impact, shape the future of our brand, and delight our Temple & Webster customers with an unparalleled product range, then this role is for you.
Join us in making the world more beautiful one room at a time!
What we’re looking for
The main responsibilities of this role include:
- Develop and execute category strategies to drive growth and profitability in our Home Improvement area focusing on our bathroom and kitchen categories
- Collaborate with Buying and Planning team to ensure successful private label range
- Contribute to category budget setting and act quickly to pursue revenue and profit opportunities
- Conduct comprehensive market research to understand consumer preferences and engage top suppliers
- Identify and onboard new suppliers and listings to enhance the product catalog
- Independently conduct meetings with suppliers and internal stakeholders
- Build strong, commercial supplier relationships and implement account management plans.
- Contribute to internal and cross-departmental projects
- Conduct regular reviews with internal teams to ensure operational compliance and customer satisfaction
- Drive sales and margin through competitive and data-driven catalogue pricing, collaborating with creative and marketing teams for effective product promotion
What you already have
- Degree or diploma in a relevant discipline
- Previous experience as a Category Manager working for a Home Improvement business, retail or online/eCommerce is highly desirable
- 3+ years experience in account management, category management, eCommerce or buying
- Deep industry knowledge within the Home Improvement space (tiling, tapware, kitchen, bathroom, home renovations etc..)
- Ability to negotiate with internal and external stakeholders to achieve strong business results
- Interest and experience in analysis of sales and data
- High proficiency in Microsoft Excel and analytical tools
Additional benefits
- Amazing culture
- Competitive salary
- Generous employee discounts across our entire range
- Flexible working arrangements
- Paid leave on your birthday
- Paid parental leave
- Catered lunch 3 days a week
- Subsidised coffee with our very own in-house barista
- Free mindfulness practice daily
- Regular celebrations and team socials
- Opportunities to volunteer with our charity partner
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