Top 14 Category manager Jobs in St. Louis, Mo

Category Manager- Produce
Save A Lot —Saint Ann, MO
- $103,350 - $135,000 a year
- Weekends as needed
- Sales
- Marketing
- Merchandising
- Health savings account
- Health insurance
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Merchant
Build-A-Bear Workshop, Inc. —St. Louis, MO
- Hybrid work
- Merchandising
- Mid-level
- Office
8d
Senior Manager, Merchandise
Build-A-Bear Workshop, Inc. —St. Louis, MO
- Hybrid work
- 6 years
- Merchandising
- Office
- Flexible schedule
Product Category Manager - Power Distribution
Graybar Management Services LLC —Chesterfield, MO
- From $113,000 a year
- Full-time
- Marketing
- Analysis skills
- Bachelor's degree
- Profit sharing
- Paid holidays
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National Client Insights Manager (CPG)
Acosta —Maryland Heights, MO
- $85,000 - $97,000 a year
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Merchandising
- Mid-level
- Office
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Sr. Specialist, Merchandising
Caleres, Inc. —Clayton, MO
- Full-time
- Microsoft Outlook
- Bachelor of Science
- Merchandising
- Free parking
- Health insurance
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Sr. Specialist, Merchandising
Allen Edmonds —Clayton, MO
- Full-time
- Microsoft Outlook
- Bachelor of Science
- Merchandising
- Free parking
- Health insurance
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Account Merchant
Caleres, Inc. —Clayton, MO
- Full-time
- 5 years
- Mid-level
- Office
- Free parking
- Health insurance
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Sr. Category Analyst (Wholesale)
Acosta Group —Maryland Heights, MO
- $61,500 - $70,000 a year
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Mid-level
- Office
- Windows
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Category Manager – Integrated Protection & Control Systems
The H-J Family of Companies —High Ridge, MO
- 7 years
- Office
- Continuous improvement
- Profit sharing
- Health insurance

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Category Manager- Produce

Save A Lot -
Saint Ann, MO

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Job Details

Full-time
$103,350 - $135,000 a year
2 days ago

Benefits

Health savings account
Health insurance
Dental insurance
Flexible spending account
Tuition reimbursement
Paid time off
Employee assistance program
Vision insurance
401(k) matching
Referral program

Qualifications

Employee relationship building
Stakeholder relationship building

Full Job Description

Purpose

Strategically manages categories and negotiates to increase sales, gross dollars, market share versus prior year, and meet or exceed projected numbers. Recommends pricing, promotion, assortment and shelf planograms for each assigned category, based on detailed analysis of past performance and results, industry best practices, and consumer trends.

Responsibilities

Drives sales, sets a vision, and executes necessary steps for category success
Owns vendor relationship as a primary contact by maintaining quality relations and meeting on a consistent basis for growth results, negotiate future planning, range assortment, and understanding of industry trends
Manages P&L, monitoring and recommending prices, to obtain the most aggressive price in the market
Works closely with partner functions (sourcing, replenishment, supply chain etc.) and communicates category and promotional plans to ensure desired service levels and the optimum inventory position achieved
Owns cross functional work with a wide variety of teams such as replenishment, suppliers, branding, and others to fulfill objectives and responsibilities of full ownership to assigned items
Partners with promotional team on creation and implementation of a promotional calendar by major category and in tracking results at the end of each promotion in terms of sales, P&L share growth, or contribution
Collaborates with Space Planning team for POGs, attentive to advertisements, keeping foot traffic in mind
Drives product development through understanding market quality of both national and private brand, maintains private brand and product quality, and identifies need (or lack of need) for private brand products
Owns the assortment planning process by making logical recommendations of new items entering the market and discontinuing lines based on potential contribution to the category strategies and department
Takes ownership in working with the Quality Assurance team to determine the right quality specs and specify composition and sensory requirements of products
Holds supplier accountable to continually provide the negotiated quality within agreement terms
Collaborates with analysts and finance and analyzes category through measurement of total contribution to the entire department, previous results, and market trends to create a yearly category business plan
Acts as expert on assigned items with understanding of ingredients, commodity impacts, and packaging costs
Held accountable for gross profit projections at the category level, rolling up to department projections quarterly, monthly, and yearly
Partner with promotional planning and space planning teams to recommend ads and displays in support of the category plans and total department initiatives for stores
Visits competition as well as markets, stores, and distribution centers as necessary to observe resultsof product lines and communicate knowledge of competitive products, performance, and business trends
Ensures all items are in effective and efficient display cases for supply chains and stores
Pro-actively recognizes issues, defines customer-focused solutions, leads cross functional teams to define actions that will sustainably drive results, and presents strategy to line manager or above
Initiates and follow through on personnel actions such as: interviewing and providing input used in hiring decisions, and/or providing feedback on performance standards
Maintains formal and informal channels of upward communication; encourage the expression of new ideas, suggestions, and complaints; review them for appropriateness and further action
Performs other duties as assigned

About You

Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Marketing or related field and/or 3-5 years of relevant retail experience
3-5 years relevantbusiness experience where a solid understanding of marketing, merchandising, Consumer research andfinancial management practiceshave been gained
Solid financial, mathematical, statistical, marketing, merchandising, and consumer research background to read, interpret, and understand how internal and external factors influence financial results
In-depth understanding of store operations and merchandising methodologies and practices, including P&L and financial management
Familiarity with Category Business Planning or ability to learn
Ability to read and interpret P&L statement and understand how the categories managed are affected
Exceptional skills in negotiation, influencing, analyzing problems and decisions, and taking initiative
Interpersonal skills to build rapport, network, and maintain effective business relationships within and outside the company
Strategy development skills with the ability to manage short-term goals tomeet long-term initiatives.
Proficient in MS Excel and MS PowerPoint
Understanding of procurement, logistics, inventory management

Physical Requirements

Ability to travel up to ~10% of the time, which may include weekends and evenings, as needed
Most work is performed in a temperature-controlled environment
Incumbent may sit for long periods oftime at a desk or computer terminal
Incumbent may use calculators, keyboards, telephone andother office equipment in the course of anormal workday
Stooping, bending, twisting andreaching may be required incompletion of job duties

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Our Values
Ability to demonstrate, understand and apply our workplace values.
Simplicity (operate) – the drive to identify root cause and innovate to remove complexity to deliver the best outcome
Heart (emotion) – the passion that drives you to get up every day and work hard to strive for excellence
Performance Excellence (mindset) – clearly defining high expectations, driving ownership of key roles and responsibilities, executing with integrity and emphasis while creating a culture of accountability
Respect (philosophy) – taking pride in being inclusive and treating everyone who comes through the doors with respect

Benefits

401K company match up to 4%
Paid Time Off
Medical Insurance options including FSA & HSA
Vision Insurance
Dental insurance
Employee Assistance Programs
Team Member Referral Program
Tuition Reimbursement
Wellbeing Program
Career development opportunities

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature of the work performed by the employees assigned to this job. All employees must comply with Company policy and applicable laws. The responsibilities, duties and skills required of personnel so classified may vary within each department and /or location.

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