Category Management Associate - Growth & Negotiations

MOM's Organic Market; Rockville (MD); On-site; USD 72,000 - 83,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid Time Off

Holidays

Pregnancy and Child Bonding Leave

30% Employee Discount

Medical, Dental, Vision Plans

401k with company matching

Job summary

MOM's Organic Market in Rockville, MD is hiring an Associate Category Manager I to support the Category Management team. This role focuses on category management, supplier coordination, and COGS control, working five days a week out of our Rockville headquarters.

You will collaborate to achieve sales and margin growth, participate in negotiations, and help implement strategies that reduce waste and optimize pricing and product mix. A bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience is required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience required.
• Developing negotiation skills and exposure to supplier relationships.
• Advanced Excel skills with large data sets and Pivot tables.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with Category Manager to drive sales, margin and unit growth.
• Support profitable promotions and EDLP programs with CM oversight.
• Conduct category reviews and period close with CM.
• Implement category strategies to improve sales, units and margin.
• Suggest category strategy based on data analysis.
• Collaborate with merchandising to create and update planograms.
• Coordinate with Planogramming, Pricing, and Supply Chain for forecasts and vendor setup.
• Support sourcing standards and affidavits.
• Assist in exiting disco items and setting up new items.
• Engage with vendor relationships, brokers, brands, and suppliers.
• Help supplier management on fill rate, service level and shelf life.
• Perform store and supplier site visits as needed.
• Follow SOPs and suggest process improvements using internal systems.
• Guide Category Specialists and mentor juniors.
• Support new store responsibilities via Asana and SPINS analysis.
• Grow knowledge through tasks, projects and MOM learning events.

Skills

Excel Proficiency

Negotiation

Data Analysis

Communication

Project Management

Education

Bachelor's Degree or equivalent

Tools

Asana

Google Suite

Job description

MOM's Organic Market in Rockville, MD is hiring an Associate Category Manager I to support the Category Management team. This role focuses on category management, supplier coordination, and COGS control, working five days a week out of our Rockville headquarters.

You will collaborate to achieve sales and margin growth, participate in negotiations, and help implement strategies that reduce waste and optimize pricing and product mix. A bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience is required.