Senior Director Category Management (Retail)
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Role summary
Manages, directs, or supervises staff and activities responsible for category management within the retail organization. Oversees product assortment planning, pricing strategies, promotional planning, and vendor negotiations. Monitors category sales performance, margin trends, and inventory levels to ensure categories meet revenue and profitability objectives. Works with merchandising, procurement, marketing, and supply chain teams to improve category performance.
Job summary sourced from the Empsight benchmark job library.
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