Assistant Category Manager

Role overview

This is a permanent full-time opportunity based in Favona, Auckland, within Woolworths Group’s Commercial team. The role is ideal for someone who enjoys building strong relationships and wants to contribute meaningfully to store performance and customer outcomes.

About Woolworths Group

Woolworths Group brings together more than 200,000 people across Australia and New Zealand, united by the goal of creating better experiences together for a better tomorrow. The business is focused on fresh thinking, bold decisions, and improved ways to meet the food and everyday needs of more than 24 million customers each week.

The company offers a supportive, inclusive and empowering environment, with a flexible way of working and opportunities to grow across the wider group while making a real impact.

What the role involves

As an Assistant Category Manager, you will support the Category Manager in putting category plans into action in a way that is customer-focused, simpler for stores, and aligned to financial and non-financial objectives. A major focus of the role is managing promotional activity that helps drive sales, profit and market share.

• Improve the promotional calendar by adjusting promotion frequency, depth, funding and timing while maintaining strong value for customers.
• Use data and commercial insights to shape customer-led promotions and ensure a strong return on investment.
• Apply sales-driving tactics across key customer offers such as brochures, sales planning and event space.
• Work with suppliers on promotional funding and execution in line with KPI requirements.
• Partner with internal stakeholders including the Category Manager and Assistant, Marketing, Online, Replenishment and Promotions teams to deliver promotional activity effectively.

What you should bring

The ideal candidate is commercially minded, collaborative and comfortable working across functions in a changing environment. Previous experience in an Assistant Category Manager role is preferred.

• Experience in a similar assistant category role is an advantage.
• Strong negotiation and influencing capability.
• A curious attitude, willingness to learn, and confidence working with cross-functional teams.
• Well-developed organisation and time management skills.
• Solid commercial judgement.
• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to build relationships.
• Clear verbal and written communication skills.
• Good computer literacy, including confidence with Excel and Google applications.

Benefits and workplace experience

Woolworths Group offers a hybrid working model that blends time in a support office or hub with work from home, helping balance in-person collaboration with flexibility. The role also provides exposure to a large, global business with broad career pathways.

• A high-impact position supporting teams that serve local communities.
• Career opportunities across many disciplines within a large international business.
• Wellbeing support, including 24/7 access to the Sonder app.
• A progressive leave policy designed to give more time for what matters.
• Team discounts across Woolworths Group brands and a rewards program recognising purpose-driven work.

Inclusion and hiring support

Woolworths Group values diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging as essential to building a better future. The company encourages applicants from all backgrounds and welcomes requests for support or adjustments during the hiring process.