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Category Specialist, Food Category
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Brea, Orange County, California, 92631, USA
Listed on 2026-02-15
Listing for:
Yamibuy
Full Time
position Listed on 2026-02-15
Job specializations:
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Business
Sales Marketing, Business Development
Job Description & How to Apply Below
Brea, United States | Posted on 02/06/2026
Benefits & Compensation- 401(k) matching
- Health insurance: medical, vision, and dental
- $50K-72K
- Paid time off (PTO): vacation, sick, and holidays
- On-site gym/pool and game rooms
- Coffee and snacks
We are looking for a Category Specialist to support and grow our food categories with a strong focus on pricing execution, promotion planning, brand development, and category strategy.
This role requires an ownership mindset, business understanding, and data-driven decision-making.
Familiarity with Korean and Japanese food brands, products, and trends is a strong plus.
Job Responsibilities- Execute pricing and promotion plans, including price updates, deal setup, and post-promotion performance tracking
- Support category and brand development execution, such as SKU assortment maintenance, product lifecycle tracking, and basic performance analysis
- Assist with product sourcing and onboarding, including supplier coordination, item setup, and internal process follow-up
- Track and analyze sales, margin, inventory, and promotion data to support daily and weekly category operations
- Monitor market trends, competitor activities, and consumer demand, and summarize key findings for the team
- Ensure tasks move forward on time and with attention to detail, proactively following up on open items
- Strong ownership mindset — able to take responsibility for tasks and outcomes
- Solid business understanding (revenue, margin, efficiency, trade-offs)
- Comfortable working with data and metrics; data analysis skills required
- Detail-oriented with strong execution capability
- Positive attitude, proactive, and willing to learn
- Education:
Bachelor's Degree or Master’s Degree, related to Business/Marketing is a plus. - Bilingual Chinese and English, Japanese or Korean is a big plus.
- Experience or strong familiarity with Korean and/or Japanese food brands and products
- Background in e-commerce, retail, category management, or sourcing
- Experience supporting pricing, promotion, or category operations
- Excellent interpersonal skills, with the ability to build positive working relationships with employees and brands through networking
- Detail-oriented, self-starter with a positive attitude who is deadline and results-oriented
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
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