Category Support Specialist

FHLB Des Moines; Houston (TX); Hybrid; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Sysco is seeking a Category Support Specialist to support Merchandising Services and Sysco Operating Companies with category tasks, pricing, and analytics that drive Sysco’s sales and financial goals.

This is a hybrid role with on-site presence 3–4 days per week. The candidate will lead supplier set-up, price changes, data reports, and cross-functional collaboration to resolve issues and support continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• Associates or bachelors degree preferred or equivalent combination of education and Sysco merchandising, pricing and/or customer service experience.
• Mid-level Microsoft Excel skills including Vlookup, pivot tables, filtering and sorting.

Responsibilities

• Lead set up of new suppliers, ship points and SKUs per guidance of category leadership, communicating with cross-functional teams.
• Head de-activation of SKUs and ship points per guidance, communicating with cross-functional teams.
• Direct supplier follow-ups of monthly delinquent earned income.
• Communicate updates and escalate issues to Senior Director and category leadership.
• Facilitate product cuttings by running reports, ordering samples, logging in, and coordinating evaluation logistics.
• Participate in Corporate Multi-Unit (CMU) customer presentations through sample ordering and setup.
• Serve as first line of support for OpCo and supplier questions or issue resolution.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams when action is necessary; assist with continuous improvement tasks.

Skills

Vlookup

Pivot tables

Filtering

Sorting

Education

Associate degree

Bachelor's degree

Tools

AS240

RME

Sysco Intranet

Business Objects

Job description

## Category Support SpecialistApplylocations: Sysco Corporatetime type: Full timeposted on: Posted Todayjob requisition id: R255337**Company:**US6469 Sysco Payroll, Division of Sysco Resources Services, LLC**Sales Territory:**None**Zip Code:**77077**Travel Percentage:**0**COMPENSATION** **INFORMATION:**The pay range provided is not indicative of Sysco’s actual pay range but is merely algorithmic and provided for generalized comparison. Factors that may be used to determine rate of pay include specific skills, work location, work experience and other individualized factorsThis is a hybrid position requiring an on-site presence 3 to 4 days per week. Please note that the number of on-site days may increase based on business needs.**JOB SUMMARY**The Category Support Specialist will directly support Sysco Merchandising Services (SMS) departments and Sysco Operating Companies through category support activities, pricing, and analytics that contribute to Sysco's sales and financial objectives.**RESPONSIBILITIES:*** Lead set up of new suppliers, ship points and Stock Keeping Units (SKU) per the guidance of category leadership; communicate with internal cross-functional teams* Head de-activation of SKUs and ship points per the guidance of category leadership; communicate with internal cross-functional teams* Direct supplier follow-ups of monthly delinquent earned income.* Communicate updates and escalate issues to Senior Director and appropriate category leadership.* Facilitate product cuttings by running reports, lead sample ordering and log-in, coordinate evaluation logistics and equipment needs, as well as assist with the evaluation set up and clean up.* Participate in Corporate Multi-Unit (CMU) customer presentations through sample ordering and set up.* Service as the first line of support for Operating Company (OpCo) and supplier questions or issue resolution.* Collaborate with cross-functional teams when their action is necessary.* Serves as subject matter expert during continuous improvement tasks and escalate issues to category leadership.* Process non-CatMan supplier or category price list changes, request CSV files from suppliers, route to category leadership for approvals and assist with new pricing execution accuracy by routing variance reports to category leadership for review.* Process non-commodity, CatMan cost/TP changes and assist with new pricing execution accuracy.* Collect MRC baseline price points and communicate to category leadership in support of steady-state MRC.* Assist with pricing adjustments and pricing execution accuracy if adjustments are necessary per category leadership* Support commodity and "squeeze" pricing, both CatMan and non-CatMan categories, by collecting data points, populating spreadsheets with recommendations for approval by category leadership and monitor new pricing execution accuracy.* Conduct business objects queries, manipulate total margin reports or scorecards for category assortment activities.* Coordinating variance reports and collect MRC or squeeze pricing data to ensure pricing accuracy and MRC.* Category and supplier business reviews through business object query and/or manipulating total margin reports and/or scorecards.* Targeted selling activities through business objects queries, publish results to Opcos and/or suppliers per the guidance of category leadership.**QUALIFICATIONS****Education*** Associates or bachelors degree preferred or an equivalent combination of education and Sysco merchandising, pricing and/or customer service experience or equivalent combination of education and foodservice industry experience.**Professional Skills*** Must possess mid-level Microsoft Excels skill sets, specifically Vlookups, manipulating pivot tables, filtering, and sorting functions.* Knowledge of internal systems such as AS240, Reengineered Mainframe Environment (RME), Sysco Intranet, and Business Objects.**Physical Demands*** Regularly required to sit, stand, walk and use hands and fingers to operate a computer keyboard, mouse, and telephone to talk and hear.* Frequently required to sit and reach with hands and arms.* The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 20 pounds.**Working Conditions*** This position will be performed from the corporate facility.* The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.NOTICE: The above statements are intended to describe the general nature of the environment and the level of work being performed by this job. This job description in no way states or implies that the duties and responsibilities listed are the only tasks to be performed by the employee in this job. The employee will be required to follow any other instructions and to perform any other job-related duties requested by his or her supervisor.Reasonable accommodations will be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.This job description supersedes prior job descriptions. When duties and responsibilities change and develop the job description will be reviewed and subject to changes of business necessity.**BENEFITS INFORMATION:**For information on Sysco’s Benefits, please visit https://SyscoBenefits.com**OVERVIEW:**Sysco is the global leader in foodservice distribution. With over 71,000 colleagues and a fleet of over 13,000 vehicles, Sysco operates approximately 333 distribution facilities worldwide and serves more than 700,000 customer locations.We offer our colleagues the opportunity to grow personally and professionally, to contribute to the success of a dynamic organization, and to serve others in a manner that exceeds their expectations. We’re looking for talented, hard-working individuals to join our team. Come grow with us and let us show you why Sysco is at the heart of food and service.**AFFIRMATIVE ACTION STATEMENT:**Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States.We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer, and consider qualified applicants without regard to race, color, creed, religion, ancestry, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, veteran status or any other protected factor under federal, state or local law.This opportunity is available through Sysco Corporation, its subsidiaries and affiliates.