Junior Category Manager

5 months ago

Oakville, Canada Vitamart.ca Full time

**Job Title**: Junior Category Manager

**Company**: Vitamart.ca

**Company Overview**:
Vitamart.ca is a growing eCommerce vitamin retailer specializing in making health simple by creating an easy customer shopping experience while providing the best value on vitamins to Canadians. We are a team on a mission to Make Health Simple and as we continue to grow, we are seeking a dynamic Junior Category Manager to further accelerate achieving our purpose.

**Responsibilities**:

- Manage/ purchase a portfolio of health and wellness product categories (5,000+ skus)
- Executing and improving upon the current procurement operations, and data mgmt
- Conduct market research to identify trends, customer needs, and competitive positioning
- Work closely with our partners (vendors) to negotiate terms and ensure the best product selection/ pricing
- Collaborate with the marketing team to develop and execute category-specific promotional strategies
- Monitor inventory levels and maintain optimal stock levels
- Analyze sales data to identify areas for improvement and opportunities for growth
- Planning and executing category management and promotional initiatives.
- Provide exceptional customer service by addressing product-related inquiries/issues
- Reports to: Owner/CEO

**Key Performance Measurables**
- Sales
- Gross Margin dollars
- Return on inventory dollars
- Turns
- Conversion
- Traffic

**You will be successful in this role and in our company if you**:

- Align with being 1% better everyday
- Curious about how things are done
- Continuously looking for ways to improve
- Always looking for workplace efficiencies and optimizations
- Not shy to ask questions, challenge status quo
- Invite feedback from manager and peers
- Bring your best to work everyday
- People think of you as hardworking
- Prone to get annoyed or irritated if things are not efficient
- Loves results and getting things accomplished
- Team first mentality
- No one wins alone. We win as a team
- We help each other out and maximum efficiency and optimization
- Savvy and frugal shopper
- Coupons, discounts, blowout deals, clearance sales get you excited
- Have no issue negotiating anything with anyone. Doesn’t pay full price for anything.
- Super organized and don’t let tasks slip through the cracks
- Someone who uses vitamins & is excited to promote them to others

**Job Requirements/Qualifications**
- Bachelor's degree in business, marketing, or a related field.
- 1-2 years of experience in category management, merchandising, or related roles in an eCommerce or retail environment.
- Proven track record of successfully managing many categories and 5,000+ products for an eCommerce Shopify store
- Strong analytical skills and the ability to interpret sales data.
- Excellent negotiation and communication skills.
- Passion for health and wellness and a strong understanding of industry trends.(TikTok, blogs, podcasts etc)
- Working out of the office a minimum of 3 days per week
- Working in the warehouse 5 hours a week (stocking shelves, receiving, etc)
- Attending the annual Canadian Health Association weekend show in Toronto each fall

**Software Experience**
- Google spreadsheets
- Shopify
- Google trends and other trend tools
- Quickbooks (bonus)

**Location**:

- Oakville, near Oakville Place Mall at Trafalgar & QEW

**Compensation**:

- Competitive salary, health spending account, and employee discounts on supplements.

**How to Apply**:

- Please submit your resume and a cover letter (written or video) detailing your relevant experience and why you would be the perfect fit for this role to

If you are passionate about health, ecommerce, while appreciating efficiency, systems and creating value, you might be a great fit for our culture and company. We would love to hear from you

Pay: From $60,000.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Casual dress
- Company events
- On-site parking
- Profit sharing
- Store discount
- Wellness program

Flexible Language Requirement:

- French not required

Schedule:

- Day shift
- Monday to Friday

Application question(s):

- Are you available to work a minimum of 2-3 days/week in our Oakville office?
- Are you open to working 5 hours per week in our warehouse helping put away stock?

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Oakville, ON L6H 1M3

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