Category Manager – Totalworx

Company Overview

Shaw Industries Group Inc. is a leader in flooring and other surface solutions designed for residential housing commercial spaces and outdoor environments. Leveraging strengths in design innovation and operational excellence the company takes a people-centered customer-focused and growth-minded approach to meet diverse market needs. It creates differentiated customer experiences through its expansive portfolio of brands: Anderson Tuftex COREtec Shaw Floors Patcraft Philadelphia Commercial Shaw Contract Shaw Sports Turf Shawgrass Southwest Greens Watershed Geo and more. Headquartered in Dalton Georgia Shaw is a wholly owned subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. with more than $6 billion in annual sales and 18000 associates worldwide.

Position Overview

The Category Manager supports the Sr. Category Manager in managing andoptimizingthe product categorys performance. This role involvesbeing responsible forthe setup of product specifications forFinishworx(Flooring Trims/Treads)Groundworx(Cushion & Underlayment) andCareworx(Cleaner & Floor Protection). The Category Manager works closely with various teams including marketing sales sourcingsamplesand supply chain as well as suppliers to ensure the execution of successful product launches.

Key Responsibilities:

• Establish and maintain all product specification information ensuring accuracy of entry into the mainframe databases while maintaining and communicating any corrections or changes to specifications to internal stakeholders and outside suppliers.

• Work with cross-functional partners (Corporate Sourcing Samples Product Development Brands Planning and Marketing and Suppliers) to ensure all requirements are met fortimelyexecution of product launches.

• Responsible fortimelydistribution & follow through of vendor blueprintsrequiredto accurately set products up in TTR.

• Maintain thestage-gateprocess to ensuretimelyflow of approvals and setup of products.

• Support SKU rationalization by collecting and reviewing data to track product life cycles andidentifyendoflife recommendations.

• Responsible for ensuring dropped products are documented for internal & external partner notification of expected drop dates.

• Participate in trim reviews with Quality Control Product Development and Designers for color match approval.

• Evaluate the product assortment toidentifyimprovement opportunities and necessary adjustments based on market and competitive insights.

• Handle inquiries & aid in problem solvingin a timely mannerfor service & color issues for customers and sales force as they arise.

• Coordinate with suppliers and internal planning teams to ensure product availability andtimelydelivery.

• Provide support and solutions to Customer Service Quality Control and other departments as needed.

• Responsible for working closely with the Samples Merchandising Brand and Sample vendors for sample creation and to ensure sample availability forTotalworxproducts that offer sample vehicles.

• Process &submitrequisitions for supplier reconciliation via PeopleSoft

• Contribute to process improvements byidentifyingopportunities to streamline automate or enhance existing workflows.

Qualifications:

• College degree is preferred; High School Diploma isrequired.

• Minimum (2) years of flooring experience isrequired

• Effective communication skills both verbally and written

• Ability toutilizerelevant technology -proficiencyin M365 TTR Vista PeopleSoft EBX Tableau Microsoft BI Widen PDMS Salesforce Fusion

• Proven ability to deal professionally and confidently daily while building collaborative relationships with internal and external partners at various levels.

• Mustpossessstrong organizational skills take initiative ownership and accountability with the ability to work independently meet deadlines and honor commitments.

• Ability to think through problems toidentifyroot cause issues and resolutions.

Competencies:

• Building Trusting Relationships

• Adapt and Change

• Initiate Action

• Build Customer Satisfaction

• Influence Others

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