Category Manager - Private Brands

Home Depot; United States; Remote; USD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in home improvement is seeking a Category Manager to drive sales strategy for private brand products. This role will involve collaboration across product development and management teams, ensuring optimum product selection and distribution. The ideal candidate will possess strong communication skills, a bachelor's degree, and at least 4 years of relevant experience. This position is important for driving product performance and overall business success.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of work experience in a relevant field.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent.
• Sales experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Execute sales strategy for assigned categories.
• Collaborate with teams to drive innovation.
• Serve as point of contact for merchandising teams.

Skills

Collaboration

Communication

Understanding product trends

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

Microsoft Office Suite

Microsoft PowerPoint

Excel

Job description

With a career at The Home Depot, you can be yourself and also be part of something bigger.

Position Purpose:

The Category Manager is responsible for executing the overall short- and long-term sales strategy for assigned categories. Responsibilities include working in conjunction with Product Development, Souring, Product Engineering, Merchandising, and other Private Brand teams to drive sales for assigned Private Brand product category. Includes assisting with product review presentations, working with suppliers, executing product line strategies, and reporting financial results to leadership.

Key Responsibilities:

• 20% - Assortment Selection - Executes the business review of category/categories on a regular basis; determining changes to product mix to better optimize assortment and drive innovation.
• 40% - Category Management - Collaborate with THD Private Brands and merchants to drive operational excellence for resets, product launch, and in stock.
• 40% - Strategic Team Leadership - Serve as a single point of contact for assigned category for merchandising, internal THD teams and suppliers.
  

Direct Manager/Direct Reports:

• This Position typically reports tothe Product Development Merchant
• This Position has 0 Direct Reports

Travel Requirements:

• No travel required.
  

Physical Requirements:

• Most of the time is spent sitting in a comfortable position and there is frequent opportunity to move about. On rare occasions, there may be a need to move or lift light articles.

Working Conditions:

• Located in a comfortable indoor area. Any unpleasant conditions would be infrequent and not objectionable.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Must be 18 years of age or older
• Must be legally permitted to work in the United States
  

Preferred Qualifications:

• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite
• Working knowledge of presentation software (e.g., Microsoft PowerPoint)
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate and work effectively with cross-functional teams
• Ability to convey complex or technical ideas and processes in easy-to-understand terms to diverse audiences
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Understanding of product trends, merchandising, display development and management, and program profitability analysis.
• Understanding of requirements of doing business with customer, including all aspects of business, operations, finance, credit and distribution
• Proficient with Microsoft Office, Specialized with Excel
• Sales experience within The Home Depot
  

Minimum Education:

• The knowledge, skills and abilities typically acquired through the completion of a bachelor's degree program or equivalent degree in a field of study related to the job.
  

Preferred Education:

• The knowledge, skills and abilities typically acquired through the completion of a bachelor's degree program or equivalent degree in a field of study related to the job.
  

Minimum Years of Work Experience:

• 4
  

Preferred Years of Work Experience:

• 4

Minimum Leadership Experience:

• No previous leadership experience
  

Preferred Leadership Experience:

• No previous leadership experience

Certifications:

• None
  

Competencies:

• Persuades
• Collaborates
• Instills Trust
• Builds Networks
• Communicates Effectively
• Customer Focus
• Drives Results
• Organizational Savvy