Senior Category Manager

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🐊 Florida – Remote

🐊 Florida – Remote

💵 $100k - $112k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

🛒 Procurement

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Scholastic

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5001 - 10000 employees

Founded 1920

📚 Education

📱 Media

🛒 Retail

Education • Media • Retail

Scholastic is a leading educational publisher known for providing books, educational materials, and digital solutions to schools, teachers, parents, and children. They offer a wide range of products including book clubs, book fairs, educational magazines, and digital learning tools designed to support literacy and inspire a love of reading in students. Scholastic is dedicated to creating resources that promote learning and literacy and frequently collaborates with educators to enhance classroom libraries and learning environments. "Every Order Gives Back to the Class" is one of their commitments, ensuring that each purchase contributes free books and resources to schools. The company also offers eGift cards and various subscription services aimed at supporting children's development and fostering a community of readers both at home and in schools.

📋 Description

• Manage high-volume book categories within the Scholastic Dollars Catalog and Classroom Collections businesses • Develop and execute strategic category plans aligned with business objectives • Establish category priorities and evaluate performance to identify growth opportunities • Lead customer-focused product assortments, pricing strategies, and product presentation plans • Read, review, evaluate, select, and acquire relevant titles and products for redemption programs • Analyze product sales, market research, and customer insights to inform selections and identify trends • Partner with Scholastic Trade and Book Fair Category Management teams on ordering efficiencies and collaboration • Build and maintain publisher and vendor relationships • Negotiate product costs, vendor terms, and promotional support • Evaluate tariff regulations and their impact on costs, sourcing, and profitability • Partner with Inventory Planning to develop inventory strategies • Provide item-level demand forecasts and purchasing recommendations • Monitor inventory productivity and sell-through and mitigate excess inventory risk • Collaborate with Product Marketing on promotional strategies • Lead catalog merchandising strategy for the book category • Direct the E-Commerce team and E-Commerce Specialist on online product presentation • Support sales team product training and education • Represent the Scholastic Dollars team at meetings, trade shows, and publishing conferences • Collaborate with Scholastic divisions and industry partners on trends and business growth • Improve category management tools, systems, and processes • Manage, mentor, and develop Assistant Category Manager(s)

🎯 Requirements

• Minimum of 5 years of experience in category management or a comparable role • Demonstrated success identifying, analyzing, and leveraging category trends to inform product procurement and development strategies that drive sales and profitability • Proven ability to identify business opportunities, develop and implement strategic initiatives, and evaluate performance against business objectives • Experience in publishing, children's toys, children's media, or educational products preferred • Genuine love of reading and passion for education • Strong commitment to Scholastic's mission to encourage children to read and grow • Ability to lead and manage people, projects, and cross-functional initiatives • Strong problem-solving skills and sound judgment • Ability to work independently to drive results • Excellent written and verbal communication, organizational, and time management skills • Strong attention to detail and ability to manage multiple priorities • Ability to adapt to changing business needs and meet deadlines • Self-motivated and adaptable in a fast-paced, dynamic environment • High proficiency in Microsoft Office applications, including Excel, Word, Outlook, and PowerPoint • High proficiency in Google Workspace applications

🏖️ Benefits

• Tuition aid • Equal opportunity employment • Company-sponsored training • Social and recreational programs