Category Coordinator - Furniture

NFM; Omaha (NE); Hybrid; USD 43,000 - 53,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Same day pay

Competitive pay

Health, dental, vision, life insurance

Paid holidays and PTO

Staff discount

Job summary

Nebraska Furniture Mart in Omaha seeks a Category Analyst to maintain and analyze the category planning and buying processes and to provide administrative support to the Category Financial Planner, Buyer and Divisional Merchandise Planning Manager. You will create and maintain SKUs, promotional pricing, vendor promo claims and advertising inputs while evaluating invoice discrepancies and performing SKU accuracy audits.

The role supports assortment reviews and pricing collaboration with buyers.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Business, Management, or related field or equivalent experience.
• 1 year buying or planning coordinator or administrative and/or inventory analysis experience.
• Retail buying, planning, merchandising, marketing or supply chain experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Create and Maintain: SKUs, promotional pricing, vendor promo claims and advertising input.
• Assess invoice discrepancies and perform SKU accuracy audits.
• Collaborate: assist Buyer with assortment review and vendor funding management.
• Support: work with internal and external customers on product status and pricing.
• Report: run post promotion analysis and category insights.

Skills

Data entry

Attention to detail

Education

Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Business, Management or related field

Tools

Microsoft Office

ERP software

Job description

At Nebraska Furniture Mart (NFM), we've been hiring friends since 1937 people who share our passion for helping customers feel right at home. If you share our vision, we invite you to be one of us! People love working here! Named one of Furniture Today's Best places to work, and here a few reasons why: A FUN, stable work environment, with no layoffs in our history. A safe place to work and shop, development opportunities leading you to the career of your dreams and a culture that encourages volunteering and serving our communities.

Pay Range: $42,902 - 53,199 annually

Hybrid -must live in Omaha. Onsite Tues-Thurs

Job Description: Your Piece of the Puzzle

NFM's Category Analyst maintains and analyzes the category planning and buying processes and data, as well as provides administrative support to the Category Financial Planner, Buyer and Divisional Merchandise Planning Manager.

Job Duties: A Day in the Life

• Create and Maintain: SKUs, promotional pricing, vendor promo claims (VRAP) and advertising input and update
• Assess: Evaluate invoice discrepancies and perform SKU accuracy audits
• Compete: Confirm web crawl (competitor pricing) exceptions and update per category guidelines
• Report: Run post promotion analysis, update on SKU workload status and category specific nuances
• Manage: Cost SKU exception process (vetting invoice pricing)
• Collaborate: assist Buyer with assortment review and vendor funding management
• Support: work with internal and external customers on product status and pricing

Your work will directly impact our ability to help people create a lifestyle they love, for the people they love - because that's what we love.

Qualifications: Can You Check These Boxes?

• Bachelor's degree Marketing, Business, Management, related field or equivalent experience
• 1 year buying or planning coordinator or administrative and/or inventory analysis experience
• Retail buying, planning, merchandising, marketing or supply chain experience preferred
• Computer knowledge to include Microsoft Office Applications (Outlook, Word and Excel)
• ERP software experience preferred
• Ability to enter data quickly and accurately
• Ability to work nights, weekends and/or early morning hours based on business needs
• Pre-employment screening includes, but isn't limited to, criminal background check

Benefits: What’s in It for You?

As a full-time member of our NFM Family, you will enjoy:

• Same day pay - access to your earned pay on-demand, when you need it the most
• Competitive pay - generous annual increases up to 7%
• Inclusive culture - Because everyone who works or shops at NFM should feel right at home
• Health, dental, vision, life Insurance, short and long term disability
• Paid holidays (upon hire) and paid time off (after 90 days)
• Staff discount on merchandise (Collectively, NFM staff have saved almost $2 million on purchases in the last 12 months)
• Virtual and in-person career development opportunities at all levels
• Paid community volunteer opportunities
• Tuition Reimbursement
• You'll start saving for your retirement immediately in NFM's 401(k) and you're eligible for company match after one year. NFM's 401(k) also offers Berkshire Stock as an investment option

Nebraska Furniture Mart is an Equal Opportunity Employer