Senior Category Manager Chewy Health
Location: Bellevue WA Boston MA Plantation FL (Hybrid: 3 days/week onsite)
Our Opportunity
Chewy is seeking a Senior Category Manager Chewy Health to join our fast-paced and customer-obsessed merchandising team. This role offers a unique opportunity to lead a business within our Chewy Health organization.
At Chewy our top priority is delivering a world-class customer and partner experience. As a Senior Category Manager you will play a key role in building vendor relationships developing data-driven category strategies and completing launch and growth plans in close collaboration with internal partners. We are looking for a passionate entrepreneurial individual with strong negotiation communication and problem solving skills. You should be a versatile leader with a consistent record of high performance and the ability to think big while managing details impeccably.
What Youll Do
- Lead businesses with many of Chewy Healths largest vendors including (but not limited to): dog and cat pharmacy medications over-the-counter medications and veterinary supplies.
- Establish build and manage strong vendor partner relationships including ownership across all assortments cost/rebate/terms negotiations and collaborative vendor projects.
- Build and implement data-informed strategies to acquire new customers and increase lifetime value through lifecycle management.
- Identify opportunities within your category to optimize and maximize product performance including analyzing sales data site usage data assortment gaps and market trends to make quick effective decisions for your business.
- Lead cross-functional collaboration with finance marketing pricing customer service product engineering and our veterinary clinic-facing teams to drive growth and execution.
What Youll Need
- 7 years of experience in vendor management including negotiations joint business planning P&L management and sales.
- 5 years of comprehensive business experience in ecommerce merchandising retail or a related field.
- Strong comprehensive business acumen and a willingness to move fast.
- Proven operator skilled in go-to-market and with focus on execution.
- Strong cross-functional influencing and communication skills with a track record of building alignment across internal and external teams.
- Ability to lead prioritize and manage multiple projects simultaneously while remaining adaptable and forward-thinking.
- Strong presenter who can lead the delivery of content to vendor partners.
- Proficient in Microsoft Excel and retail math; experience with SQL is a plus.
Bonus
- Business and leadership experience preferably in both startup and large-scale organizations.
- Deep subject matter expertise in companion animal health (dog cat) with a focus on pharmacy medications or the veterinary industry.
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Required Experience:
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