Senior Category Manager
Company: Baldor Specialty Food
Location: Bronx
Posted on: May 6, 2024
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Job Description:
Description
Position Summary:
Category Managers are the business leaders for their respective
product categories and are responsible for sales optimization
across all sales channels and bottom line P&L performance.
Category Managers responsibilities also include vendor management,
demand planning, merchandising planning, campaign execution, and
category management functions including sku and warehouse slot
optimization. The Category Manager will be responsible for
creating, maintaining, coordinating, and communicating their
merchandising calendars. Aspects of the calendar include monthly
partner and item highlights, sales team demonstrations, new item
launches, point of sale needs, social media suggestions, events,
and much more. This role is both strategic and hands on sales and
customer experience driven.
This role will require working cross functionally on projects to
continuously improve company performance. This role requires a
pro-active, flexible; professional that quickly learns new roles
and has experience trouble shooting and improving processes. This
role requires a self-starter with ability to be flexible in an
often-ambiguous environment.
Essential Functions:
--- Research, improve, and communicate daily back order/shorts in
the category by working cross functionally with supply chain and
operations teams
--- Provide expertise and sales support on customer visits
--- Facilitate demos and customer trainings
--- Work in conjunction with marketing department on various
projects and events
--- Weekly involvement in updating playbook
--- Responsible for daily market recap and terminal market
updates
--- Heavy involvement in fresh cuts as we look to focus on how we
can better support them and work closer on projects and
sourcing.
--- Schedule farm visits, attend food shows
--- Brix support. Compliance, partner selection, contract details
and negotiations.
Keywords: Baldor Specialty Food, West New York , Senior Category Manager, Executive , Bronx, New Jersey
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