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The SunRice Group is an Australian ASX-listed branded food group, comprising multiple businesses, assets and operations across Australia, New Zealand, the Middle East, the United States, The Pacific Islands and Asia. SunRice was built by the Australian rice industry over many decades, and today is one of Australias leading branded food exporters, with approximately 2,000 employees and operations in 11 countries. SunRice is a great place to work, providing a real opportunity for passionate people to make a difference. As a result of growth, we have a newly created position leading category management for the Pet category in Australia and New Zealand. This includes developing relevant category strategies that meet consumer, shopper, and customer needs, delivering thought leadership and category expertise with customers which improves the in-store presence and delivers against category growth objectives, while optimizing profitability and sales revenues at a category and portfolio level. Key responsibilities will include: Deliver compelling category reviews together with the sales and marketing teams that maximise in store visibility and drive category growth Analyse data from multiple sources such as Scan and consumer panel data to develop compelling category stories and to drive the category review process Analyse and report on market performance in key retailers and channels Use data to identify threats and opportunities and make recommendations for action Deliver tracking platform to understand and measure in store visibility across time, and provide specific objectives and plan to improve in store visibility through category review process Pulling from multiple sources develop and maintain a set of trends that are relevant for the Pet category Develop innovation springboards based on consumer insights and trends About You To thrive in this role, you be a self-motivated and driven individual, with a proven ability to work both independently and within cross functional teams. You are excited to work in a newly created role where you can further develop and drive our position in market this is an opportunity for you make a difference. Tertiary qualification in Business/ Marketing/ Sales or similar. 5 years experience in category management, ideally with speciality pet experience and FMCG/consumer products Strong category and shopper insight experience with a demonstrated ability to develop strong and impactful category solutions which drive category growth and meet shopper, customer and business needs Experience working with data agencies and customer provided data Strong analytical skills in working with and visualising data All correspondence will be dealt with in strict confidence. SunRice is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. SunRice will consider qualified applicants for employment based on their merit, individual skills, qualifications and other appropriate criteria relevant to the role for which they are applying.