Category Manager

6 months ago

Vancouver, Canada Article Full time

**Description**:
Hi there, we’re Article. We’re an online furniture company creating remarkably better furniture experiences one sofa at a time. As a
**Category Manager,** you’ll bring our brand to life through a product assortment that captures customers’ hearts and earns a greater share of their wallets.

You will collaborate closely with Product Design & Development, Marketing, Ecomm, Creative and Sourcing teams, in order to build a successful product assortment that supports Article’s financial objectives and deliver the needs of our customers.

**Why We Need You**:
In the Category Management Team, you’ll create results by bringing vision to your assigned product line/category. You’re motivated by numbers and understand how to translate these into revenue growth.

The Category Manager is key to the success of our brand and is a critical leadership role within our brand function, owning the P&L for all furniture and decor categories.

You’ll use your customer obsession to drive growth in the business - understanding what customers want and then working with your partners across the business to ensure we can deliver. You may have worked previously as a Product Line Specialist, Buyer or Merchandiser.

**Why Article?**

As a Particle (people of Article), you will have a high level of autonomy to solve challenging, meaningful problems the best way you can. That means you’re trusted to explore solutions you believe will work best (you’re the expert, after all). You’ll do all this while growing your skills within a company that is redefining the furniture industry.

We’re a hybrid team so solving those challenges can be from your house, our office, a coffee shop, or wherever you’re inspired.
**That being said, you do need to be located in the Lower Mainland to come into the office regularly during the week to collaborate with the team and interact with the product.**

**What You'll Do**:

- Be accountable for the performance (revenue and profitability) of an assigned Article product category.
- Utilize customer, market and competitor research and trend information to develop and drive the implementation of our product strategy.
- Identify, document, and prioritize investment proposals for category growth that help grow your category’s share of the market.
- Work with your partners in the product and sourcing organizations to bring your product strategy to life.
- Act as a champion of the customer internally, negotiating performance commitments on behalf of our customer with function owners across the business.
- Own pricing and promotional-pricing strategy for your category, ensuring we meet revenue and margin targets.
- Analyze category performance with the ability to dive deep into the details and present high-level insights that translate into actions.

**Who You Are**:

- 7+ years of experience in a merchandising, product line, or category management position.
- Driven business leader with a competitive mindset and proven track record of business results.
- Strong analytical capabilities.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills.
- A track record of successful partnership - both internally and externally. You make performance commitments and work to deliver against them consistently.

**Perks & Benefits**:

- You’ll start with at least 29 days off between vacation, wellness days, holidays and an Inclusion and Diversity Day
- We offer access to excellent dental and health benefits packages, plus a health/lifestyle (remove if not in Canada) spending account for your total physical and mental well-being
- We want you to experience the obsession our customers have for Article furniture. You’ll enjoy a 45% discount (15% for friends and family, too) on our whole product offering
- We offer stock options to reinforce “Ownership Mindset”
- When you’re in the Vancouver office, we’ll think you’ll love:

- The Article HQ is a converted warehouse, an open layout, well stocked kitchens filled with snacks, premium coffees and teas (and ALL the milks)
- Our workspace is flexible. Choose where you sit - work from an Article sofa, one of our thoughtfully staged collaboration spaces, or private meeting room
- Onsite fitness equipment, change rooms with showers and bike storage
- A dog-friendly office. If you have a well-behaved, well-socialized pup, they’re welcome too

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**About Article**:
Hi there, we’re Article.

Since 2013 we’ve been redefining the furniture industry one sofa at a time. Founded in Vancouver, Canada, we now have remote Particles (people of Article) across the globe, and an office in Vietnam. Our US and Canadian home delivery network serves our customers coast to coast.

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