Assistant Category Manager

Why choose us?

Are you ready to take the next step in your career? Join us for an exciting opportunity at Albertsons Companies, where innovation and customer service go hand‑in‑hand! At Albertsons Companies, we are looking for someone who isn’t just seeking a job, but someone who wants to make an impact. In this role, you’ll have the opportunity to lead, innovate, and contribute to the growth of a company that values great service and lasting customer relationships.

This position offers the chance to work in a fast‑paced, dynamic environment that’s constantly evolving.

Albertsons Companies has an exciting opportunity to partner with the National Category Director to strategically manage a category(s) across the organization. In this role you will play an integral part of our growth and transformation as a company as we seek to provide industry‑leading customer experience and grow our market share. You must be comfortable as both a team leader and team player.

What does it take to be successful here? You have an entrepreneurial spirit and are looking for an opportunity to be part of a highly functioning team. You have a track record of being a high performing merchant and want to learn new skills. You have an analytical mindset and can use data to build solutions to complex problems. You are innovative and bring creativity to improving processes with a keen eye for efficiency and automation.

You are a collaborative team member used to presenting analyses and facts to your peers and having discussions to resolve challenges. You want to be part of a team that will build expertise and an amazing culture to drive the overall success of the company.

The Assistant Category Manager will report to the National Category Director and be responsible for partnering with the National Category Director and division merchants to develop and manage the overall merchandising strategy for your category(s). The position will be based out of the following location:
Boise,  role is a hybrid working role with the expectation of 4 days of in‑office work and 1 day of remote work. Some travel will be required to interact with division merchandising teams and national suppliers.

As a member of your category pod, you will help manage the merchandising planning process for your category(s). You will work closely with the National Category Director and national and division merchandising leadership. You will develop deep category expertise and own the execution of key analyses to drive category‑level decisions. You will develop an understanding of category trends, innovations, consumer preferences, nuances by geography and customer segments, and competitor activity.

• Category Management – Partner with the National Category Director to strategically manage category(s) to meet sales, profit, and market share targets. Assist in developing the assortment, shelf planograms, and pricing & promotions strategy, based on a detailed and analytically driven category planning process with divisions and functional leaders. Partner closely with national and division merchants to maximize category performance. Serve as the company’s Sub‑ject Matter Expert (SME) for assigned category(s).
  
  Research category trends, innovations, competitors, and regional preferences.
• Supplier Relationships – Assist the Category Director to prepare supplier negotiations strategies. Attend key vendor meetings as needed. Evaluate supplier performance, working with the divisions and procurement team as needed. Communicate negotiations outcomes to divisions to enable them to plan and execute promotional events and local ads. Prepare data analyses, including category / supplier trends, to be used as leverage for negotiations.
• Data & Analytics – Leverage data to drive category planning. Partner with the National Category Director to maintain weekly, quarterly and yearly scorecards to track sales, profit, and market share of each category. Utilize merchant tools to conduct category data analysis (for example, customer decision trees, profitability and growth trends, promotional assessments, pricing…