Trader Joe's · 7 hours ago
Associate Category Manager
Monrovia, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Mid Level
3+ years expTrader Joe's is your favorite neighborhood grocery store, and they are seeking an experienced Associate Category Manager. This role involves collaborating with Category Managers to achieve sales targets, developing product assortments, and managing vendor relationships.
Food and BeverageFood ProcessingGroceryOrganic FoodRetail
Responsibilities
Collaborating with Category Managers and Sr. Category Managers to achieve sales, margin, SKU count and sales dollar/unit minimum targets and provides support to Category Management in team in daily tasks and projects
Developing category in product assortment, vendor capabilities and category trends and work to curate a diverse range of products that meet the changing needs of Trader Joe's Customers
Working with Product Developers to actively diversify Trader Joe's vendor base and develops broker-free relationships while maintaining strong vendor relations to expand product offerings
Assisting with Subcategory Reviews and makes recommendations for improvement based on category and sales performance
Partnering with departments such as Marketing, Operations, and Finance to ensure seamless execution of category plans and assists with planning and executing marketing features for all products including New and Limited items
Supporting the Supply Chain team to achieve fulfillment goals such as fill-rate, TOS and inventory quality goals
Working collaboratively with other departments
Qualification
Required
At least 3 years of experience in category curation, vendor negotiation and management, and merchandising
A Bachelor's degree
Experience working as a Buyer, Category Manager, or Merchandising within a Retail organization with a preference for CPG or Grocery
Experience buying and sourcing new products while building relationships with new and existing vendors
Strong negotiation skills
Excellent communication skills
Demonstrates excellent time management skills
Proficiency in Microsoft Office
Comfort with retail-based mathematics
Preferred
A Bachelor's Degree is strongly preferred
Experience with perishables is preferred
Company
Trader Joe's
Trader Joe’s is a chain of neighborhood grocery stores committed to providing customers with amazing, high quality products at great prices.
10001+ employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
unknown1979-01-01Acquired
Leadership Team
James Calder
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