Sr Category Merchandiser (Grocery, Frozen, Dairy) - Tacoma, WA
Job Overview:
The Senior
Category Merchandiser oversees all areas of functional and strategic category
management and related customer activities (e.g., Retail Format Teams, vendor
negotiations) that pertain to his/her assigned categories. Additionally, this
person is responsible for the supervision, training and development of the
assigned staff.
Job Responsibilities and
Accountabilities:
The Senior
Category Merchandiser reports to the department Director. Senior Category
Merchandisers are responsible for selected product categories. The Senior
Category Merchandiser supervises one or more Category Merchandisers, and one or
more Category Merchandising Assistants to properly coordinate category
management activities that will significantly impact the region's performance
and sales.
Achieving sales
and gross profit commitments are the chief concerns of this position. Pertinent
to this position is the ability to attain assigned goals despite program
complexity, handle multiple priorities, develop competitive programs and
maneuver through large amounts of data smoothly.
The Senior
Category Merchandiser may be called upon to be a representative for the region.
Additional responsibilities
include:
·
Retail
Format Team Lead (this includes providing direction for the team, coordinating
weekly conference calls and promotions with vendors and staff, and emceeing the
trimester RFT meetings.)
·
Speed
to Shelf Oversight, Plan-O-Gram Oversight
·
Vendor/Customer/Retailer
Issue Resolution
·
Tactical,
Regional Category Strategy and Program Development
·
Strategic
Customer Relationship Building and Maintenance
·
Strategic
Marketing Program and Plan Development
·
Financial
Planning on Proforma with Business Analysis
·
Planning
and Presentation for Semiannual Activity Based Sell
·
Profit
and Loss (P&L) Statement Review and Budgeting
·
Staff
Training, Development and Supervision
·
Building
and Maintaining Relationships with Top 25 Key Retailers
Job Requirements:
·
Bachelor's
degree preferred
·
Five
(5) years Category Management experience, with proven performance using
Category Management tools (e.g., Spectre Daata, Syndicated Data Sources and
UNFI Category Management applications)
·
Proven
supervision experience, including familiarity with Performance Management
processes
·
Proven
understanding of financial reports, including prior experience with profit and
loss (P&L) statement responsibility
·
Strong
oral and written communication skills, strong presentation skills
·
Possess
good leadership skills and the ability to supervise the work of others. Must be able to motivate and work with and
through others to achieve desires results.
·
Possess
good communication skills, both verbal and written. Deal effectively with a wide variety of
people both in person and over the telephone.
·
Basic
computer skills required and personal computer experience, with work processing
and spreadsheet applications preferred.
·
Requires
the analytical ability to handle administrative duties and mental alertness to
ensure accurate, safe, and thorough completion of work activities. Possess ability to concentrate and deal with
frequent interruptions.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration
for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual
orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, disability, or
protected veteran status. UNFI is an Equal Opportunity employer committed to
creating an inclusive and respectful environment for all. - M/F/Veteran/Disability.
VEVRAA Federal Contractor.