Category Growth Manager - Multicultural
Coborn'sBuild a career with a company that invests in people, strengthens communities, and creates opportunities to grow. At Coborn's, Inc., we're more than a grocery retailer. We're an employee-owned company where team members are empowered to make a difference, contribute to our success, and help shape the future of our organization. For more than 100 years, we've been committed to serving our guests, supporting local communities, and helping our team members thrive. We've also been certified as a Great Place To Work® for three consecutive years, a recognition earned entirely through employee feedback about their experience working at Coborn's, Inc. As one of the Midwest's largest independent grocery retailers, Coborn's, Inc. operates 77 grocery stores across six states under the: Coborn's Cash Wise Foods Marketplace Foods Hornbacher's Tadych's Marketplace Foods Sullivan's Foods Kessler's Food & Grocery banners. Guided by our vision to inspire happiness, healthy living, and simplicity, we continue to grow while staying true to our local roots and community-focused values. With more than 135 business units across our organization, team members have opportunities to learn, grow, and build meaningful careers. Beyond grocery, our diverse retail operations include liquor stores, convenience stores, fuel locations, pharmacies, and franchise businesses such as Ace Hardware, Country Floral, Caribou Coffee, Dunn Brothers Coffee, Erbert and Gerbert's, Godfather's Pizza, and Pet Supplies Plus. Supporting it all are our own central bakery, fresh foods commissary, and grocery warehouse and distribution center. From neighborhood stores to behind-the-scenes operations, every team member plays a role in helping us serve our guests and strengthen the communities we call home. At Coborn’s, Inc., we believe our stores should reflect the communities we serve. As our Multicultural Category Manager, you’ll have an exciting opportunity to shape how we connect with increasingly diverse guests by bringing authentic, culturally relevant products, brands, and experiences to our stores. In this role, you’ll combine category management, merchandising strategy, product sourcing, supplier development, and community insights to build assortments that meet the evolving needs of our guests while driving sales, profitability, market share, and category growth. You’ll serve as a key subject matter expert for multicultural merchandising—identifying emerging consumer trends, developing relationships with established and emerging brands, partnering with diverse-owned businesses, and connecting with communities to better understand what our guests want and need. If you’re passionate about retail, food, culture, community, and discovering products that create meaningful connections with guests, this is an opportunity to make a visible impact across our employee-owned organization. What You’ll Do Lead Multicultural Category Strategy: Develop and execute category and merchandising strategies that drive sales, profitability, market share, and guest satisfaction while responding to evolving consumer trends and community needs. Build Relevant Assortments: Create authentic, culturally relevant assortments using guest insights, demographics, market trends, competitive intelligence, and community feedback to identify gaps and growth opportunities. Source Products & Develop Suppliers: Identify and build partnerships with multicultural brands, emerging suppliers, local businesses, and diverse-owned businesses while leading negotiations and managing supplier performance. Drive Category Performance: Own financial plans and key performance indicators, including sales, margin, inventory, and shrink, using data and insights to continuously improve results. Shape Pricing & Promotions: Partner with Pricing, Marketing, and Operations to develop competitive pricing, promotional strategies, and culturally relevant programs that strengthen guest en…