Assistant National Category Lead

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’s not 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.

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).

This is a new role and a significant opportunity to make a difference in transforming Albertsons Companies to better serve our customers. 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.

The position will be located in Pleasanton, CA Or Boise, .

• Category Management – Partners with the National Category Director to strategically manage category(s) to meet sales, profit, and market share targets. Assists the Category Director 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. Partners closely with national and division merchants to maximize category performance.
  
  Serves as the company’s Subject Matter Expert (SME) for assigned category(s). Research category trends, innovations, competitors, and regional preferences.
• Supplier Relationships – Assists the Category Director to prepare supplier negotiations strategies. Attends key vendor meetings as needed. Evaluates supplier performance, working with the divisions and procurement team as needed. Communicates negotiations outcomes to divisions to enable them to plan and execute promotional events and local ads. Prepares data analyses, including category / supplier trends, to be used as leverage for negotiations.
• Data & Analytics – Leverages data to drive category planning. Partners with the National Category Director to maintain weekly, quarterly and yearly scorecards to track sales, profit, and market share of each category. Utilizes merchant tools to conduct category data analysis (for example, customer decision trees, profitability and growth trends, promotional assessments, pricing trends, and sales trends). Works closely with functional team members and division
  merchants to collect and synthesize inputs (for example, division promotional funding, local assortment considerations, Own Brands considerations, eCommerce strategy, and competitor benchmarking sets) to be used during the merchandising planning process. Collaboration – Collaborates with the category(s) pod members to understand division needs and commitments and integrates these into the overall category plan. Works with cross-functional teams to develop both strategic and tactical solutions.
  
  Helps to cultivate team morale, motivation, and loyalty by assisting the Category Director developing training and mentorship programs for the category pod members.
• Diversity & Inclusion – Develops an approach that considers associates and leaders from across the organization and draws diverse perspectives into recommendations. Fosters a diverse and inclusive team and work environment and role models our culture and leadership practices.

• 1 plus year of category experience.
• 3 plus years’ experience in the grocery industry.
• Bac…