Associate Category Manager - Welding products

Tenaquip; Senneville; In loco; CAD 50.000 - 70.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

Tenaquip, Ltd. in Canada seeks an Associate Category Manager to support B2B sales growth and profitability within welding products.

You will collaborate with the Category Manager to execute category strategies, optimize assortment, pricing, and product positioning, and maintain data integrity while building strong vendor and internal relationships. Daily interactions with vendors and internal teams, plus participation in reviews and pricing discussions, will help drive market competitiveness.

Competenze

• Bachelor’s degree in Marketing or a related discipline.
• 1+ year in category management, marketing, or related field.
• Knowledge of welding products, welding processes, or related industrial categories is an asset.
• Experience supporting product marketing, market analysis, or vendor marketing initiatives is an asset.
• Organized, creative, and analytical with strong attention to detail.
• Strong Microsoft Office skills (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
• Able to work independently and within a team.
• Strong communication skills and ability to create and deliver presentations.
• Can-do attitude with willingness to learn and take on additional responsibilities.

Mansioni

• Support the development and execution of category strategies to drive sales growth and profitability in welding products.
• Analyze market trends, customer needs, and competitive activity to identify opportunities.
• Assist in managing and optimizing welding product assortment, including pricing and lifecycle activities.
• Interact daily with vendors to meet business needs.
• Manage daily priority request queue from sales, purchasing, and other departments.
• Support pricing and content management, including market-based pricing and accurate product information for online platforms.
• Review online content for vendors to ensure accurate representation and drive sales.
• Participate in vendor meetings and business reviews.
• Collaborate with purchasing on pricing discrepancies, returns, and inventory reduction initiatives.
• Maintain status of vendor rebate programs and track quarterly values.
• Provide competitive evaluation and ensure offerings align with market prices.

Conoscenze

Analytical mindset

Attention to detail

Presentation skills

Communication skills

Team player

Bilingual French-English

Independent worker

Formazione

Bachelor’s degree in Marketing or related discipline

Strumenti

Microsoft Office

Descrizione del lavoro

Job Purpose:

The Associate Category Manager (ACM) supports activities focused on B2B sales growth, profitability, and marketing initiatives within the Welding product portfolio. In this role, the ACM collaborates closely with the Category Manager to execute category strategies that drive portfolio growth, maintain category data accuracy and integrity, cultivate and strengthen vendor partnerships, and support the sales organization. Leveraging market insights, product knowledge, and customer needs, the ACM contributes to assortment optimization, pricing strategies, product positioning, and overall category performance while building strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders.

Position Summary

• Support the development and execution of category strategies to drive sales growth and profitability within the welding product portfolio.
• Analyze market trends, customer needs, competitive activity, and industry developments to identify opportunities and support business decisions.
• Assist in the management and optimization of the welding product assortment, including pricing, product positioning, and lifecycle activities.
• Daily interaction with vendors as needed to meet business needs.
• Manage daily priority request queue from sales, purchasing, and other departments.
• Support product pricing and content management activities, including establishing market-based pricing and maintaining accurate product information for online platforms.
• Review online content for established and new vendors to ensure their products are accurately represented to drive sales.
• Participation in vendor meetings and business reviews.
• Collaborate with our purchasing team on vendor pricing discrepancies, product returns, and excess inventory reduction initiatives.
• Maintain status of vendor rebate programs, including tracking and billing of quarterly values.
• Provide competitive evaluation and ensure product offering and market price are in line with other industrial distributors and wholesalers.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Marketing or a related discipline;
• A minimum of 1 year of experience in category management, marketing, or a related field;
• Knowledge of welding products, welding processes, industrial distribution, or related industrial product categories is considered a strong asset.
• Experience supporting product marketing, market analysis, competitive positioning, or vendor marketing initiatives is considered an asset.
• Organized, creative, and analytical, with strong attention to detail;
• Strong Microsoft Office skills (Word, Excel, PowerPoint);
• Able to work independently and within a team;
• Possess strong communication skills and be able to create and deliver presentations.
• Can-do attitude with an appetite to learn and support in additional responsibilities, tasks and projects as required.
• Bilingual (French and English*), spoken and written. (*) This qualification is required as you will be interacting with partners, vendors, internal/external clients and/or staff across Canada regularly.

We are an equal opportunity employer committed to employment equity. We thank all applicants for their interest in joining our team; however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

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