About the Position:The Fresh Market currently has an opening for a Retail Category Manager, Meat & Seafood in our Store Support Center (099). The Retail Category Manager will support the department in the creation, development, execution, and financial performance of an assigned category.
What You'll Do:- Set product assortment for your category based on brand standards and item performance.
- Develop pricing strategy to achieve department financial goals.
- Define the promotional strategy based on the role of your category.
- Determine merchandising minimums, by SKU, for your category.
- Optimize sales to space through the category review process.
- Define monthly shrink targets by category.
- Evaluate new item performance.
- Maintain schematic integrity with consistent review and updates.
- Review fixture plans for new store openings.
- Define and collaborate with cross-functional partners on marketing strategy to support category programs.
- Monitor trends in new products, consumer behavior, market share, and competition, to inform decisions and initiate and enable innovation.
- Finds and evaluates new vendors and approves new items/vendors for buys.
- Ensure quality standards are upheld.
Qualifications:At a minimum, you will need:- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
- 4-7+ years of Category Management or related experience.
- Deep knowledge and understanding of the grocery business and systems/processes.
- Experience in understanding consumer demand in the fast-paced retail/grocery environment.
- Ability to develop/maintain strong working relationships with peers and cross-functional teams.
- Possesses strong merchandising, product, and marketing skills.
- Demonstrate strong analytical, negotiating, and problem-solving skills.
- Willing and able to travel for trade shows and store trips.
- Flexible and adaptive to changing priorities.
- Able to organize and prioritize workload to meet deadlines.
- Demonstrated skills with MS Office applications.
- Project management skills.
Preferred qualifications:- Demonstrated experience utilizing Nielsen and/or IRI.
- Experience with MicroStrategy.
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