Senior Category Manager

Bellevue, WA

Chewy is growing our healthcare business to better serve our customers pets needs. We are now looking for Senior Category Managers' to join our growing and fast-paced teams in Seattle, WA or Plantation, FL. We have very ambitious plans to further build our teams and businesses. If you are passionate about a entrepreneurial role that will have high relevance and impactful results, then this would be an ideal position for you. In this role, you will own the P&L for a strategic category, negotiate to improve business terms, manage high profile vendor relationships directly, develop and execute business strategies, and identify opportunities to accelerate your business. At Chewy, we believe innovation is rewarded and execution is highly valued. Negotiation experience, verbal, written, and presentation skills are a must. Our ideal candidate is a versatile business leader with a track record of high performance, that can think big and operate at depth in parallel.

What You'll Do:

Have full P&L ownership
Establish, build, and manage strong external vendor relationships, including ownership across all negotiations
Build and implement, based on research and data insights, strategies and plans to both recruit new customers to Chewy and to develop existing customers via lifecycle management concepts
Identify opportunities within your category to optimize and maximize product performance, including analyzing sales data, assortment gaps, and market trends to make quick, effective decisions for your business
Work cross-functionally with finance, marketing, supply chain, pricing, and customer service to ensure collaboration as well as holistic planning and execution

What You’ll Need:

5+ years of holistic business experience in top ecommerce, retail, FMCG, or similar organizations
5+ years of category management experience, including sole P&L owner of an important business.
Strong comprehensive business acumen. Fluent in vendor management, product management, marketing, supply chain, operations, and project management.
Demonstrated success building and rapidly scaling new, complex businesses at high growth rate.
Proven operator, skilled in high quality go-to-market execution, with an unshakable growth mindset
Excellent communication, strategic and analytical skills
Must have a Bachelor’s Degree, MBA preferred.

Bonus:

Pet Industry, Merchandising or related healthcare experience
MBA desired
Business and leadership experience in market-leading organizations; both in large complex organizations and start-up businesses
SQL a plus, Tableau experience a plus

Bonus:

Pet Industry, Merchandising or related healthcare experience
MBA desired
Business and leadership experience in market-leading organizations; both in large complex organizations and start-up businesses
SQL a plus, Tableau experience a plus

Compensation & Benefits:

Our salary range for a Sr Category Manager position is $129,500.00 - $207,000.00. The specific salary offered to a candidate may be influenced by a variety of factors including but not limited to the candidate’s relevant experience, education, and work location. In addition, this position is eligible for 401k and a new hire and annual equity grant.

We offer different types of insurance, such as medical/Rx, vision, dental, life, disability, hospital indemnity, critical illness, and accident. We offer parental leave, family services benefits, backup dependent care, flexible spending accounts, telemedicine, pet adoption reimbursement, employee assistance program, and many discounts including 10% off pet insurance and 20% off at Chewy.com.

Non-exempt hourly team members accrue paid time off (PTO) while salaried-exempt team members have unlimited PTO, subject to manager approval. Non-exempt hourly team members in Fulfillment Centers and Customer Service are also eligible for additional unplanned unpaid time off (UTO). Team members will receive six paid holidays per year. Team members may be eligible for paid sick and family leave in compliance with applicable state and local regulations.

Chewy is committed to equal opportunity. We value and embrace diversity and inclusion of all Team Members. If you have a disability under the Americans with Disabilities Act or similar law, and you need an accommodation during the application process or to perform these job requirements, or if you need a religious accommodation, please contact CAAR@chewy.com.

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