Our Opportunity:
Chewy is seeking a multifaceted and analytical Senior Category Manager to support our largest vendor at Chewy; you will be part of the merchandising team and will need to be located in Plantation, FL or Boston, MA. We have exciting plans this year and beyond at Chewy and you will directly impact our Merchandising teams and businesses. This team is mad up of passionate and entrepreneurial minded contributors that enjoy relevant and impactful results that add new value to our brand. In this role, you will be a phenomenal partner of Chewy's largest vendor by negotiating to improve business terms, see opportunities to accelerate your specific business, and working cross functionally with our finance, marketing and supply chain partners to optimize our operations. You will coordinate with other category managers to build and complete a cohesive strategy for the vendor.
At Chewy, we believe innovation is rewarded and execution is highly valued. Negotiation experience, verbal, written, and presentation skills are a must. Our ideal candidate is a versatile business leader with a track record of high performance, that can think big and operate at depth in parallel. Merchandising, retail, sales, marketing, and or product experience are great backgrounds for this role.
What You'll Do:
- Lead one of Chewy's most important categories.
- Have full P&L ownership.
- Establish, build, and lead strong external vendor relationships, including ownership across all problems that arise.
- Create strategies and plans to both recruit new customers to Chewy and to develop existing customers via lifecycle management concepts.
- Find opportunities within your category to optimize and enhance product performance, including analyzing sales data, assortment gaps, and market trends to make quick, effective decisions for your business.
- Work cross-functionally with finance, marketing, supply chain, pricing, and customer service to ensure collaboration as well as integrated planning and execution.
What You'll Need:
- 5+ years of comprehensive business experience in ecommerce, merchandising, retail, FMCG, or similar organizations.
- Strong comprehensive business sense and the willingness to adapt quickly. Sales/Merchandising experience.
- Proven operator, skilled in go-to-market, and with focus on execution.
- Great communicator combined with the ability to influence cross-functional partners.
- Outstanding proficiencies in vendor management/merchandising, and general management.
- Ability to lead, be flexible, prioritize, and run multiple projects simultaneously.
- Proficient in Microsoft excel, analytical programs, and retail math.
- Travel expectations: 15%
Bonus (if applicable):
- Business and leadership experience in best-in-class organizations; both in bigger organizations and start-up businesses.
- SQL & Tableau a plus.
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