Hybrid Dairy Category Manager

Cub; Stillwater (MN); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401k plan

Flexible PTO

Hybrid schedule

Health benefits

Mentorship program

Job summary

UNFI is hiring a Dairy Category Manager to develop category strategies and drive sales, profitability, and market share in a hybrid Edina, MN environment. You will lead annual business plans, pricing, promotions, and assortments while managing vendor relationships and ensuring optimal inventory levels.

The role requires strong analytical, negotiation, and communication skills, with experience in procurement, logistics, and P&L analysis.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree preferred; equivalent relevant work experience in food retail considered
• Store operations experience or similar role with exposure to operations and merchandising
• Familiarity with Category Business Planning
• Experience with procurement, logistics, and inventory management

Responsibilities

• Develops annual category business plans, including sales and gross profit projections, based on historical performance, market trends, and competitive analysis
• Creates and maintains pricing strategies, promotional calendars, and product assortments by category and zone to optimize sales, profit, and customer experience
• Manages vendor relationships, including negotiations, new item authorizations, line discontinuations, and allocation of vendor funding to maximize profitability
• Designs schematics and recommends adjacencies to strengthen category roles and departmental performance
• Plans and coordinates ads, displays, and merchandising programs across stores, ensuring alignment with departmental and divisional strategies
• Conducts post-promotional and ongoing performance analysis at item, category, and department levels, maintaining scorecards to track results against goals
• Collaborates cross-functionally with procurement, merchandising, store operations, and corporate teams to implement initiatives and ensure inventory and service level targets are met
• Serves as the primary point of contact for vendors within assigned categories, attending planning meetings and ensuring effective communication of plans

Skills

Merchandising

Store operations

P&L interpretation

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

Word

Internet research

Job description

UNFI is hiring a Dairy Category Manager to develop category strategies and drive sales, profitability, and market share in a hybrid Edina, MN environment. You will lead annual business plans, pricing, promotions, and assortments while managing vendor relationships and ensuring optimal inventory levels.

The role requires strong analytical, negotiation, and communication skills, with experience in procurement, logistics, and P&L analysis.