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Category Manager

Cranford, NJOnsiteFull TimeManager / Head$110,000–$115,000 /yrPosted 29 days agoVisa sponsorship available

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Required skills

  • category management
  • strategic sourcing
  • assortment
  • pricing
  • supplier negotiation
  • vendor relationships
  • gross margin
  • inventory levels
  • promotions
  • sales targets

Nice to have

  • food & beverage
  • product trends
  • consumer trends
  • merchandising concepts
  • entrepreneurial environment
  • ambiguity

Role summary

Nuts.com is seeking a Category Merchant to lead strategic sourcing and category strategy for assigned categories. This role involves owning assortment and pricing, partnering with marketing and e-commerce teams to drive sales, and enhancing customer experience. The Category Merchant will be responsible for supplier negotiations, inventory management, and ensuring adherence to food safety policies. Success requires a data-driven approach, strong business ownership, and excellent communication skills. The ideal candidate has 4-6 years of category management experience, preferably in food & beverage, with a strong sense for product trends and merchandising concepts. This is a hybrid role offering a competitive salary and benefits.

The role:

As a Category Merchant you will lead strategic sourcing and category strategy for your assigned categories. This includes owning our assortment and pricing, and partnering with marketing and ecommerce teams to drive demand and sales for your categories. Successful candidates will be customer focused and have a strong bias for data led decision making. They will have a high level of business ownership, demonstrate strong communication skills with both internal and external parties, and have a passion for bringing exceptional quality products to market for our customers. Key elements of your strategy will include enhancing customer experience to drive sales and gross margin for Nuts.com. This role will also support adherence to food safety and quality policies, practices, and standards (e.g. GMP, HAACP, etc) across the warehouse and documenting and escalating food safety concerns to the food safety team for action. This position reports to the Vice President of Merchandising.

What you'll do:

  • Act as the business owner of your categories. This includes building a deep understanding of internal and external variables that impact our business
  • Own category assortment including an innovation roadmap to capitalize on industry trends and maintain relevance with the customer
  • Negotiate with suppliers and build strong vendor relationships, driving gross margin and topline performance
  • Work cross functionally to ensure we remain in stock with healthy inventory levels in your categories
  • Plan seasonally appropriate assortment, promotions and features to drive customer demand for your categories
  • Always aim to exceed margin and sales targets with thoughtful pricing and promotional strategies

    • What you’ll bring:

  • Bachelor's degree in Business, Marketing, Supply Chain, Product Development, Merchandising preferred, but not required
  • At least 4-6 years of category management experience, preferably within food & beverage
  • The ideal candidate will have a strong sense for product and consumer trends, combined with solid understanding of technical Merchandising concepts
  • You must be able to thrive and succeed in an entrepreneurial environment and not be hindered by ambiguity or competing priorities
  • Be analytically talented, an effective storyteller, and make data driven decisions
  • Have experience managing the performance of the product portfolio including developing and growing vendor relationships, expanding and culling product selection, negotiating contracts, setting a category strategy and building an annual plan to improve sales and margins
  • Experience in HACCP, allergen control, GMP, and sanitation
  • A passion for great quality food and creating exceptional customer experiences

    • What we offer

  • A high-growth and rewarding role in a foundationally strong and rapidly evolving business
  • Annual Salary Range: $110,000 - $115,000 plus annual bonus
  • Excellent benefits including a 401K Match
  • Paid Maternity, Adoption and Paternity leave
  • And all the Nuts.com snacks your heart desires + a 40% employee discount

    • EEO STATEMENT

    Nuts.com is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard of actual or perceived race, color, creed, religion, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, immigration status, age, sex or gender (including pregnancy), gender identity or expression (including transgender status), sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, physical or mental disability, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws.

    Applicants with disabilities who require assistance or accommodation during the application or interview process should reach out to us at people@nuts.com

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