Assistant Category Manager - Marketplace

We're looking for a proactive, commercially minded and outcomes-driven individual to help shape and grow our Marketplace offering. While direct Marketplace experience isn’t essential, a genuine interest in online retail, strong commercial instincts and a drive to uncover growth opportunities will set you up for success.

This position suits an ambitious and commercially focused Category/Marketplace professional who thrives in a fast-paced environment and is excited to contribute to the continued expansion of our Marketplace business.

If you're looking to take the next step in your career, this is a fantastic opportunity to build marketplace expertise within an ASX-listed business and make a real impact on what millions of customers see and shop every day!

In this role you'll be responsible for:

• Own the Marketplace promotional calendar: planning, coordination and making sure everything goes live on time.
• Set up, schedule and QA campaigns and promotions so they’re accurate and delivered on time.
• Run our biggest sale events, including Click Frenzy, Black Friday, Cyber Monday, Boxing Day and EOFY, plus ad-hoc events.
• Work with our central Marketing team on creative, EDM and onsite placements, and coordinate seller participation in marketing opportunities.
• Report on promotion performance and lead post-event reviews so each campaign beats the last.
• Manage promotional pricing and discount uploads for the Category Managers.
• Audit the catalogue (titles, images, categorisation and Kogan First) and audit sellers to spot underperformers and fast growers.
• Advise Category Managers on demand, supply and the marketability of products.
• Find and implement process improvements across Kogan Marketplace.

To be successful in this role, you should be:

• University Degree qualified in a relevant field (Business, Commerce, Marketing etc)
• Commercially savvy, with demonstrated experience and success within a commercial role, preferably within Category Management in a Retail or eCommerce environment
• Highly analytical and logical, and always looking for new areas of opportunity
• Able to develop strong relationships, through excellent communication and negotiation skills
• Have developed exceptional time management skills, being able to effectively manage multiple projects and timelines successfully
• Tech savvy and able to use various IT and cloud-based tools to improve efficiency and productivity
• Ready to challenge, be challenged, and work within our highly disruptive business model

Why Kogan.com?

• Work with an incredible team to solve important challenges, helping to drive Australia and New Zealand’s eCommerce future
• Your role has a lot of ownership, autonomy and little red tape. You’ll be empowered to achieve positive outcomes and your work will have a real impact
• You’ll be at the forefront of the eCommerce industry with us and be part of a company that are the Pioneers of eCommerce in Australia
• We're an AI forward business, you'll get opportunity to work with the latest tools
• Be an Intrepreneur, playing a hands on role in shaping our strategy
• A range of employee benefits such as; complimentary Kogan First Membership, team exclusive discounts, Health & Wellness program, Learning & Development and Lunch & Learns, Hackathons, Team member referral program, Company and team events and celebrations, community engagement (volunteering) and extensive career development opportunities plus loads more!