Associate Category Manager

Global Industrial

For over 70 years Global Industrial has been an industry leader providing private label and brand name industrial equipment and supplies to businesses throughout North America.

We carry over one million industrial, material handling and business products that are sold through our website, corporate sales people and full color catalogs. We are constantly increasing our product offerings to meet the diverse and changing needs of our customers. Our customers include small to large corporations, institutions, government agencies and consumers across North America.

Key Responsibilities

• Partner with Director to develop initial sales forecast for new product/category monitors sales trend, variances and issues and takes appropriate action to drive sales
• Supports manager with multiple projects, ability to prioritize, highly organize and skilled in project management
• Maintains strong, effective relationships with cross-functional team and Vendors.
• Execute with a high sense of urgency in a fast and agile environment
• Analyze and monitor sales, pricing trends within a specific category to anticipate consumer buying patterns
• Data analytics skills to be able to mine data, understand the drivers of the business
• Maintains an awareness of the changes in technology used by customer it relates to assigned products.

Competencies and skills

• Bachelor's degree
• 2-5  years' experience in Product Management, Merchandising or Category Management
• Proficient in Microsoft Office especially in MS Excel & data analytics
•  Ability to work in a fast-paced, agile environment
• Must possess self-confidence, organizational skills, time management skills and excellent communication skills.
• Must also be able to work on and manage projects, meet deadlines and have excellent interpersonal skills.
• Proven and demonstrated project management and execution skills with the ability to overcome barriers and solve problems
• Resourceful, eager to learn, keen attention to details
• Ability to work within a team and articulate execution plans and allocate resources for tasks
• Knowledge on PowerBI, other analytical tools, lean process improvement a plus 

EEO/AA Statement

Global Industrial provides equal employment opportunities to all employee and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absences, compensation and training.