Associate Category Site Merchant

Advance Stores Company•Raleigh, NC

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Associate Category Site Merchant supports the strategy and execution of category-level site experiences across Advance Auto Parts’ ecommerce platforms. The role owns assigned categories or sub-categories and helps translate category priorities into clear, accurate, and engaging on-site experiences that support product browsing, discovery, and purchase. It is suited to someone with foundational ecommerce experience who wants to develop skills in site merchandising, category management, and digital optimization. The Associate works with Category Site Merchandising leadership and cross-functional partners to execute category strategies and improve performance through site updates and data-driven insights. The position is hybrid, with four days in the office and one day remote, based at the company’s corporate headquarters in Raleigh, North Carolina.

Requirements

Four or more years of experience in ecommerce, site merchandising, digital operations, or a related field.
Bachelor’s degree in Business, Marketing, Ecommerce/Digital Commerce, Product Management, Merchandising, Retail Management, Communications, Information Systems, or a related field; equivalent professional experience may be considered.
Some hands-on experience with CMS publishing or digital content execution.
Foundational experience or strong interest in ecommerce, site merchandising, or digital operations.
Ability to balance structured execution with light strategic thinking.
Strong attention to detail and comfort working in content management tools.
Analytical curiosity and willingness to learn how insights drive optimization.
Strong communication and collaboration skills.

Nice To Haves

Basic understanding of online merchandising concepts such as categories, attributes, and navigation.
Exposure to analytics, testing, or optimization tools.
Experience working with third-party ecommerce CMS or digital experience platforms.

Responsibilities

Support category-level strategy for assigned categories or sub-categories, aligned with broader merchant direction.
Help define category priorities, seasonal focus, and on-site storytelling appropriate to the size and complexity of the business.
Identify opportunities to improve category performance through content, layout, and navigation updates.
Translate leadership’s strategic direction into clear, executable site updates.
Own day-to-day site merchandising execution for assigned categories.
Build, update, and maintain category landing pages, featured modules, and cross-sell placements.
Execute promotions, seasonal updates, and content refreshes based on category priorities.
Apply established merchandising standards, pinning rules, and content guidelines.
Coordinate creative and copy updates, ensuring accuracy, accessibility, and brand alignment.
Partner with Catalog and Category Management teams to support item readiness, including attributes, images, pricing, and compliance.
Perform quality assurance checks to ensure category pages and modules are published correctly and on schedule.
Support consistent publishing cadences, including weekly refreshes and validations.
Monitor ecommerce category performance metrics such as sales, CVR, AOV, ATC, CTR, and PDP discovery rate.
Identify trends, issues, or opportunities and share insights with Category Site Merchandising leadership.
Support testing efforts by executing defined test variations and tracking results.
Participate in performance readouts and action planning.
Apply taxonomy and attribute standards to ensure products are correctly organized within categories.
Partner with SEO teams to support metadata updates and internal linking execution.
Help ensure category structures align with how customers browse and search.
Work with Category Managers, SEO, Content Strategy, Analytics, and Technology teams.
Support homepage or cross-site placements when directed by site merchandising leadership.
Ensure category strategy is reflected consistently on site as a dependable execution partner.