Analyst - Category Management (Audio & Visual)

Wesco • Colorado Springs, CO

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About The Position

The Analyst - Category Management supports day-to-day strategy execution for assigned categories, with a focus on reducing organizational spend, improving savings, and strengthening relationships with business stakeholders and suppliers. The role supports supplier relations and category strategy planning, assists with supplier growth plans, and contributes to product optimization and new product onboarding. It also manages assigned supplier relationships and works cross-functionally to identify cost, spend, and pricing optimization opportunities that improve category profitability.

The analyst supports product assortment and merchandising strategy, supplier performance management, marketing plans, product evaluations, negotiations, and savings tracking. The role collaborates with category managers, contract management, KPI teams, and other stakeholders, and may support company initiatives affecting organizational performance. The essential functions must be performed with or without reasonable accommodation.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in business, sales, marketing, or a relevant field, or equivalent experience.
• At least 2 years of experience in sales, marketing, purchasing, or inventory control.
• At least 2 years of success maintaining and developing key relationships.
• Proficiency in Excel and Access.
• Analytical and detail-oriented.
• Excellent business and financial acumen.
• Ability to travel 0–25% of the time.

Nice To Haves

• Product category management experience; 2 years preferred.
• Experience in the Audio & Visual industry is highly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Support development of an optimized product assortment and merchandising strategy.
• Prepare reports, analyze data, and develop presentations for the Supplier Relationship team.
• Assist with supplier meeting preparation, including data gathering, product research, and presentation development.
• Conduct opportunity assessments, benchmarking, and cost modeling to develop sourcing opportunities.
• Prepare category improvement projections and conduct post-implementation variance analysis.
• Support administration of contract data, addendums, item master sheets, and other supplier documentation.
• Support category managers in developing supplier performance and continuous improvement targets and related scorecards.
• Administer supplier assessments, scorecards, and analytics used to manage supplier performance.
• Support marketing plan development and execution.
• Communicate key product messaging internally and externally.
• Evaluate and compare products to identify alternatives.
• Identify, manage, and communicate new product introductions.
• Conduct supplier negotiations to obtain best value.
• Address supplier performance management and issue resolution.
• Partner with the KPI team to develop mechanisms for tracking and communicating savings achieved.
• Support company initiatives and projects that may affect organizational performance, collaborating with relevant stakeholders.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level