Summary :

Reporting to the Category Manager, the Associate Category Manager supports the achievement of company goals. Primary responsibilities include merchandise planning for our retail stores and eCommerce platforms for fishing / marine, sourcing, selecting, and vendor negotiating for products. This position is also responsible for the execution of the product life cycle in all channels of business.

Location : Corporate Office, 25 De Baets Street, Winnipeg (hybrid)

Responsibilities :

• Contribute to the development and management of assortment, pricing, promotional planning, markdowns, and retail / eCommerce communication
• Provide support to attain financial performance goals, related to sales, gross margin, and inventory productivity
• Collaborate with both internal and external partners to help achieve company objectives.
• Perform category-level analysis of product performance across all channels for use in driving future planning and executions
• Drive Omni Channel promotional executions and visual merchandising strategies at retail and in the eCommerce space
• Conduct competitive analysis on catalogs, retail ads, websites, and all other direct media for pricing strategies, and product offerings
• Monitor and provide recommendations as needed on discontinued products, overstocks, and inventory aging
• Partner with Visual Merchandising Team to provide direction for planogram and product positioning at retail
• Partner with eCommerce team to drive digital executions and promotional activities
• Other duties as assigned by management

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