Procurement Administrator at Bauer Media Outdoor managing supplier onboarding and procurement activities. Focusing on excellent procurement transactions and building stakeholder relationships.
About the role
- Associate Category Manager responsible for strategic direction and growth of product categories. Collaborating with teams to enhance product development and market strategies in promotional products sector.
Responsibilities
- Develops and manages Category level plans that dovetail with Company’s strategic and financial direction ensuring SKU’s are “PO Ready” and that margin targets and investment goals are achieved.
- Works closely and assists a category manager, or senior manager, with development plans according to the strategic goals of the category and company.
- Drives Category Sales (Growth and Volume) and margin targets for appointed categories.
- Manages the life cycle of the full SKU offering in each category enhancing SKU productivity and minimizing obsolete inventory exposure based on the strategy set by the category director.
- Communicates and coordinates all phases of the development cycle as applies to duties and product development time and action of the product launch.
- Analyzes and reports on sales, competitors, and market trends.
- Engages Operations Planning Team on all new initiatives.
- Develops and execute training/sales tools to assist sales force with information on new and existing product lines.
- Communicates to overseas merchandisers design PDFs and revisions, FOB targets and distributor pricing, materials, colors, packaging, production time, ETD’s, maker minimums, testing/engineering – concerns/solutions and sample follow-up as applies to the product development launch.
- Communication responsibilities for all product compliance requirements.
- Closely collaborates with marketing team on effectively bringing new product to market and maximize marketing opportunities with existing product for both brands Bulletline and Leed’s.
- Coordinates with Compliance manager on HTS information and customs compliance on current product development launch and inline concerns for Leed’s and Bulletline.
- Coordinates with engineering and production control on all product testing/decorating approvals and fixture approvals of new products for Bulletline and Leed’s.
- Manages profitability of a category with new product launches by analyzing target pricing and target gross margin.
- Researches and reviews by category/item to ensure that pricing and trend positioning of categories and items are consistent with Leed’s and Bulletline Brand Strategy.
- Presents new product strategies and feature-benefits to large sales-oriented audience.
- Adheres to product launch timeline and action plans.
- Closely collaborates with category planner on setting optimal inventory levels for both brands Bulletline and Leed’s.
- Responsible for serving as a brand manager for retail brand partners that fall within the categories you’re responsible for managing.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in business, merchandising, or related field.
- Minimum, 2-5 years’ experience in product development or category management preferred, or a related field such as planning, merchandising, buying, or brand management.
- Experience in target customer and product trends.
- Previous experience with planning or sourcing required.
Benefits
- Full healthcare and benefits!
- Flexible scheduling
- 401k Matching
- Generous Paid Time Off and Holidays
- PCNA Cares Share Fund – donating to teammates in times of need
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