Category Strategy & Growth Associate

Thrive Market; United States; Hybrid; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Thrive Market is hiring an Associate Category Manager to support strategic product categories with a blend of execution and broader strategic exposure. You will collaborate with Marketing, Supply Chain, and Operations to drive category performance and a best-in-class member experience.

The ACM helps develop business objectives and achieve sales and margin goals, while providing analytical support and recommendations to the merchandising team.

Qualifications

• Ideal candidate demonstrates ownership, curiosity, and a desire to grow into category management.
• Strong cross-functional collaboration with Marketing, Supply Chain, and Operations.

Responsibilities

• Assist with development and implementation of category strategies, performance goals and metrics for each assigned category.
• Own and execute on core merchandising functions (new item set-up, item lifecycle management, PDP hygiene, etc.) to deliver a best in class member experience.
• Track product performance and provide actionable recommendations to support sales and margin goals.
• Research competitive landscape and consumer trends to identify gaps in assortment, pricing, and promotions; provide actionable insights to support broader Merchandising objectives.
• Manage select vendor communications and act as internal point of contact for assigned category functions.
• Support and participate in vendor negotiations, including joint business planning, under the direction of SCM for assigned categories.
• Own data accuracy and integrity for assigned categories across PDPs and internal systems.
• Perform data analysis related to SKU-level/brand-level trends, competitive pricing, and promotional performance to support CM/SCM decision-making and category strategy development.
• Coordinate with Supply Chain, Content, Marketing, and Ops to streamline business processes.

Job description

Thrive Market is hiring an Associate Category Manager to support strategic product categories with a blend of execution and broader strategic exposure. You will collaborate with Marketing, Supply Chain, and Operations to drive category performance and a best-in-class member experience.

The ACM helps develop business objectives and achieve sales and margin goals, while providing analytical support and recommendations to the merchandising team.