Category Specialist - Copper and Brassware
Reece · VIC, Cremorne, 57 Balmain St, Australia
Category Specialist - Copper and BrasswareAbout the Role
A great role at Reece, working closely with the Category Lead to support everything from strategic planning through to category development and product range optimisation. You'll partner with domestic and international suppliers, branches and internal teams. Our branch network is at the heart of what we do; as part of your induction, you’ll spend time working in one of our branches to learn more about our products, brands and customer relationships.
What you’ll be doing
- Supporting the development and delivery of category plans that help drive strong customer and commercial outcomes.
- Providing reporting and insights on category portfolios; analysing results to provide updates on trends and other impacts
- Working with suppliers and key internal stakeholders to support supplier management, product decisions and commercial conversations.
- Collaborating with teams across the business to make sure our product strategy reflects what our customers need.
- Using your operational and commercial mindset to identify opportunities to improve product performance and support better customer experiences.
- Having the customer at the heart of everything you do, helping us build customers for life at Reece
About you
We’re looking for someone who is curious, collaborative and keen to learn. You’ll bring:
- Experience in a buying, category or merchandising role, with a genuine interest in products and how they meet customer needs.
- Great communication skills, a positive can-do approach and an inquisitive mindset.
- Strong relationship-building skills, with the confidence to work with stakeholders across the business as well as external vendors and suppliers.
- Good Excel and Power BI skills essential
- Business or Marketing degree qualification preferred but not essential
About Reece
You might know Reece as Australia’s largest supplier of plumbing and bathroom products — but we’re much more than that.
Reece is a leading distributor of trade products to residential, commercial and infrastructure customers. We’re an ASX-listed business with more than 900 branches and 9,000 people across Australia, New Zealand and the United States — and we’re still growing. Our purpose is to be the trade’s most valued partner, and our people play a big part in making that happen every day.