Category Manager
Weis MarketsCategory Manager
Company Overview
At Weis Markets, teamwork and associate growth are central to the workplace, along with a commitment to respect, understanding, and appreciation. This role helps strengthen retail performance by guiding product strategies, supplier relationships, merchandising initiatives, and sales programs.
Role and Responsibilities of Category Manager
This role oversees cat
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egory and product line planning with a focus on sales, margins, inventory, advertising, and promotional performance. Working with suppliers, Operations, and other Category Managers, this role helps ensure product strategies are effectively executed and aligned with overall store performance.
• Review weekly, monthly, and quarterly sales results to evaluate category performance.
• Work toward sales and margin targets established during the planning process.
• Create assortment plans for assigned product groups.
• Direct category advertising activities covering assortment, product mix, sales, and gross margins.
• Manage product life-cycle inventory, including purchases made for promotional activities.
• Negotiate supplier terms, trade allowances, advertising allowances, and new item allowances.
• Build marketing and promotional programs for assigned categories and products.
• Monitor incremental income from advertising cooperatives, markdown monies, coupon redemption, rebates, scan backs, and temporary price reductions.
• Find and implement opportunities for private label products.
• Partner with the Operations team and communicate effectively to support accurate execution of category product offerings.
• Collaborate with fellow Category Managers to improve merchandising approaches and overall store performance.
• Establish and execute business strategies for categories and product lines.
Required Skills and Experience of Category Manager
• Bachelor's degree (BA/BS) in Business, Marketing, or a related field.
• Five years of retail buying experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Retail store experience.
• Ability to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.
About Weis Markets
Weis Markets is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity and does not discriminate against applicants or employees based on actual or perceived age, sex, sexual orientation, race, color, creed, religion, familial status, ethnicity, national origin, citizenship, disability, marital status, military or veteran status, or any other legally recognized protected basis under federal, state, or local laws. Applicants with disabilities may be entitled to reasonable accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act and applicable state or local laws. Reasonable accommodation may involve changes to normal procedures that provide equal employment opportunity without imposing undue hardship on Weis Markets.