Category Manager - Windows & Exterior Doors
- Previous purchasing or category management experience in the building materials industry is preferred
- Experience negotiating with vendors and managing product categories
- Ability to cultivate and sustain strategic relationships
- Strong communication skills with field teams and internal departments
- Exceptional problem-solving abilities
- Ability to review documents for accuracy
- Ability to multitask, organize, prioritize and coordinate work activities
- Strong attention to detail
- Strong proficiency of Microsoft Office including Outlook, Word, and Excel
- Occasional overnight travel when necessary
Purchasing
- Lead vendor proposal reviews, negotiations, and other category initiatives.
- Ability to review vendor proposals, analyze and make recommendations and determinations based on the criteria below:
- Best in class pricing
- Volume rebates: quarterly, semi-annually and yearly
- Cash discounts and payment terms
- Growth incentives
- Relationship Marketing Events
- Submit and review quotes to help drive buying decisions based on products that best fit our customer and store needs
- Confirms on-time delivery of quality products at competitive costs to site locations
- Assists in forecasting product needs by analyzing trends and inventory levels to make recommend buying decisions
- Helps develop & recommends vendor programs to the Director to increase rebate dollars by product category
- Reviews and analyzes purchases, turns, and rebates by product category
- Reviews and manages SKUs and product descriptions to ensure consistency and eliminate duplication by category
- Reviews and monitors program compliance
- Provides stores with product information, pricing questions, availability and lead times
- Resolves store product issues including shipments, quality and defective material by communicating with store and vendor
- Assists in negotiating and quoting large projects
- Develops customer programs and negotiates program parameters with suppliers based on the needs of the customer and store
- Planning, tracking and maintaining co-op fund balances for relationship events and category growth
- Health, Dental, Vision (Single and Family Plans) available after 30 days of employment
- Short and Long-Term Disability
- Company-paid life insurance and AD&D
- Optional supplemental life insurance
- Company-match 401(k)
- Vacation time and paid holidays
- Room for growth; we promote from within!
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