Senior Category Manager

Our Opportunity:

Chewy is seeking a dynamic and analytical Senior Category Manager to join our growing and fast-paced merchandising team in WA, FL, or MA. We have very bold plans at Chewy and building our Merchandising teams and businesses are the top priority. Our Sr. Category Managers are hard-working and creative minded contributors that enjoy relevant and impactful results growing our brand. In this role, you will lead the P&L for the category, negotiate to improve business terms, lead high profile vendor relationships, develop and complete business strategies, and find opportunities to accelerate your business.

At Chewy, we believe innovation is rewarded and execution is highly valued. Negotiation experience, verbal, written, and presentation skills are a must. Our ideal candidate is a diverse business leader with a track record of dedication, that can think big and operate at depth in parallel. Merchandising, retail, and or product experience are phenomenal backgrounds for this role. 

What You’ll Do:

• Lead one of Chewy’s most important categories.
• Have full P&L ownership.
• Establish, build, and lead strong external vendor relationships, including ownership across all negotiations.
• Continue to realize high double-digit growth rates; both for sales and profit.
• Build and implement, based on research and data insights, strategies and plans to both recruit new customers to Chewy and to develop existing customers via lifecycle management concepts.
• Find opportunities within your category to optimize and increase product performance, including analyzing sales data, assortment gaps, and market trends to make quick, effective decisions for your business.
• Work cross-functionally with finance, marketing, supply chain, and pricing, to ensure collaboration as well as comprehensive planning and execution

What You’ll Need:

• 5+ years of comprehensive business experience in ecommerce, merchandising, retail, FMCG, or similar organizations.
• Strong comprehensive business sense and the willingness to adapt quickly. Sales/Merchandising experience. 
• Proven operator, skilled in go-to-market, and with focus on execution.
• Phenomenal communication skills combined with the ability to influence cross-functional partners.
• Outstanding proficiencies in vendor management/merchandising, sales, marketing, and general management.
• Ability to lead, be flexible, prioritize, and run multiple projects simultaneously.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office, specifically Excel, and solid understanding of retail math.

Bonus:

• Business and leadership experience in market-leading organizations; both in bigger organizations and  start-up businesses.
• SQL a plus.

 

Compensation & Benefits:

Our pay range for a Senior Category Manager position is $129,500.00 - $207,000.00. The specific salary offered to a candidate may be influenced by a variety of factors including but not limited to the candidate’s relevant experience, education, and work location. In addition, this position is eligible for 401k and a new hire and annual equity grant.

We offer different types of insurance, such as medical/Rx, vision, dental, life, disability, hospital indemnity, critical illness, and accident. We offer parental leave, family services benefits, backup dependent care, flexible spending accounts, telemedicine, pet adoption reimbursement, employee assistance program, and many discounts including 10% off pet insurance and 20% off at Chewy.com.

Non-exempt hourly team members accrue paid time off (PTO) while salaried-exempt team members have unlimited PTO, subject to manager approval. Non-exempt hourly team members in Fulfillment Centers and Customer Service are also eligible for additional unplanned unpaid time off (UTO). Team members will receive six paid holidays per year. Team members may be eligible for paid sick and family leave in compliance with applicable state and local regulations.

 

 

#LI-BB2

 

•

Last updated on Aug 19, 2024