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Chewy Associate Director Category Management in Boston, Massachusetts
Our Opportunity:
Chewy is hiring a Senior Category Manager supporting International Merchandising. The successful candidate will be a self-starter and focus on building a new business from the ground up through developing new business relationship, expanding selection and managing multiple new product launches on Chewy. The ideal candidate will have excellent verbal and written communication, strong negotiations and vendor manager experience, the ability to analyze and communicate complex terms, margin structure and work well across other teams including Finance, Inventory Management, and Site Experience. In addition, The successful candidate will have demonstrated the ability to dive deep and root cause problems, develop solutions, implement actions, and report on results. Keys to success also include strong ownership values, a passion for innovation, and hustle. The location can be based out of Seattle or Florida or Boston.
What You’ll Do:
Lead some of Chewy’s most important businesses categories
Lead a team encompassing assortment, pricing, promotions, forecasting, budgeting, etc.
Optimize the category for sales and profit growth
Maximize existing business and in parallel launch new products
Develop further the merchandising strategy as well as related programs and projects.
Implement resulting action plans and ensure operational excellence and high delivery accuracy
Build and implement, based on research and data insights, strategies and plans to both recruit new customers to Chewy and to develop existing customers via lifecycle management concepts
Work cross-functionally with marketing, merchandising, supply chain management, finance, tech, etc. to ensure close collaboration as well as holistic planning and execution
Constantly audit, improve, invent, and WOW Chewy’s customers
Manage vendor relationships critical to the vertical
What You’ll Need:
8-10+ years of holistic business experience in top ecommerce, retail, FMCG, or similar organizations
Exceptional competencies in vendor management/merchandising, sales, marketing, and general management
Very good understanding of finance, pricing, supply chain management, and operations
Deep understanding of product & project management
Very experienced with owning and growing large-size and complex businesses at high growth rate
Demonstrated ability to launch and rapidly scale new business ventures
Strong comprehensive business acumen and the willingness to move fast
Excellent strategic and analytical skills
Proven operator, skilled in go-to-market, and with focus on executing in excellence
Superior sense of ownership paired with a high-quality bar and an unshakable growth mindset
Strong leadership skills and experience developing and managing a high-performance team
Superb communication skills combined with the ability to influence cross-functional partners
Must be open to travel if needed
Bachelor’s Degree Preferred
Bonus (if applicable):
MBA preferred
Business and leadership experience in market-leading organizations; both in bigger organizations and a start-up businesses
Chewy is committed to equal opportunity. We value and embrace diversity and inclusion of all Team Members. If you have a disability under the Americans with Disabilities Act or similar law, and you need an accommodation during the application process or to perform these job requirements, or if you need a religious accommodation, please contact CAAR@chewy.com .
If you have a question regarding your application, please contact HR@chewy.com .
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