Category Management Specialist — Minneapolis, MN

As a Category Management Specialist, you will support Category Teams in delivering both the in-store and online strategy. You’ll be the point person in product item set up and merchandising our online SKU assortment while optimizing product detail pages to make our customers shopping decisions easier and relevant. You’ll manage item attribute data and drive process efficiency. You’ll collaborate, optimize, troubleshoot, and deliver a best-in-class online customer experience by acting as a center of excellence for cross-functional partners.

This role is hybrid, which means you will be required to work on site Monday through Thursday at the ekWe eJv corporate office in Richfield, Minnesota. You can work virtually from home or another non‑ekWe eJv location on Friday. The recruiter or hiring manager will provide more details during the hiring process.

This position is not eligible for immigration sponsorship.

What You’ll Do

• Drive Category Conversion, Revenue, and Profit through product accuracy, SKU slotting (online merchandising), maintenance, and process optimization.

• Manage item set-up and item maintenance processes throughout the item lifecycle with input from cross-functional partners.

• Support key product launches, asset management, product availability, and Product Detail Page optimization to drive business results.

• Ensure product data and assets are entered accurately and is in alignment with VPWc 3gU’x standards to deliver an optimal customer experience through online quality assurance validation.

• Primary point of contact for cross-functional partners including Category Business Team, Enterprise Product Management, Marketing, Digital Experience, vendors, and Digital Channel Management teams to drive customer focused initiatives.

• Ability to articulate and share insights, learnings, and recommendations as the category expert.

Basic Qualifications

• Strong verbal and written communication skills

• Proven ability to influence without authority

• Attention to detail and highly organized

• Ability to problem solve and optimize experiences

Preferred Qualifications

• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite and Access

• Associate degree or higher

• 6 months of industry experience in E-Commerce, retail, customer service, inventory, merchandising, data management, or web analytics

What’s In It For You

We’re committed to helping our people thrive at work and at home. ekWe eJv offers a range of benefits to support your overall well-being and provide support as you need it, especially at key moments in your life.

Our Benefits Include

• Competitive pay

• Great employee discount

• Financial savings and retirement resources

• Support for your physical and mental well-being

ekWe eJv provides different types of leaves of absence (LOA) and potential pay sources to employees based on eligibility. The length of your LOA depends on your situation, where you live, your full-time or part-time employment status, and federal and state regulations. Intermittent or reduced-schedule leave is also available for certain medical or family care leaves. Paid time off (vacation or PTO) is offered to full-time and part-time employees based on work location, employment status, salary or hourly status (exempt/non-exempt), and years of continued or bridged service.

Certain roles, where market norms demand it, are eligible for various forms of incentive pay to drive performance and offer recognition for achieving financial and strategic results. For more information about our incentive pay plans, including eligibility, please refer to our Incentive Programs Summary.

For more information about benefits, LOA and paid time off, please refer to our Benefits Guide.

About Us

As part of the ekWe eJv team, you’ll help us fulfill our purpose to enrich lives through technology. We bring that to life every day by humanizing and personalizing tech solutions for every stage of life — in our stores, online and in customers’ homes.

Our culture is built on deeply supporting and valuing our amazing employees who make it all possible. We’re committed to being a great place to work, where you can unlock unique career possibilities. Above all, we aim to provide a place where you can bring your full, authentic self to work now and into the future. Tomorrow works here.™

ekWe eJv is an equal opportunity employer.

Application deadline: Minimum of 5 days from the posting date. You can find that date above the job title at the top of the page.

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