Category Manager

Chewy Category Manager

Our Opportunity : Chewy is seeking a multifaceted and analytical Category Manager to join our growing and fast-paced merchandising team in Plantation, or Boston. We have very bold plans at Chewy and building our Merchandising teams and businesses are the top priority. Our Category Managers are hardworking, ambitious minded contributors that enjoy relevant and impactful results growing our brand. In this role, you will lead the P&L for a category in Hard Goods, you'll negotiate to improve business terms, run high profile vendor relationships, develop and implement business strategies, and see opportunities to accelerate your business. At Chewy, we believe innovation is rewarded and execution is highly valued. Negotiation experience, verbal, written, and presentation skills are a must. Our ideal candidate is a versatile business leader with a track record of high performance, that can think big and operate at depth in parallel. Merchandising, ecomm / retail, sales, marketing, and or product experience are phenomenal backgrounds for this role.

What You'll Do :

• Lead one of the largest Chewy's categories in Consumables.
• Have full P&L ownership.
• Establish, construct, and run strong external vendor relationships, including ownership across all negotiations.
• Continue to realize growth rates across sales and profit.
• 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.
• Find opportunities within your category to optimize and increase product performance, including analyzing sales data, assortment gaps, and market trends to make quick, effective decisions for your business.
• Work cross-functionally with finance, marketing, supply chain, pricing, private brands, and customer service to ensure collaboration as well as comprehensive planning and execution.

What You'll Need :

Bonus :

Chewy is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, ancestry, national origin, gender, citizenship, marital status, religion, age, disability, gender identity, results of genetic testing, veteran status, as well as any other legally-protected characteristic. 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.