Supplement Category Manager
Are you passionate about health? Then join The Markets, LLC: an innovative grocery company with an exciting vision! At The Markets, one of our fundamental values is the preservation of wholesome living in a healthy community. Our company's foundation is built on the belief that to achieve success is to achieve a complementary balance between social, environmental and economic performance.
General Description:
We are currently seeking a Supplement Category Manager to work out of our Corporate Office in Bellingham, Washington. If you are a natural leader and take pride in exceeding expectations, you belong on our team.
Under the direction of the Director of Grocery, the Supplement Category Manager is primarily responsible for determining the item selection, product mix, pricing, promotion, merchandising, and advertising of the supplement category based on category goals and the competitive environment. The Supplement Category Manager models behavior that reinforces the Market's Mission, Vision and Guiding Principles.
To apply, visit our website at www.themarketswa.com
Essential Functions:
• Passionate about Great Food, Great Business and Great Service!
• Authorize new items, coordinate the discontinuation of items within all assigned categories.
• Coordinate and manage corporate buy & hold program for assigned categories.
• Write monthly merchandising plan and follow up with stores to evaluate each plan's effectiveness.
• Maintain seasonal salient merchandising plan.
• Write weekly ads for items in assigned categories.
• Maintain ongoing communication with store management and corporate personnel regarding all phases of product categories.
• Arrange and coordinate special promotional activity as assigned by the director of non-perishables.
• Represent company to vendors, suppliers, and at various industry functions.
• Provide input to section set person on item placement for assigned categories.
• Maintain an awareness of competitor's activity within our marketing area for items in assigned product categories.
• Achieve desired budgets for ad loss, co-op dollars, and promotional activity.
• Responsible for sales, turns, and gross profit in assigned categories.
• Follow through on collection of all bill back, co-op, and M.R.I. money generated by assigned categories.
Qualifications:
• Strong merchandising and analytical skills are required. Applicants should be familiar with standard software suites from MS Word and Excel. Ability to develop specialty merchandising programs in key areas to include; merchandising, assortment and retail pricing management of said programs.
• 3-5 years experience as Store Manager or other high level management position.
• Minimum 7-10 years retail experience or 2 years at Asst. Store Manager level.
• Must live within reasonable commuting distance to Bellingham Store Support Center.
• Willingness and ability to travel occasionally.
• Other related duties as assigned.
To apply, visit our website at www.themarketswa.com