Category Merchant – (Packaged Grocery)

BJ's Wholesale Club • BJ's Club Support Center Marlborough, MA

6d • Hybrid

About The Position

BJ’s Wholesale Club is seeking a Category Merchant to set the strategy and drive business growth for assigned categories. This role involves product selection, vendor negotiation, promotion planning, and leadership of the merchandise team. BJ's is a company powered by over 30,000 team members who make a real impact daily, helping families save on what matters most. The company offers a comprehensive benefits package designed to support team members' health, well-being, and future.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in business or operations related field
• 4+ years related merchandising / category management experience
• Negotiation skills and decision-making ability
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Proven analytical and organizational skills

Nice To Haves

• Familiarity with AI tools, including ChatGPT

Responsibilities

• Responsible for the performance of assigned categories including driving growth, category profitability and customer experience.
• Responsible for product selection and the development of competitive merchandise assortment plans that achieve financial objectives.
• Negotiates pricing and terms with new, existing and prospective vendors.
• Builds strong relationships with the vendor community and exercises flexibility in approach to negotiations.
• Oversees the development of the sales and margin plans and sales forecasts for assigned categories.
• Communicates merchandising strategies to cross functional teams to ensure proper and timely execution of strategy.
• Connects strategies to business operations and maintains an understanding of business operational goals and challenges.
• Responsible for price management for assigned categories including price indexing and achievement of price targets.
• Collaborates with the Marketing team to develop pricing, promotional and campaign strategies for assigned categories.
• Continually monitors merchandising performance and promptly reacts to changes in the business to capitalize on opportunities and mitigate risks.
• Provides leadership and training to the merchandise team.
• Provides the team with frequent and actionable feedback and professional development opportunities.
• Establishes and maintains a reputation of credibility and responsiveness in the marketplace.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Weekly Pay
• Free BJ’s Memberships
• Generous Paid Time Off (vacation, personal, sick days, holidays, bereavement, and jury duty leave)
• Flexible and Affordable Health Benefits (three medical plans, optional dental, vision, HSA, and FSA options)
• 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan with company match
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level