Associate Category Manager

NAPA; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 55,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

NAPA is seeking an Associate Category Manager to support the Category Manager in driving growth and profitability across designated categories, balancing financial, operational, and customer outcomes.

You will facilitate promotions, coordinate with suppliers, manage new lines, planograms, digital channel opportunities, and regular performance reporting, working cross-functionally to meet timelines and process milestones.

Qualifications

• 1–2 years of category leadership experience in a fast-paced retail or distribution setting.
• Strong administrative and time-management abilities.
• Tertiary qualifications in business or a related discipline preferred.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate promotions process across all publications and channels for assigned categories.
• Work closely with the supplier base to ensure adherence to expectations for promotions.
• Administer all supplier income, ensuring timely and accurate billing and reporting.
• Manage setup of all new lines and new suppliers with accurate information and milestones.
• Collaborate with planogram team to develop customer-facing planograms when applicable.
• Work cross-functionally with stakeholders to answer queries in a timely manner.
• Support the Category Manager in day-to-day operational tasks for the category.
• Maximize Digital channel opportunities (B2C/B2B) and administer annual promotional plans.
• Manage administration associated with Agreement Sheets, ensuring accuracy and timeliness.
• Facilitate outcomes with sourcing on key category projects and meet timelines.
• Provide regular category performance reporting.

Skills

Category leadership experience

Administrative skills

Time management

Commercial acumen

Strategic thinking

Customer orientation

Relationship building

Communication

Influencing

Collaborative teamwork

Decision making

Analytical thinking

Education

Business or related discipline

Job description

Position Mission:The Associate Category Manager will support the Category Manager in driving growth and profitability of a specific category or group of categories, whilst ensuring an optimal mix of Financial, Operational and Customer outcomes.Position Performance Measures:FinancialContribute toward and aid the Category Manager in achieving KPIS:APG and ASG category salesPOS Sales outAPG and ASG gross profit (GP)Trading Margin (Buy/Sell)Gross Margin (inclusive of all rebates)Supplier IncomeInventory Turn OverGMROI (evolve to GMROIC)OperationalTimeline and process adherencePromotion processIn store planogramsLine reviewsProcurement / SourcingCustomerTimely feedback to all stakeholder queriesResponsibilities:Facilitate promotions process across all publications and all channels for assigned categories, ensuring key time lines and process milestones are metWork closely with the supplier base to ensure adherence to all expectations associated with promotionsAdminister all supplier income, ensuring timely and accurate billing and reportingManage the set up of all new lines and new suppliers, ensuring all information is captured accurately and in line with key process milestonesWork with the planogram team on developing customer facing planograms, where applicableWork cross functionally with a wide variety of stakeholders, ensuring all queries associated with the categories are filtered and responded to in a timely mannerSupport the Category Manager in the day to day operational aspects of their category assignmentMaximize Digital channel opportunities (B2C/B2B)Administer annual promotional plans (retail and wholesale)Manage administration associated with Agreement Sheets, ensuring all information is captured accurately and timelyFacilitate outcomes in conjunction with the sourcing team on key category sourcing projects, ensuring all time lines and process steps are metRegular reporting on category performanceCore competencies:Demonstrate Company values and lead by personal exampleFocus on GPC Core ComptetenciesCommercial acumenStrategic thinking and planningCustomer orientedRelationship builderCommunicationInfluencingCollaborative workingDecision makingAnalytical thinkingExperience, Education, and Abilities:1-2 Years of Category leadership experience desired, in a fast paced organization – ideally a multi site distribution or retail businessStrong administrative and time management abilitiesTertiary qualifications in business or related discipline preferredWork Environment & Physical Demands:Work is performed in a typical office environment and retail store environment. In retail store there may exposure to noise, dust, fumes, or temperature shifts. Sedentary work that primarily involves sitting/standing that includes moving objects up to 20 pounds.Travel to the various operations, estimated to be approximately 40-50% of time, required.Not the right fit? Let us know you're interested in a future opportunity by joining our Talent Community on jobs.genpt.com or create an account to set up email alerts as new job postings become available that meet your interest!GPC conducts its business without regard to sex, race, creed, color, religion, marital status, national origin, citizenship status, age, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, disability, military status, status as a veteran, or any other protected characteristic. GPC's policy is to recruit, hire, train, promote, assign, transfer and terminate employees based on their own ability, achievement, experience and conduct and other legitimate business reasons.