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Senior Category Manager

Employer
UA Brands
Location
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Closing date
15 Nov 2021

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Function
Buyer
Level
Manager
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time

Job Details

UA/Uniform Advantage Brands is seeking a Senior Category Manager. This individual is a motivated self-starter who thrives in a dynamic and fast-paced environment.

The Senior Category Manager will be responsible for buying and forecasting non-clinical products, maintaining product assortment on B2B websites, understanding product, and category trends, developing strategic procurement strategies and plans, working with the Product & Pricing Manager on price inputs and item creation, working with Sales and Customer Service teams to grow volume, revenue, and margin.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

  • Analyzes data and competitive landscape to determine industry and consumer trends.
  • Devises long-term development strategies for product categories.
  • Develops exit strategies for slow-selling products, including negotiating returns when appropriate.
  • Fosters trust in relationships with suppliers to understand their strategies, develop mutual goals, achieve competitive pricing while increasing margins.
  • Places appropriate orders to ensure product availability to meet the customer’s needs.
  • Works with the Marketing team to determine competitive pricing and promotional cadence of a product category and Product and Pricing to set up and maintain pricing.
  • Collaborates with VP of Design to develop styles to fill Retail voids.
  • Develops forecasts for product demand to ensure adequate inventory.
  • Assumes responsibility for budget development and revenue for the category.
  • Addresses internal customer needs with a sense of urgency, maintaining excellent customer service.

Required Skills:

  • Proven experience as a procurement category manager or similar role.
  • Proven experience in negotiation skills.
  • Solid knowledge of Category Management, Marketing, and Sales principles.
  • Understanding of data analysis and forecasting methods.
  • Proficient in MS Office: Outlook, Word, Advanced Excel, and PowerPoint.
  • Consistent use of analytical and strategic thinking.
  • Ability to clearly communicate/present information and ideas and persuade/influence others.
  • Ability to interact with people in both individual and group settings.
  • Ability to prioritize and work independently, as well as part of a team.
  • Project Management Experience
  • 4-year degree required, advanced degree a plus

Company

Higher standards: It’s what separates the good companies from the great ones. UA Brands takes tremendous pride in our mission to do things differently than the rest. Exceeding customer expectations: For the past quarter-century, our name has been synonymous with fashion-forward specialty apparel at great values; long-lasting product performance and above all, strong customer satisfaction.

We treat customers warmly, respectfully and fairly…always striving to surpass their expectations. We’ve grown from a single South Florida uniform store in 1985 to 28 locations across the U.S.; multiple e-commerce website and catalog operations; and hundreds of employees strong.

It’s all thanks to our talented team members, who include:

>Our personable, knowledgeable retail store team that brings the UA Brands shopping experience to life for hundreds of thousands of customers working in vital industries like healthcare and food service.

>Our efficient, hard-working distribution team, based in Lithia Springs, Georgia, that makes sure the right products are picked, carefully packed and shipped to thousands of customers quickly and efficiently.

>Our corporate team based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, that supports us with design, manufacturing, inventory management, sales, technology, human resources, marketing, customer service and financial expertise to keep us running smoothly and successfully.

 

Company info
Website
Telephone
9546262100
Location
101 NE 3rd Avenue
Suite 2000
Fort Lauderdale
Florida
33301
US

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