Corporate Sales - Manager, Category Development

Lifetime Brands • Bentonville, AR

38d

About The Position

The category development Manager is responsible for gaining a completeunderstanding of a specific category, identifying trends, missed opportunities andgrowth potential of product selections. This role relies heavily on data analysis.

Requirements

• Prior product analysis experience- 2-3 years
• Bachelors Degree

Responsibilities

• New Item Set-Up• Ownership of Ensuring New Item Set-Up in stores and online moves forward tocompletion
• Analysis• Weekly Sales Results, Strategic Modular Results and Rollback Results• Complete and Consistent Ownership of the Analysis and Communication to theBentonville Team and Corporate Divisions• Use NPD data for a deeper Level of Analysis to obtain market trends• Identify gaps and opportunities within assortment• Identify current trends-Material/Function/Brands including being aware of social mediatrends-What is happening with Color/Pattern/Finish. Materials, Functions• Analyze any advertising and promotional Impact on sales results• Identify competitive threats• Facilitate Market Audits• Capture and Analyze Assortment Shifts (Brands, Materials, Functions, Retails)• Identify new potential licenses-Chefs, Celebrities, Cross-Category Brands• Complete Walmart Tactical Modular Analysis• In-Depth Strategic Development of the Modular and Promotion

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Industry: Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees