Bakery Category Manager
About The Position
The Bakery Category Manager is responsible for assortment, sales, markdowns, margins, net profit, and inventory for the assigned product category. The role requires strategic thinking and innovation to anticipate grocery retail customer needs, alongside tactical attention to detail, analytical ability, and project management skills to promote sales growth, profitability, and increased basket size. Frequent independent judgment is essential. The associate must perform all tasks safely and in accordance with corporate policies and applicable laws. The position does not supervise other roles. Candidates need a bachelor's degree in business, marketing, or a related field, plus five years of retail buying experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience. Retail store experience is also expected.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in business, marketing, or a related field, plus five years of retail buying experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Retail store experience.
- Ability to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.
- Strategic thinking, innovation, attention to detail, analytical skills, and project management skills.
- Ability to exercise frequent independent judgment.
Responsibilities
- Analyze weekly, monthly, and quarterly sales results.
- Achieve sales and margin targets established during the planning process.
- Develop assortment plans by product group.
- Manage category advertising, including assortment, product mix, sales, and gross margins.
- Oversee inventory management across product life cycles, including promotional purchases.
- Negotiate favorable supplier terms, trade allowances, advertising allowances, and new-item allowances.
- Develop marketing and promotional programs for items and categories.
- Oversee incremental income, including advertising cooperatives, markdown monies, coupon redemption, rebates, scan backs, and temporary price reductions.
- Identify and implement private-label opportunities.
- Coordinate and communicate with the Operations team to ensure accurate implementation of category product offerings.
- Work with other Category Managers to optimize merchandising strategies and overall store performance.
- Develop and implement category and product-line business strategies.
- Perform all tasks safely and in accordance with corporate policies and applicable laws.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
