Senior Building Materials Category Leader — Growth & Inventory

Devine Management Consulting; Nantucket (MA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation

Housing assistance

Job summary

Devine Management Consulting seeks an experienced Senior Category Manager to lead product assortment, purchasing, pricing, vendor strategy, and inventory performance for a building-materials retailer. This role focuses on optimizing profitability across multiple locations and uses sales, gross-margin, and inventory data to drive decisions.

The candidate will manage vendor negotiations, pricing programs, and cross-location collaboration with branch leaders, while developing reports using ERP/POS

Qualifications

• Eight or more years of experience in lumber/building-materials, hardware distribution, contractor supply, or related retail.
• Strong background in category management, purchasing, procurement, inventory planning, product merchandising, or merchandise management.
• Proven experience managing sales performance, gross margins, pricing, inventory turnover, and product assortment.
• Demonstrated success negotiating with vendors and managing supplier relationships, rebates, and promotional programs.
• Strong analytical, leadership, communication, and organizational skills; experience using ERP or POS systems.

Responsibilities

• Manage product assortment, category strategy, purchasing, pricing, and inventory planning across lumber and building-material product categories.
• Analyze sales, gross margin, inventory turnover, product movement, and customer-demand data to improve purchasing and merchandising decisions.
• Negotiate vendor pricing, rebates, promotions, purchasing programs, and supplier agreements while maintaining strong vendor relationships.
• Partner with branch and department leaders to improve product availability, pricing strategy, sales growth, inventory levels, and profitability.
• Develop reports and dashboards using POS or ERP systems and conduct location visits to evaluate inventory performance and merchandising standards.

Skills

Category management

Purchasing

Inventory planning

Vendor relationships

Pricing strategy

Data analysis

Leadership

ERP/POS systems

Job description

Devine Management Consulting seeks an experienced Senior Category Manager to lead product assortment, purchasing, pricing, vendor strategy, and inventory performance for a building-materials retailer. This role focuses on optimizing profitability across multiple locations and uses sales, gross-margin, and inventory data to drive decisions.

The candidate will manage vendor negotiations, pricing programs, and cross-location collaboration with branch leaders, while developing reports using ERP/POS