Candy Category Merchant - Hybrid Growth & Negotiation

BJ's Wholesale Club, Inc.; Marlborough (MA); Hybrid; USD 95.000 - 135.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Weekly Pay

Daily Pay

Free BJ's Memberships

Generous Paid Time Off

Health Benefits (medical) options

401(k) Retirement Savings Plan with 1:

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Zusammenfassung

BJ's Wholesale Club, Marlborough, MA is seeking a Category Merchant to set strategy and drive growth for assigned categories, including product selection, vendor negotiation, promotions, and leadership of the merchandise team. The role requires a Bachelor's degree in business or related field and 4+ years of merchandising experience.

You will negotiate with vendors, manage price strategies, and lead cross-functional teams to achieve financial targets in a hybrid work setup at our Marlborough

Qualifikationen

• Bachelor's degree in business or operations related field.
• 4+ years of merchandising / category management experience.
• Strong negotiation, communication, and analytical abilities.
• Proven organizational skills.

Aufgaben

• Responsible for the performance of assigned categories including driving growth, category profitability and customer experience.
• Responsible for product selection and the development of competitive merchandise assortment plans that achieve financial objectives.
• Negotiates pricing and terms with new, existing and prospective vendors.
• Builds strong relationships with the vendor community and exercises flexibility in approach to negotiations.
• Oversees the development of the sales and margin plans and sales forecasts for assigned categories.
• Communicates merchandising strategies to cross functional teams to ensure proper and timely execution of strategy.
• Connects strategies to business operations and maintains an understanding of business operational goals and challenges.
• Responsible for price management for assigned categories including price indexing and achievement of price targets.
• Collaborates with the Marketing team to develop pricing, promotional and campaign strategies for assigned categories.
• Continually monitors merchandising performance and promptly reacts to changes in the business to capitalize on opportunities and mitigate risks.
• Provides leadership and training to the merchandise team.
• Provides the team with frequent and actionable feedback and professional development opportunities.
• Establishes and maintains a reputation of credibility and responsiveness in the marketplace.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Kenntnisse

Negotiation

Decision making

Communication

Analytical skills

Organizational skills

Ausbildung

Bachelor's degree in business or operations related field

Jobbeschreibung

BJ's Wholesale Club, Marlborough, MA is seeking a Category Merchant to set strategy and drive growth for assigned categories, including product selection, vendor negotiation, promotions, and leadership of the merchandise team. The role requires a Bachelor's degree in business or related field and 4+ years of merchandising experience.

You will negotiate with vendors, manage price strategies, and lead cross-functional teams to achieve financial targets in a hybrid work setup at our Marlborough