**What we're like**
BIG W's best and most valued asset is its team of 22,000 passionate people in Australia and Asia. We believe the most vital ingredient to driving our business success is our people and we aim to empower every individual to make a positive contribution, extend career skills and ultimately maximise their potential.
- Exciting opportunity to contribute to the overall business VOC
- Work alongside a market leading team drawing on global experience
- Think BIG and join one of Australia's most iconic brands
**The Role**
The Category Assistant role brings the BIG W Strategy to life by providing the Commercial Leaders, stakeholders and suppliers high levels of support whilst maintaining overall data integrity to contribute to the maximise sales, profit and customer satisfaction and optimise inventory.
- Support Category Leaders with supplier correspondence
- contribute to overall business VOS
- Support the development and maintenance of the assortment & buy plan and the collection of new article information to ensure data integrity
- Maintain data integrity (include but not limited to create article shells
- maintain master data, discontinue products
- maintain accurate price, and promotional information) to support the Commercial team and stakeholders to deliver towards business strategy
- Support Category Leaders with raising, adjusting and maintaining contracts and purchase orders (local only) to ensure accuracy of contracts & orders
- Build deep knowledge of categories to provide support to Commercial Leaders
- Role model BIG W Purpose, Values and Ways of Working
- Develop as a Category Assistant with clear development
- build trusted relationships within the BIG W business
**About You**
**_To be successful in this role and thrive in our culture, you will possess the following attributes:
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- Have previous experience in a FMCG or retail environment
- Accurate data management experience
- Strong administration and organisational skills
- Be proficient in Excel
- A self motivated individual
- Previous experience working as a Category Assistant in Hardware or hardgoods would be highly regarded
**_Core competencies include:
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- Putting customers first
- Always improving
- Working end to end as one team
- Execute freedom within a framework
- Keeping things easy
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**Joining the Group
As part of the wider Woolworths Group, we care deeply about creating a workplace where our team members feel valued, respected and empowered. We are committed to providing equal opportunity regardless of gender identity, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation or life stage and we are proud to be recognised as a Gold Tier Employer in the Australian Workplace Equality Index for LGBTQ+ inclusion.
As our Group continues to evolve, innovate and support our communities, we encourage our team members to do the same with their own careers, by providing ongoing opportunities to grow and make a real difference.
Our Talent Acquisition Team and Hiring Leaders kindly request no unsolicited resumes or approaches from Recruitment Agencies. BIG W is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.
📌 Category Assistant (Apparel) - Big W - Secondment 6
🏢 Big W
📍 Sydney