Category Buyer, Floral
The Fresh Market
- Greensboro, NC
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Team Member discount up to 40%
- Health, Dental, & Vision insurance available for individual, spouse, partner, and family.
- 401K contribution and match for part-time and full-time team members
- Personal time off and additional time off purchase plans are available
- AND much more!
- Responsible for developing a SKU level demand plan by analyzing sales trends, promotional activity, vendor agreements, and presentation minimums.
- Collaboration with distributors to increase service levels.
- Negotiate product costs and vendor funds for goods for sale.
- Negotiate costs on goods not for resale (packaging and supplies).
- Product procurement and allocation.
- Develop in-store inventory level targets by category.
- Responsible for cost accuracy in the database.
- Collaborate with Retail Category Management/Own Brands on the forecast for new items, product transitions, and the phasing out of discontinued products.
- Monitor the sales performance of new products and develop a history that can be used as a guide in future launches.
- Identify excess, inadequate, and/or obsolete inventory positions, providing recommendations to the retail category team.
- Reduce warehouse liability/salvage.
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
- 4-7+ years of Category Management or related experience.
- Deep knowledge and understanding of the grocery business and systems/processes.
- Experience in understanding consumer demand in the fast-paced retail/grocery environment.
- Ability to develop/maintain strong working relationships with peers and cross-functional teams.
- Possesses strong merchandising, product, and marketing skills.
- Demonstrate strong analytical, negotiating, and problem-solving skills.
- Willing and able to travel for trade shows and store trips.
- Flexible and adaptive to changing priorities.
- Able to organize and prioritize workload to meet deadlines.
- Demonstrated skills with MS Office applications.
- Project management skills.
- Demonstrated experience utilizing Nielsen and/or IRI.
- Experience with MicroStrategy.