Best Buy-posted 9 months ago
$70,380 - $125,613/Yr
Full-time • Entry Level
Hybrid • Richfield, MN
Furniture, Home Furnishings, Electronics, and Appliance Retailers

As the Associate Category Manager with the Store Experience Fixtures team, you'll be responsible for category strategy development with a long-term commercial plan. This will include strategic sourcing, negotiation, contracting, supplier and stakeholder relationship management and innovation provision. You'll reduce total cost of ownership by leveraging world-class negotiation and sourcing strategies, using tools and processes, and mitigating risk. You'll achieve this by developing contracts for non-merchandise goods and services acquired by Best Buy. In this role, you'll consistently work with senior-level stakeholders and strategic suppliers. This role is hybrid, which means you will be required to work some days on-site at the Best Buy location listed on this ing and some days virtually from home or another non-Best Buy location. The specific work arrangements vary by role and team. The recruiter or hiring manager will provide more details during the hiring process.

  • Develop and maintain a rolling 3-year category strategy for assigned areas of spend by researching and forecasting market and industry dynamics
  • Proactively identify supplier relationships opportunities
  • Lead the development and execution of sourcing strategies for assigned categories of spend
  • Present category and sourcing strategies, influencing business partners and stakeholders on value proposition
  • Manage supplier relationships for effective exchange of information, optimizing engagement value for Best Buy
  • Set financial targets, metrics, forecasting, risk assessment and other measures that ensure accurate financial results
  • 3 years of experience in procurement, supply chain, sales, finance, or contracting (legal work)
  • Experience mentoring, cross-functional team management, or influencing without authority
  • 6 years of experience in procurement, supply chain, sales, finance or similar
  • 2 years of experience in management or influencing without authority
  • Expertise in use of procurement Source to Pay tools and practices such as supplier diversity programs, TCO calculation, etc.
  • Demonstrated negotiation, analytical, planning and execution skills
  • Expert MS Office skills, emphasis on Excel and ability to complete complex spend or data analysis
  • Strong organization, communication, presentation, and collaboration skills
  • Competitive pay
  • Generous employee discount
  • Physical and mental well-being support
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