Assistant Category Manager
About The Position
The Assistant Category Manager supports the development and execution of category strategies to drive business growth, optimize supplier relationships, and enhance customer satisfaction. The role calls for a basic understanding of category lifecycle management, financial acumen, and collaboration. The position contributes to category planning and strategy, SKU-level decisions, financial analysis and planning, supplier communication and sourcing, strategic execution, business communications, and cross-functional teamwork. It supports the implementation of category plans and helps assess trends, financial information, supplier actions, and business needs.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in business, Marketing, Supply Chain, Finance, or a related field.
- 4–7 years of experience in category management, strategic sourcing, or procurement.
- Intermediate analytical and financial modeling skills.
- Proficiency in Microsoft tools, such as Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
Responsibilities
- Describe the strategic role of the assigned category and identify differences in category roles.
- Recognize how category strategy directs business decisions.
- Execute SKU-level decisions to support sub-class goals and plans.
- Identify basic terms required in category planning, such as freight, payment terms, vendor data, and deals.
- Identify and explain financial reports pertaining to assigned SKUs.
- Plan SKU business actions based on provided budget information.
- Identify and explain basic financial metrics, such as Camp sales and GMROI, to inform business actions.
- Apply basic financial management concepts, including COGS, Net OPROI, receipts, and turnover, with assistance.
- Communicate required information to suppliers.
- Describe how cross-functional team members, including merchants, inventory, planning, and procurement, interact with suppliers.
- Execute and track sourcing-related action items.
- Assist in defining negotiation requirements to optimize SKU-level cost, quality, time, and performance.
- Execute detailed tasks needed to implement the vision within the role and group.
- Describe future company and customer expectations for a product category.
- Track and monitor current trends to assist with developing future trends and strategy.
- Review strategies and help determine how they apply within the product category.
- Discuss business issues and ideas to perform the role effectively.
- Develop documents to support work within the team.
- Assist in developing presentations for business group audiences.
- Write using appropriate language and terminology for the audience.
- Recognize and accept the personal role within the business team and identify its relationship to other roles.
- Show respect for team members and their roles.
- Accept and incorporate positive and negative performance feedback.
- Develop constructive working relationships with team members to achieve goals.
Benefits
- Comprehensive health and wellness benefits supporting team members and their loved ones.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
