Associate Category & Product Manager - US

About the position

As our Associate Category Manager, you will be responsible for supporting the Category Manager with day-to-day business and product lifecycle management. The ideal candidate will have at least 2 years of experience in Product Innovation, Brand Management, or Business Management.

Responsibilities
• Support Category Manager(s) with category growth initiatives related to driving revenue, market share, and global expansion
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• Lead cross functional product development team to successfully commercialize products and meet financial goals
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• Assist in the development of 3-year category strategies and innovation roadmap, driven by consumer, market and retailer insights capitalizing on specific needs and white space opportunities
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• Develop deep category knowledge
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• Monitor financial performance for assigned category including revenue tracking, margin and profitability, and rate of sale analysis
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• Perform analysis for SKU rationalization and productivity at the item level and make a recommendation on go-forward plan
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• Provide recommendations for MSRP pricing
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• Support discontinue/transition planning
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• Participate in S&OP process
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• Supports development of new product business cases aligned to category innovation strategy
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• Support development of customer sell in strategy including product reason for being & merchandising recommendations, competitive advantages, and point of view and differentiation
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• Collaborate on product communications brief to initiate marketing, fashion, video, photography, or other creative functions on project requests to bring the story to life
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• Identify products to feature in seeded reviews and influencer outreach and develop action plans for low rated items
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• Utilizes POS, NPD and research to optimize category plans
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• Initiate requests for research and collaborate on research plan and execution
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• Supports management of market and competitive research provide updates to design and cross functional teams as necessary

Requirements
• 2 - 4 years of experience in Brand Management, Business Management, or Product Innovation is required
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• Has worked on a business with global or international exposure
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• General knowledge of new product development processes
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• Familiarity with the online and brick & mortar retail landscape is strongly preferred
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• Bachelor's degree in business management, marketing, finance or other related field or equivalent work experience is required
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• Ability to execute and excel in high-paced organization
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• Demonstrated success working in a matrix environment
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• Proven ability to work on and lead a cross-functional team
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• Ability to deal with changing environments, tight timelines and multiple priorities
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• Strong communication skills, written and oral

Nice-to-haves

Benefits
• Competitive pay
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• Flexible hours
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• Generous benefits
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• Team member activities and philanthropic efforts throughout the year
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• Company-wide awards and recognition for a job well done

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