Summary:
Reporting to the Category Manager, the Associate Category Manager supports the achievement of company goals. Primary responsibilities include merchandise planning for our retail stores and eCommerce platforms for fishing/marine, sourcing, selecting, and vendor negotiating for products. This position is also responsible for the execution of the product life cycle in all channels of business.
Location: Corporate Office, 25 De Baets Street, Winnipeg (hybrid)
Responsibilities:
- Contribute to the development and management of assortment, pricing, promotional planning, markdowns, and retail/eCommerce communication
- Provide support to attain financial performance goals, related to sales, gross margin, and inventory productivity
- Collaborate with both internal and external partners to help achieve company objectives.
- Perform category-level analysis of product performance across all channels for use in driving future planning and executions
- Drive Omni Channel promotional executions and visual merchandising strategies at retail and in the eCommerce space
- Conduct competitive analysis on catalogs, retail ads, websites, and all other direct media for pricing strategies, and product offerings
- Monitor and provide recommendations as needed on discontinued products, overstocks, and inventory aging
- Partner with Visual Merchandising Team to provide direction for planogram and product positioning at retail
- Partner with eCommerce team to drive digital executions and promotional activities
- Other duties as assigned by management
Qualifications:
- Post-secondary education in business administration or an equivalent combination of related education and experience
- 2 - 4 years in category management, retail, administration, or logistics and supply chain
- Excellent computer skills in MS Excel including strong knowledge of pivot tables and formulas
- Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to work with external vendors and internal departments
- Experience negotiating and strong analytical skills with attention to detail
- Knowledge/experience in fishing or marine and associated products is preferred
Bass Pro Shops & Cabela’s welcomes applications from people with disabilities.
Accommodations are available upon request during the assessment and selection process.
Benefits
- Enjoy discounts on retail merchandise, our restaurants, world-class resorts and conservation attractions!
- Fun work environment
- Competitive wages
- Excellent benefits
- Unlimited career advancement opportunities
- Bass Pro Cares Fund
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