Senior Category Manager

Job Summary As a Senior Category Manager, you’ll shape category strategy from sourcing and purchasing through merchandising and product development. You’ll use market, sales, and supply chain insights to guide pricing, assortment, inventory, and supplier decisions across retail and e-commerce channels. This role brings together financial acumen, supplier partnerships, and cross-functional leadership to improve category performance and deliver value to customers. Responsibilities Lead category management and procurement category management, translating business requirements and industry trends into strategic plans. Manage supplier relationships, vendor contracts, contract negotiation, direct negotiation procurement, and sourcing; align purchasing and procurement decisions with category goals. Analyze profit and loss (P&L), pricing, sales, demand planning, and inventory performance; use financial analysis to inform actions. Apply data collection, data analysis, data interpretation, data mining, and data visualization to develop supply chain analytics and recommendations. Coordinate product management, product development, marketing, merchandising, logistics, and process improvement with stakeholders. Your impact: Better-aligned category and supply chain decisions help customers find relevant products while supporting reliable availability. Skills Essential: Category management, supplier management experience, vendor management, vendor relationship management, vendor negotiation, contract management, procurement contract management, project management, strategic planning, stakeholder management, team leadership, and cross-functional communication. Essential: Supply chain management, supply chain, logistics, inventory management, inventory control, demand planning, pricing, financial analysis, financial acumen, sales analysis, and analytics. Tools and data: Microsoft Office, spreadsheets, SQL (Structured Query Language), Nielsen data, merchandising software, and ERP (enterprise resource planning) systems. Preferred: E-commerce, merchandising, marketing, product management, product development, supply chain analytics, data visualization, data mining, and process improvement experience. Pay: $90,000.00 - $140,000.00 per year Benefits: 401(k) 401(k) matching Dental insurance Health insurance Life insurance Paid time off Relocation assistance Work Location: In person

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