We have an excellent opportunity for a Commercial Manager - Retail who will support our General Manager Paul Whitaker with the day to day running of the finance and compliance function across the Hudson Mitre10 NSW/ACT business.
With your strong commercial acumen, you will own the reporting function providing commercial and financial oversight across the Hudson business.
This is an excellent opportunity to further your commercial experience partnering with the Senior leadership team.
What you'll do
- Provide support and guidance to the State Leadership Group and other Key Managers
- Provide proactive Analysis on all business areas as required in particular Sales and EBIT
- Preparation of financial budgets and reports in conjunction with the Mitre10 Finance Team
- Lead the business to deliver best practise Inventory and Asset management
- Prepare business documentation such as Project Plans, Business Cases and Advisory Board Packs
- Manage all localised IT related matters
What you'll bring
- Ability to build and maintain relationships throughout the business
- Extensive knowledge of Retail Business Systems
- Executive briefing experience: ability to summarise data providing creditable and business beneficial top line recommendations
- Advanced computing skills with specific reference to Microsoft Excel
- Demonstrated retail analytics with specific reference to cost, contracts, and margin management
- Strong ability to communicate, educate and influence decisions
- Ability to lead and develop a team in a fast-changing environment
To succeed in this role, it is not a requirement to have a CPA/CA qualification although tertiary qualifications in Business or Commerce will support you in achieving results in this role.
What we can offer you
- Hybrid working - flexibility is in our DNA, so we blend working from anywhere with time in the office
- Be part of a high performing and energetic team
- Great corporate benefits including retail discounts, Employee Assistance Program (EAP), wellbeing days and much more.
- Opportunity to learn and develop your skills
About us
Mitre 10 is the 'Mighty Helpful' independent hardware store - Proudly Local, Helping Locals. Formed in 1959 when eight independent trade operators came together to form a buying cooperative.
Today the Mitre 10 group is Australia's largest independent home improvement and hardware wholesaler to the industry and supports an iconic independent and local network of over 700 Mitre 10 hardware operators.
Mitre 10 has been providing millions of homeowners with solutions to their home improvement projects for over 50 years. We are part of local communities throughout the country with many of our stores located in regional Australia.
From the very beginning, Trade has underpinned Mitre 10's growth and to this day remains at the very core of our business. The Mitre 10 trade customers include some of the country's national residential builders through to the local handyman - with the right service and products to help tradies get in, get out and get on with it.