Fixed Term Contract - Maternity Cover
As a Analyst - Category Management you will support the day to day execution of strategies for assigned categories and focus on reducing organizational spend to improve savings and enhancing relationships with business stakeholders and suppliers. You will be responsible for supporting Supplier Relations and category strategy planning and assisting with the execution of supplier growth plans. You will assist with, and occasionally lead, product optimization efforts and new product onboarding. You will manage assigned supplier relationships, providing increased value for both the company and the supplier. You will work cross-functionally to identify first-cost, standard cost, spend, and pricing optimization opportunities to improve profitability of the category.
Responsibilities:
1. Supports development of an optimized Product Assortment & Merchandizing strategy
2. Support Supplier Relationship team by preparing reports, analyzing data and preparing presentations
3. Assist in Supplier meeting preparations involving data gathering, product research and presentation development
4. Conduct opportunity assessments, benchmarking, and cost modeling to develop sourcing opportunities
5. Prepare category improvement projections and conduct post-implementation variance analysis
6. Work with the contract management team in the administration of contract data, addendums, item master sheets, and additional supplier documentation
7. Support category managers in the development of supplier performance/continuous improvement targets and related scorecards
8. Work with the team in the administration of supplier assessments, score cards, and other analytics to manage supplier performance
9. Support marketing plan development and execution
10. Effectively communicate key product messaging both internally and externally
11. Conduct product evaluation and comparisons to identify alternates
12. Identify, manage and communicate new product introductions
13. Conduct supplier negotiations to obtain best value
14. Addresses supplier performance management and issue resolution
15. Partner with the KPI team to develop a tracking mechanism to report and communicate savings achieved
16. Support other initiatives / projects in the company that may affect organization’s performance and collaborate with necessary stakeholders
17. Must be able to perform the essential functions of this position with or without reasonable accommodation
Qualifications:
18. Bachelors Degree - business, sales, marketing or relevant field or equivalent experience is required
19. Minimum of 2 years experience in sales, marketing, purchasing or inventory control
20. Product category management experience/2 years preferred
21. History of success maintaining and developing key relationships/2 years
22. Proficient in Excel and Access
23. Analytical and detail oriented
24. Excellent business and financial acumen
25. Ability to travel 0-25% of the time