Senior Category Manager

You’re a self-starter, who has a passion for retail and using numbers and different types of data to tell a compelling story. You get excited about the analytical process and using this knowledge to solve problems and make an impact. You are future looking, but also a strong executer that delivers exceptional customer service. You love the idea of supporting a dynamic and growing organization and making your mark on a retail category because you are driven to provide value to the business anyway you can!

As a Sr. Category Manager, you will:

• Help set and lead the strategic direction for a category at a retailer

• Deliver merchandising and assortment planning recommendations

• Research category and industry trends to provide findings on what is next within a category

• Analyze and leverage multiple sources of complex data sets, to tell a story on growth opportunities for the category and demonstrate thought leadership

• Develop and maintain routine reporting on category performance through retailer and Market data and communicate actionable insights

• Build Planograms using the Blue Yonder Space Planning software multiple times a year

• Build and maintain strong relationships with retailer team

• Collaborate and share findings with the Category Management Team

• Have a desire and availability to be a dependable go-to resource for team training and development

• Have an understanding of team strengths, opportunities and existing data resources to most effectively balance workloads and create a connected team culture

• Proactively create efficiencies, processes, and templates for the Category Management team by always looking for new ways to complete the role

• Adaptable and willing to jump into help were necessary

• Ambition to potentially manage other team members

• Other duties and responsibilities that are assigned

Basic Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of experience in Category Management or Category Captainship, including experience analyzing retail data to develop category, assortment, and merchandising recommendations.

• Minimum 3 years of experience developing and executing planograms

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience managing multiple different categories preferred and able to apply the fundamentals of Category Management to any business

• Demonstrates leadership with the team and client

• A master at pairing multiple data sets to answer business questions and proactive at telling a story on business trends

• Self-starter with the ability to work in ambiguous situations and likes to continuously learn

• Passionate about retail and industry trends

• Strong organizational skills, attention to detail and reliable to hit deadlines

• Asks good questions, gains alignment on goals and can execute on them

• Can creatively solve problems and work independently

• Strong communication skills and excellent relationship building skills

• Excellent proficiency in Microsoft Excel and Power Point

• Proficient in Category Management Tools (Blue Yonder Space Planning, Market Data- POS and Panel Data, etc.)

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Role Location Annual Salary RangeCalifornia $70,350 to $196,000Colorado $63,800 to $169,300Connecticut $63,800 to $169,300District of Columbia $68,000 to $180,300Illinois $59,100 to $169,300Maine $54,400 to $144,300Maryland $63,800 to $169,300Massachusetts $63,800 to $180,300Minnesota $63,800 to $169,300New York $66,300 to $196,000New Jersey $68,000 to $196,000Ohio $59,100 to $156,800Virginia $59,100 to $180,300Washington $80,200 to $180,300

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