Work closely with Category Manager to develop the end-to-end category strategy for assigned categories, including assortment, pricing, promotion, planogram placement, and vendor management to deliver the annual financial plan.
Drive the strategic direction of assigned categories by focusing on product selection, promotion planning, pricing strategy, and in-store presentation.
Partner with Category Manager to lead the category review process to develop, communicate, and implement category strategies aligned with CHEF’STORE objectives.
Utilize internal and external market data, competitive intelligence, and customer insights to anticipate trends and future customer needs.
Define assortment strategies and execute tactics to capture sales, margin, and profit targets while ensuring the optimal product mix for each CHEF’STORE location.
Collaborate with Category Manager in partnership with Pricing team to review analytics and optimize pricing decisions.
Create promotional strategies and calendars that support category objectives and financial targets.
Evaluate promotional effectiveness and implement improvements to drive year-over-year volume and profitability growth performance.
Collaborate with Inventory Analysts to align inventory levels with promotional and assortment strategies.
Build and maintain strong vendor relationships that drive both short- and long-term growth.
Collaborate with Category Manager to negotiate product costs, net landed cost, vendor funding, markdown support, and returns to optimize category profitability.
Deliver profitable sales by actively managing category mix, vendor costs, pricing, promotions, and assortment.
Work closely with Finance to develop annual financial plans, forecasts, and ongoing performance reviews.
Monitor daily and weekly category performance to ensure margin and sales targets are met.
Conduct action-oriented analysis to identify underperforming SKUs, growth opportunities, and continuous improvement initiatives.
Partner with Space Planning to develop, approve, and maintain planograms, store layouts, and adjacency plans.
Regularly visit CHEF’STORE locations and competitive stores to assess assortments, pricing, merchandising execution, and store presentation.
Collaborate with Store Operations to ensure effective execution and the right local product mix.
Mentor, train, and develop cross-functional partners as needed.
Lead or participate in special projects as assigned.

Requirements

3+ years of experience in retail, foodservice, wholesale, or merchandising-related roles
Knowledge of merchandising principles, pricing, and product lifecycle management.
Computer skills required: Proficient in Microsoft Office - Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Office 365, and Teams.
Ability to travel: 10%.

Benefits

health insurance
pre-tax spending accounts
retirement benefits
paid time off
short-term and long-term disability
employee stock purchase plan
life insurance
annual incentive plan bonus up to 10% of base salary

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.

Hard Skills & Tools

merchandising principlespricing strategyproduct lifecycle managementassortment strategiespromotional strategiesvendor managementcategory strategyfinancial planningdata analysisSKU analysis

Soft Skills

collaborationcommunicationmentoringnegotiationstrategic thinkingproblem-solvingleadershipanalytical thinkingrelationship buildingproject management