Junior Category Manager

**Description**:
Hi there, we’re Article. We’re an online furniture company creating remarkably better furniture experiences one sofa at a time. As a
**Junior Category Manager**, you’ll be supporting the Outdoor, Bedroom, and Entryway Category here at Article.

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**:
Our Category team is growing and evolving. With that, we have found ourselves in the need of a Junior Category Manager. The team is made up of Category Specialists, Junior Category Managers, Category Managers, and then Senior Category Managers (they are the ones who lead each product line/category).

We need someone who has been working in Merchandising/Buying/Category Management for a couple of years now. With that experience, you’ll be able to help shape how the Category function makes a bigger impact on Article and our customers; while broadening your skill set.

You’ll be someone with an Ownership Mindset, strong relationship-building skills (someone who can gain trust from stakeholders) and you have a resilient attitude.

**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 you can work 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 from time to time during the week to collaborate with the team and interact with the product.**

**What You'll Do**:
With the guidance of the Category Manager, you will support with defining the catalog vision, strategy, and assortment offering:
**Catalog & Assortment Strategy**
- Act as the category SME with a broad understanding of relative consumer trends, the competitive market, and the Article customer.
- With the guidance of the Category Manager, lead the creation and execution of the category line plan to achieve company priorities and category objectives (right product, right price, right time).
- Collaborate with cross-functional partners from Design, Sourcing, and Planning, guiding from analysis through to recommendation.
- Maximize sales and profitability by supporting with defining the pricing architecture that will deliver against margin expectations and targets.

**In-Season Management**
- Accountable alongside the Category Manager for delivering against revenue targets, continuously monitoring and reacting to business results to ensure financial plans are achieved.
- Conduct extensive in-season and post-season market analysis to ensure we are always delivering unrivaled quality and value to our customers.
- Lifecycle management via sales, promotions, and product exits.
- Communicate category vision and strategy to key stakeholders to guide the successful execution of marketing, campaign and sales plans.

**Who You Are**:

- 2+ years of experience in a merchandising, buying, category management, or related position.
- Excellent business and market sense with an ability to understand Article’s aesthetic and recognize products that fit our brand. If you have a passion for furniture, interior design and dècor we love to see it
- Ability to interpret Insights and implement them to achieve the company objectives.
- Ability to assess risk and exercise sound judgment in decision-making, including substantial profit and loss responsibility.

**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 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 the “Ownership Mindset”
- When you’re in the Vancouver office, we’ll think you’ll love:

- The Article HQ is a converted warehouse, with 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
- A dog-friendly office. If you have a well-behaved, well-socialized pup, they’re welcome too
- Onsite fitness equipment, change rooms with showers, and bike storage

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**About Article**:
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