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Lead Director – Category Manager in General Merchandising
| Company | CVS Health |
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| Location | Smithfield, RI, USA |
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| Salary | $100000 – $231540 |
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| Type | Full-Time |
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| Degrees | |
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| Experience Level | Expert or higher |
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Requirements
- 10+ years of experience in a CPG manufacturing company, retail organization, or in an analytical, merchandising, or buying position
- P&L management experience
- Strong working knowledge of retail math concepts and demonstrated application
- Strong leadership and storytelling abilities
- Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously
- Proven ability to implement strategies and use negotiation tactics to grow sales
- Technical experience in MS Excel, PowerPoint, Office, Word; some Access or other database knowledge
Responsibilities
- Contribute directly to sales and margin goals
- Maintain awareness and full command of the P&L and category trends across sales, margin and service metrics to identify headwinds and drive opportunities for growth
- Build category strategies for merchandising programs from 1 to 5 years that reflect deep personal knowledge of our businesses, customers and clients
- Build strong relationships with suppliers to collaborate on new items, new item training, and software testing
- Drive tactical execution of day-to-day plan activities (i.e. store operations, equipment uptime, inventory, promotions and take corrective action if necessary)
- Collaborate with an internal team of CVS professionals in Pricing, Promotion, Marketing, Inventory, Visual Merchandising, and Finance
- Develop and maintain a strong understanding of current competition. Search out new competitive opportunities and make recommendations
- Manage multiple projects and complex systems integrations from a business lens
- Keep abreast of changes in the market. Research customer product preferences, supplier prices and the competitive environment
- Always looking for new white space opportunities
- Become an expert in all internal tools and reporting databases
- Ability to jump in, flex when needed and have impact
Preferred Qualifications
- 15+ years of experience in a CPG manufacturing company, retail organization, or in an analytical, merchandising, or buying position
- P&L management experience
- Strong working knowledge of retail math concepts and demonstrated application
- Strong leadership and storytelling abilities
- Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously
- Proven ability to implement strategies and use negotiation tactics to grow sales
- Technical experience in MS Excel, PowerPoint, Office, Word; some Access or other database knowledge
