Senior Category Manager
About The Position
The Senior Category Manager helps set and lead a retailer category’s strategic direction, delivering merchandising and assortment planning recommendations. The role researches category and industry trends, analyzes complex data sets to identify growth opportunities, and communicates actionable insights on category performance. It builds planograms using Blue Yonder Space Planning, maintains strong retailer relationships, and collaborates with the Category Management Team. The position also supports team training and development, helps balance workloads, improves processes and templates, and adapts to team needs. Other assigned duties may apply.
Requirements
- At least 5 years of experience in Category Management or Category Captainship, including analyzing retail data to develop category, assortment, and merchandising recommendations.
- At least 3 years of experience developing and executing planograms.
Nice To Haves
- Experience managing multiple categories and applying Category Management fundamentals across different businesses.
- Demonstrated leadership with the team and client.
- Ability to combine multiple data sets to answer business questions and proactively communicate trends.
- Self-starter who can work in ambiguous situations and continuously learn.
- Passion for retail and industry trends.
- Strong organizational skills, attention to detail, and reliability in meeting deadlines.
- Ability to ask effective questions, align on goals, and execute.
- Creative problem-solving skills and ability to work independently.
- Strong communication and relationship-building skills.
- Excellent proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint.
- Proficiency in Category Management tools, including Blue Yonder Space Planning and market data such as POS and panel data.
Responsibilities
- Help set and lead the strategic direction for a category at a retailer.
- Deliver merchandising and assortment planning recommendations.
- Research category and industry trends and report findings on emerging developments.
- Analyze multiple sources of complex data to identify category growth opportunities and demonstrate thought leadership.
- Develop and maintain routine reporting on category performance using retailer and market data, and communicate actionable insights.
- Build planograms using Blue Yonder Space Planning software multiple times a year.
- Build and maintain strong relationships with the retailer team.
- Collaborate with and share findings with the Category Management Team.
- Serve as a dependable resource for team training and development.
- Understand team strengths, opportunities, and available data resources to balance workloads and support a connected team culture.
- Create efficiencies, processes, and templates for the Category Management team.
- Adapt and help where necessary.
- Take on other assigned duties and responsibilities.
Benefits
- Medical coverage
- Dental coverage
- Vision coverage
- Life coverage
- Long-term disability coverage
- 401(k) plan
- Bonus opportunities
- Paid holidays
- Paid time off
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
No Education Listed
