Kyla Rose
Brunswick East,Melbourne
Summary
Accomplished Category Manager with a proven track record at Spotlight Australia & Spotlight New Zealand, adept in product development and negotiating. Proficient in data analysis and supply chain optimization, driving sales and maximizing margins across multiple categories.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
Work History
Category Manager- Cookware, Knives & Appliances
Robins Kitchen/House
07.2024 - Current
- Reporting to the Head of merchandise
- Managing 1200 SKU’s across the cookware category
- 210 stores across Australia
- $131 million dollar category per financial year
- 5 major sub categories – Knife blocks, loose cookware, cooksets, loose knives & appliances
- Ensuring ACCC compliance is adhered too
- Visual merchandising
- Promotional Pricing/preserving GP%
- Data analyzing
- Working closely with planning & allocators
- Product development
Buyer – Sheeting & Kids bedlinen
Spotlight Australia
01.2023 - 07.2024
- Report directly to the Business Development Manager
- Managing 4,000 SKUs across $80 Mill revenue p/a across 145 stores across Australia, NZ and Asia
- OTB - $26Mil p/a
- Managing 2 sub departments in line with the department strategic plan
- Developed a marketing plan that delivered business growth
- Building and maintaining relationships with vendors
- Raise PO’s and manage all admin for new product launches
- Managing inventory and stock flow in collaboration with the planning team
- Cost reductions
- New sizing to extend best-selling ranges
- Working on 1 in, 1 out model
- Reduced slow selling and grown our biggest selling items
- Fixed stock reserves after over trading Christmas last year and running out
- Increased sales by 2.2% and margin by 11.5% in H1 negotiating great costs with suppliers and ensuring the right product mix is available to customers
Category Manager
Spotlight New Zealand
Manchester, New Zealand
02.2020 - 01.2023
- 5 sub departments – Bed Linen, Bath, Bedding, Sheeting & Kids
- OTB $100,000 – Category management, ensuring stock availability was there and managing catalogues, EDMs and scheduling with the marketing team
- Managing 22 stores
Buyers Assistant
Spotlight New Zealand
Manchester, New Zealand
09.2017 - 02.2020
- Very organized, focused on admin for Manchester, Bed Linen, Bath, Sheeting and Kids
- Excel – Vlookups, Xlookups, Pivot tables
Education
Bachelor - Business Administration
AUT University
01.2016
Skills
- Product Development
- Negotiating
- Quantifications
- Managing merchandise/promotional plans
- Range reviews
- Buy plans/OTB
- Store planograms
- Maximizing margin/Driving Sales
- Supplier relationship management
- Marketing coordination
- Data analysis
- Merchandising
Timeline
Category Manager- Cookware, Knives & Appliances
Robins Kitchen/House
07.2024 - Current
Buyer – Sheeting & Kids bedlinen
Spotlight Australia
01.2023 - 07.2024
Category Manager
Spotlight New Zealand
02.2020 - 01.2023
Buyers Assistant
Spotlight New Zealand
09.2017 - 02.2020
Bachelor - Business Administration
AUT University
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