CATEGORY DEVELOPMENT MANAGER

Job Summary

This position is responsible and accountable for the execution of category strategy or category member strategy and business plans; delivery of category purchasing income for defined category: including negotiation, aligning customer needs with program opportunities, fostering supplier relationships and engaging cross-functional resources.

Responsibilities:

• Own and drive category strategy or category member strategy for assigned categories delivering strong financial results, improvement opportunities and recommendations.
• Prepare analyses, communicate sourcing trends, and present results.
• Responsible for system catalog clean-up audits to ensure mapping accuracy.
• Research current state and future needs, analysis of market trends and potential suppliers, and identification of continuous improvement opportunities.
• Participate in vendor management - performance against contract and resolutions of constraints.
• Responsible for system data integrity, category data needs, liaison with cross-functional groups to ensure manage term sets so that pricing and volume allowances released to distributors is accurate.
• Manage business relationships with key internal stakeholders and external suppliers including ownership and enhancements to agreements, communication of demand/volume changes, updating contracts and sharing end-user feedback.
• Ownership of required internal processes including budgeting, contract attributes, benchmarking, pricing, product recommendations, etc.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience required.
• Minimum of 4 years' experience in supply chain, category, finance, or related field; supplier management experience preferred.
• Strong negotiations experience
• Presentation Experience
• Ability to extract insights from complex data sets using advanced excel skills.
• Ability to influence through direct and indirect teams.
• Knowledge / Experience of budgets and forecasting
• High proficiency with Microsoft Excel, Word & PowerPoint
• Up to 5% Travel Annually

Associates at Foodbuy are offered many fantastic benefits.

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• Life Insurance/ AD
• Disability Insurance
• Retirement Plan
• Paid Time Off
• Paid Parental Leave
• Holiday Time Off (varies by site/state)
• Personal Leave
• Associate Shopping Program
• Health and Wellness Programs
• Discount Marketplace
• Identity Theft Protection
• Pet Insurance
• Commuter Benefits
• Employee Assistance Program
• Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs)

Associates may also be eligible for paid and/or unpaid time off benefits in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws.