Chefs Warehouse

Category Management - Category Manager

Chefs Warehouse$80K — $95K *
Food & Beverages
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution.
  • Previous food service distribution experience preferred.
  • Experience in food importing preferred.
  • Extensive knowledge of the related category.
  • Strong analytical skills and the ability to interpret market data.

Responsibilities

  • Analyze industry and consumer trends to support the sales team.
  • Introduce successful new products on a national scale.
  • Provide support for sales training initiatives.
  • Identify and transfer successful regional products across multiple areas.
  • Develop and promote private labels to enhance competitive advantage.
  • Rationalize product offerings based on performance and customer interest.
  • Negotiate with suppliers to ensure competitive pricing and promotional support.

Benefits

  • Paid vacation and holidays.
  • Comprehensive health, dental, and medical benefits.
  • Weekly pay schedule.
  • Life insurance coverage.
  • 5% discount on high-quality food products.
  • Employee discounts for travel and events.
  • 401(k) retirement plan options.
  • Employee stock purchase plan.
Full Job Description
Position Summary: The Category Manager will analyze data and insights to determine industry and consumer trends.

What you'll do:
  • Processes to enable our Sales team to understand have the best/most appropriate products available for the General Commodity Category (Fry Oils, Fries, Spices, Hors d'oeurves, Condiments, Non-Foods, Liquid Dairy, etc.).
    • Introducing successful New Products nationally.
    • Support Sales Training activities
    • Identify successful single-region products to Lift/Shift across multiple regions.
  • Activities to ensure the development of Private Labels within this category to drive competitive advantage.
    • Identify innovative products and potential suppliers.
    • Collaborate with Marketing and other team to maximize value to the company.
  • Rationalization of like/similar and special products within the companies portfolio based on performance, velocity and customer interest.
    • Regionally.
    • Nationally.
    • Post-acquisitions.
  • Supplier Negotiations for the managed category:
    • Achieving Target/Market-leading Costs
    • Developing Rebate and other program development
    • Securing Supplier Promotional Support
    • Improving Payment/Cash Cycle Term.
  • Supplier compliance activities for the managed category.
    • Legal documentation.
    • Specification sheets & supplier catalogs.
    • Food Safety, etc.
  • Cross functional collaboration with multiple departments.


About you:
  • Bachelor's degree from accredited four-year college or university.
  • Previous food service distribution experience strongly preferred.
  • Previous food importing experience strongly preferred.
  • Extensive experience with and knowledge of the category.


The above job description is not an all-inclusive list of duties and standards of the position. Incumbents will follow any other instructions, and perform any other related duties as assigned by their supervisor.

Perks & Benefits:
  • Paid Vacations, Paid Holidays
  • Health, Dental and Medical Benefits
  • Weekly pay
  • Life Insurance
  • 5% above cost for our high-quality food products
  • Employee discounts for travel and events
  • 401k
  • Employee Stock Purchase Plan


About Chefs Warehouse

The Chefs' Warehouse, Inc. is a specialty food distributor that began sourcing products focused on serving the specific needs of chefs who own and/or operate some of the nation's leading menu-driven independent restaurants, fine dining establishments, country clubs, hotels, caterers, culinary schools, bakeries, patisseries, chocolatiers, cruise lines, casinos and specialty food stores. The Company's product portfolio includes artisan charcuterie, specialty cheeses, unique oils and vinegars, truffles, caviar, chocolate and pastry products. The Company also offers a broad line of center-of-the-plate products, including custom cut beef, seafood and hormone-free poultry, as well as broadline food products, such as cooking oils, butter, eggs, milk and flour. The Company operates distribution centers in New York, Washington, D.C., Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maryland, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania, Oregon, California and Illinois.
Learn more about Chefs Warehouse
Size
2,712 employees
Market Cap
$1.2 billion
Industry
Net Income
-$82.9 million
Founded
1985
5 Year Trend
+7.9%
Revenue
$1.1 billion
NASDAQ

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