INACTIVE
Full-Time
Category Manager
Online home goods retailer
Consumer Goods
Senior
Dorchester, Boston, MA, USA
Required Skills
Sales
Communications
Marketing
Customer Service
Requirements
- 5+ years of ecommerce, corporate retail, or management consulting experience, preferred
- Articulate and persuasive communication skills, both written and verbal
- A track record of successful negotiation and relationship management skills
- An ability to hit the ground running - a confident, entrepreneurial self-starter
- Demonstrated senior presence, recognized as an effective manager
- An ability to manage and prioritize projects and to delegate tasks appropriately
- Innovative problem-solving skills - dissect and determine root causes of problems and implement solutions
- Proven experience of taking on big challenges and delivering despite obstacles and limited resources
- Experience managing others, preferred
Responsibilities
- Develop, refine and execute the Doors Category plan to achieve revenue and profitability goals
- Build strong relationships with existing suppliers and execute negotiations to secure best pricing and promotional support
- Analyze data to strategize profit growth opportunities for the category and for specific supplier partners
- Advance catalog expansion by identifying selection gaps, prioritizing new item production, and developing relationships with target suppliers
- Identify sales, merchandising, and operational opportunities for the category and collaborate with internal teams to drive change (Planning, Advertising, Merchandising, Operations, Physical Retail, Finance, Customer Service, B2B)
- Analyze and anticipate competitor marketing, selection, and pricing strategy
- Attend trade shows to visit key suppliers (4-6 times per year)
Company Stage
N/A
Total Funding
$2.3B
Headquarters
Boston, Massachusetts
Founded
2002
Growth & Insights
Headcount
6 month growth
↑ 6%1 year growth
↓ -6%2 year growth
↓ -11%INACTIVE