Multicultural Foods Category Manager

At Coborn’s, Inc., we believe our stores should reflect the communities we serve. As our Multicultural Foods Category Manager, you’ll have an exciting opportunity to shape how we connect with our 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 celebrate diverse food cultures and 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 in multicultural foods merchandising—identifying emerging consumer trends, developing relationships with established and emerging brands, partnering with diverse-owned businesses, and engaging with communities to better understand the products, traditions, and food experiences that matter most to our guests. If you’re passionate about retail, food, culture, community, and discovering products that bring people together, 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 the diverse needs of our communities. Build Culturally Relevant Assortments: Create authentic, culturally relevant assortments that reflect the diverse food traditions, preferences, and lifestyles of our guests. Use guest insights, demographics, market trends, competitive intelligence, and community feedback to identify assortment gaps and growth opportunities. Source Products & Develop Suppliers: Identify and build partnerships with established multicultural brands, emerging suppliers, local businesses, and diverse-owned businesses. Lead negotiations, strengthen supplier relationships, and manage supplier performance to support category growth and product authenticity. Drive Category Performance: Own financial plans and key performance indicators, including sales, margin, inventory, and shrink, using data and insights to continuously improve category results. Shape Pricing & Promotions: Partner with Pricing, Marketing, and Operations to develop competitive pricing, promotional strategies, and culturally relevant programs that resonate with guests and strengthen engagement. Bring Strategies to Life: Collaborate with Space Management, Supply Chain, Operations, Marketing, and store leadership to execute assortments, resets, product launches, seasonal programs, and localized merchandising strategies that reflect the communities we serve. Connect With Our Communities: Build relationships with community leaders, organizations, guests, and local partners to understand evolving food preferences, cultural traditions, and unmet needs. Use these insights to identify new products, strengthen community connections, and create a more relevant and inclusive shopping experience. Lead & Influence: Serve as a multicultural foods merchandising and category subject matter expert, sharing strategies, market insights, and best practices across the organization while coaching and developing assigned team members. What's In It For Me? Our remarkable employees are at the heart of everything we do. At Coborn’s, we’re committed to creating a supportive and rewarding workplace—one that offers a vibrant, team-oriented environment, ongoing career growth, and meaningful benefits. As an employee-owned company, we believe in investing in our people and their futures. We’re proud to offer a variety of benefits to both our full-time and part-time employees, including: Medical & Dental insurance with Health Savings Account (HSA), Flexible Spending Account (FSA) options Employee Stock Ownership Program (ESOP) – yes, we're employee-owned! Our team members benefit from the success …

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