Grocery Category Manager: Merchandising, Analytics & Growth

The Fresh Market; Fisher Park (NC); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Team discount

Insurance

401K match

Paid time off

Job summary

The Fresh Market is seeking a Retail Category Manager, Grocery to drive assortment, pricing, and promotions from the Store Support Center. You will collaborate across merchandising, marketing, and operations to optimize category performance and ensure quality standards across all items.

Ideal candidates have 4–7+ years in category management in a grocery context, strong analytical and negotiation skills, and the ability to travel for trade shows and store visits.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
• 4-7+ years of Category Management or related experience.
• Deep knowledge of grocery business and systems/processes.
• Experience understanding consumer demand in fast-paced retail/grocery.
• Strong cross-functional relationship skills.
• Merchandising, product, and marketing skills.
• Analytical, negotiating, and problem-solving skills.
• Willing to travel for trade shows and store trips.

Responsibilities

• Set product assortment for your category based on brand standards and item performance.
• Develop pricing strategy to achieve department financial goals.
• Define the promotional strategy for your category.
• Determine merchandising minimums by SKU.
• Optimize sales to space through the category review process.
• Define monthly shrink targets by category.
• Evaluate new item performance and maintain schematic integrity.
• Review fixture plans for new store openings.
• Collaborate with cross-functional partners on marketing strategy.
• Monitor trends in products, consumer behavior, market share and competition.

Skills

Category management

Grocery knowledge

Vendor management

Negotiation

Cross-functional collaboration

MS Office

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience

Tools

Nielsen/IRI

MicroStrategy

Job description

The Fresh Market is seeking a Retail Category Manager, Grocery to drive assortment, pricing, and promotions from the Store Support Center. You will collaborate across merchandising, marketing, and operations to optimize category performance and ensure quality standards across all items.

Ideal candidates have 4–7+ years in category management in a grocery context, strong analytical and negotiation skills, and the ability to travel for trade shows and store visits.