CAREER CENTER

Category Manager

Leading automotive aftermarket manufacturer looking for experienced Category Manager responsible for utilizing economic, automotive, and product line specific trends in order to provide actionable insights to customers. The Category Manager will be a subject matter expert across their assigned product line in regards to both industry and product specific trends. The Category Manager will collaborate closely with multiple internal departments including Cataloging,  Sales, Product Management, Supply Chain and Pricing.

Responsibilities include but not limited to;

• Collaborating with customers on pricing and inventory strategies
• Analyze statistical data in order to extrapolate insights
• Developing novel ways to present actionable insights to customers
• Identifying potential consolidations in order to assist with streamlining customer inventory
• Maintaining working relationships with the Category Managers at customers
• Performing Customer Line Reviews
• Managing Product Life Cycle at retail customers
• Performing Retail and Competitive price shops
• Other duties as assigned

Knowledge Skills and Abilities

• Minimum 5 years experience in a Category Management role
• General Automotive knowledge
• Great communication skills
• Initiative-taker, resourceful and great work ethic
• Excellent planning, execution, and project management skills
• Critical thinker, strong business acumen
• Strong team player