Category Manager – Food
2 months ago
Your Role:
- As the Category Manager, you are the subject matter expert for your Category and build plans around category products, promotion and placement to drive financial performance.
- You will build and maintain strong relationship with suppliers to secure the most favorable terms, costs, product and quality of goods for NWC and our customers.
- Developing a connection with the remote communities, we serve through in-community work experience to create customer-centered business plans.
- Using data, market information and our consumer behavior, find innovative ways to drive performance in your category and monitor performance.
- Develop plans with measurable objectives that includes advertising, in-store specials and special buys.
- Set the initial sales, gross profit, and inventory forecasts used in developing the final operating budget and develop plans to achieve annual budgets
- Work with Merchandising Services to monitor and recommend pricing, stock levels that deliver on category performance.
- Provide advice to Operations on category opportunities.
- Provide leadership and management of initiatives to the department’s Category Assistant
Desired Skills & Experience:
- Minimum of 2 years’ experience is required in at least one or more of the following areas: Category management, Item file maintenance, Merchandise planning, Pricing, Replenishment planning, Marketing/Promotions/Operations Retail Management or retail stores support
- A post-secondary education (Bachelor’s degree, diploma, or certification) in a related field is an asset
- Experience leading and managing employee(s) is an asset.
- Solid experience with MS Office Suite products and intermediate knowledge of Excel
- Must have demonstrated good written and verbal communication skills
- Strong analytical skills and financial analysis capabilities is required;
- Previous Operating Statement (P&L) accountability is an asset.
- Ability to set priorities and manage priorities of the team;
- Strong problem solving skills;
- Strong attention to detail
- Ability to manage multiple projects and priorities.
Location: Gibraltar House, 77 Main Street, Winnipeg, MB
Reports to: Senior Category Manager, Center Store
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