Associate Category Manager
About The Position
Are you a strategic thinker who loves turning data into action? Do you get excited about spotting trends, understanding customer behavior, and driving measurable growth? If so, we’d love to meet you. We’re looking for a motivated and analytical Associate Category Manager to help shape and grow our product categories. In this role, you’ll play a key part in driving sales, profitability, and customer satisfaction by turning insights into smart, impactful decisions. You’ll collaborate cross-functionally and gain high visibility with senior leadership while developing your career in category management.
Requirements
- Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret data and translate it into clear action.
- Understanding of market trends, customer preferences, and competitive dynamics.
- Excellent communication and presentation skills.
- A proactive, results-oriented mindset with strong collaboration skills.
- Passion for driving growth and improving customer experience.
Responsibilities
- Support the development and execution of category strategies that deliver both short-term wins and long-term growth.
- Identify opportunities to optimize product assortment—expanding where there’s demand and streamlining where needed.
- Analyze market trends, customer insights, and competitive activity to inform decision-making.
- Recommend pricing, promotions, and positioning strategies to maximize performance and profitability.
- Monitor key performance indicators including sales, margins, and inventory.
- Translate data into actionable recommendations that improve results.
- Prepare compelling reports and presentations for senior leadership, highlighting opportunities and impact.
- Oversee products from launch through end-of-life, making data-driven decisions on introductions, updates, and discontinuations.
- Help bring new products to market successfully and ensure strong in-stock performance.
- Partner with marketing, merchandising, operations, supply chain, and e-commerce teams to execute category initiatives.
- Work closely with digital teams to enhance online product listings, promotions, and overall customer experience.
Benefits
- tuition reimbursement
- medical, dental, and vision insurance
- prescription drug coverage
- 401(k) retirement plan
- short-term disability insurance
- 8 weeks paid birthing leave
- 2 weeks paid bonding leave
- life and long-term disability insurance
- 12 days paid time off
- 2 paid well-being days
- 1 paid volunteer day
- 12 paid holidays
- 3 floating holidays per year
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
