Category Manager, Haircare

We’ve been proudly serving Australian communities since 1914 and have grown to become a top 30-listed company on the ASX with a portfolio of iconic homegrown brands. At the heart of our continued success is over 115,000 team members working across the country, all contributing to bringing our customers smiles. You’ll not only get to see your work make a difference, you’ll be part of a team working together to help Australians eat and live better every day.

Our Commercial team is a large, but a close-knit group of trading experts, who are ready to shape the future of Coles. We pride ourselves on the long-lasting supplier relationships we build, the new ideas we develop and how passionately we work to help Australian eat and live better every day. And the best part? We’re all so different. We bring diversity of thought, backgrounds, and experience to every Business Unit across Coles Supermarkets and Liquor.

We’re looking for an experienced Category Manager to join our Health & Home team and lead our Haircare category. The Haircare category spans Haircare, Beauty Accessories, and Trial & Travel, playing a key role within the Beauty team. This position will drive on-trend ranging and support the Beauty transformation agenda, helping shape how customers discover and shop Beauty at Coles.

In this role, you’ll own the end-to-end category strategy, driving growth, profitability, and market share through customer-focused planning, strong supplier partnerships, and data-led decision making.

You’ll be responsible for developing and executing category plans, managing a large and diverse supplier portfolio, and identifying innovative opportunities to enhance customer value. This is a high-impact role where you’ll balance commercial outcomes with long-term strategy in a challenging but rewarding category.

You’ll also:

• Develop and implement category strategy to deliver growth, profit, and market share targets
• Build and execute annual business and promotional plans aligned to commercial outcomes
• Manage end-to-end product lifecycle including sourcing, pricing, and promotional activity
• Lead supplier relationships, negotiate commercial outcomes, and deliver joint business plans
• Use customer, market, and performance data to identify opportunities and drive better decisions
• Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders to deliver initiatives and improve customer experience

We’re seeking a commercially minded and resilient category professional who thrives in a fast-paced, high-pressure environment. You’ll bring strong experience from FMCG or retail, with the ability to navigate complexity, influence stakeholders, and manage large-scale supplier relationships.

You’ll also ideally have:

• Proven buying/category management experience within FMCG or retail
• Beauty retail industry experience highly regarded
• Experience managing large, complex suppliers and broad product portfolios
• Strong commercial acumen with a track record of delivering growth and profitability
• High level of resilience and ability to succeed in a challenging, competitive category
• Excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills
• Strong capability in data analysis and turning insights into action
• Line management experience (highly regarded but not essential)

• Flexible working options: We know that work is only one part of your life, so we actively encourage a positive work-life balance and provide hybrid working options to help you achieve it.
• Office perks: Take advantage of our gym facility and fitness classes, free parking, BBQ area, mini-Coles supermarket, fooderie hub where you can sample new products before they hit the shelves, school holiday program and so much more when you come in.
• Discounts: Eligible team members receive 5% discount all year round on your Supermarket and Liquor online and in-store purchases. We also offer additional periods of double discount (10%) at various times throughout the year. As well as hotdeals exclusive to team members that translate into additional savings.
• Reward through recognition: Give and receive recognition, linked to our Coles values, through our digital recognition platform ‘mythanks’. You can accumulate points to redeem in the online shop for exciting gifts and electronic gift cards from an extensive range of retailers.
• Opportunities for learning and development: No matter where you start within our diverse business, you’ll have experiences, exposure, and education to satisfy you. Discover and explore a variety of career development programs and job-specific training.
• Paid parental leave: We understand how important your life outside work is and offer permanent team members paid parental leave to support you in balancing work and family.
• Investment in your future: Our annual team member share plan offer allows eligible team members to make regular pre-tax salary sacrifice deductions to purchase Coles Group shares.

We’re continuing to build a gender equitable team, and a culture that is just as diverse, inclusive and welcoming as the communities we serve. We are committed to creating a workplace that is safe and respectful for our team. We encourage applications from people of all ages, cultures (including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples), abilities, sexual orientation and gender identities.

We’re happy to adjust our recruitment process to support candidates with disability. For further information and additional contact details visit the ‘Our Recruitment Process’ section of our careers site or email ***************@coles.com.au

Job ID: 193890

Employment Type: Full time

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