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

• Partners with manager to develop and execute strategies for their assigned business
• Accountable for assigned Category P&L within the framework of their manager's and division's goals.
• Maintains strong, effective relationships with cross-functional team and Vendors.
• Execute with a high sense of urgency in a fast and agile environment
• Data analytics skills to be able to mine data, understand the drivers of your business
• Effectively works with cross-functional teams to execute business initiates through strong partnership and communication
• Works closely with Cross-Functional team to execute current business tactics
• Partners with Private Brand team for specific product needs, tactics and execution.
• Manage supplier relationships and be able to operationalize suppliers on our platform and drive sales and profitability
• Build strong, effective supplier partnerships to improve new product introductions and business terms.
• Assist in identifying category trends and insights by evaluating competitive products, market share, pricing, advertising, and maintaining department databases with findings.
• Takes initiative to become SME, curiously investigating and learning
• Strong time management and organization of data and product information to ensure on time and accurate execution of plans

Competencies and skills

•  Bachelor's degree and 1-2 years' experience in Product Management or related field
•  Ability to work in a fast-paced, agile environment

Preferences: (Preferred attributes for the position, if any)

• Familiar with P&L and Accounting Terminology
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Maintain strong, effective internal and external relationships to drive innovation and product development.
• Project management for all stages of product development
• Manage costing, development and execution in alignment with master merchandising calendar

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.