Head of Trade - Private Label & Sourcing

Joining the Metcash Family

At Metcash, you’re part of something bigger. You have all the perks of a small business heart, without missing out on the big business support.

Being part of something bigger means you’re part of a strong purpose, where the work you do makes a big difference to independent business and local communities. It opens a sea of opportunities to develop yourself, grow your career, thrive your way and make your mark. And you’ll be part of our high performing team, where you reap the rewards of our collective success now and into the future.

About the Opportunity

At Metcash, we believe in the power of independents and we’re on the lookout for a dynamic leader to drive real impact across our trading teams as Head of Trade.

In this exciting leadership role, you’ll guide a high-performing team to source and negotiate the best deals with both national and local suppliers, all while aligning with clear channel strategies that put the shopper at the heart of everything we do.

You’ll foster a culture of innovation, agility, and continuous improvement, delivering standout value to our retailers and their communities. Your ability to build strong, strategic supplier partnerships will help shape sustainable growth - not just for today, but for the future.

If you're passionate about retail, thrive in a fast-moving environment, and love turning strategy into action, we’d love to have you on the journey with us.

In this Role

• Lead transformational approaches to Category planning and execution that deliver wholesale sales, income budget and improvements in COGs for retailers
• Win share by expanding range into high growth segments, combined with delivering best in market wholesale pricing
• Set strategic agenda and partner with Suppliers to meet collective Channel needs on range, price, promotion, brand and store compliance, leveraging volumes during negotiations
• Collaborate and partner with Channel and State teams to embed new ways of working fuelled by Shopper, Retailer and Metcash outcomes
• Enable the highest standards of execution, rewarding behaviour that drives network growth

You’re Likely a Match If

• Tenacious, innovative and proven negotiation skills that build partnerships with suppliers for mutual growth ​
• Highly collaborative leader who can translate strategy to action across various teams​
• Preferable a background in sourcing​
• Curiosity and obsession with cultivating Shopper and Category insights that determine actions​
• Leadership that inspires teams with vision and courage to deliver while embedding change and building resilience​
• Commercial acumen with intimate knowledge of the drivers of success in a Category P&L ​
• Proven record of delivering category strategies & plans that are clearly communicated, believed, enabled; empowering the team to succeed in delivery

Life at Metcash

🌈 Experience a supportive and flexible work environment. We are a FlexReady accredited workplace!

🌟 Enjoy a 5th week of annual leave every year after your first year.

🌿 Benefit from 2 well-being days and 1 volunteer day annually.

🌐 An abundance of learning, development, and career growth opportunities.

💼 12 weeks of gender-neutral paid parental leave for primary carers.

🏆 Proudly awarded the “Bronze Employer for LGBTQ Inclusion”.

⚖️A neutral gender pay gap of under 5% as published by WGEA 2023-2024

🥇 Gold accreditation by Mental Health Australia.

💸 Incredible value discounts and perks through our team member app, “Our Local”.

About Us

Metcash is Australia’s leading wholesale distribution company, with revenue exceeding $18 billion in FY24. We’re also an ASX top 100 listed company.

We believe that it is absolutely vital to Australia that there is a sustainable, independent, family-owned business sector. Independent retailers support their local communities. We help them to be the ‘Best Store in Their Town’ by providing merchandising, operational and marketing support across our food, liquor and hardware pillars.

We're dedicated to fostering diversity and inclusion in our workplace and are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. Joining our team means becoming part of something bigger, a company that actively promotes diversity, champions charitable causes, and supports environmental efforts. We welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds, including First Nations. If you have any specific support or access needs, please don't hesitate to inform us when you apply. Rest assured; your personal information will be handled with the utmost confidentiality in accordance with applicable privacy laws.

Join us and become part of something bigger!

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