Senior Category Strategist

Senior Category Strategist

ADI Global, a division of Resideo Security Group, is seeking a Senior Category Strategist to drive the strategy, roadmap, strategic supplier relationships, growth, and profitability for a fast-growing category of products. The Senior Category Strategist will develop and execute product mix and pricing models, while identifying, initiating, cultivating, and managing supplier relationships.

We look for people driven by a desire to contribute, be challenged, and grow. Our people make Resideo a special company and are a key competitive advantage. This is an excellent opportunity for a candidate who understands the Connected Home market, to build the product category with new assortments, grow customers, and turn a business strategy into sales growth.

Job Duties:

• Creating strategic plans for the product category, including growth and promotional programs to achieve Annual Operating Plan objectives.
• Developing and executing on product mix, inventory, and pricing strategies based not only on historical data but also on industry trends and customer buying patterns.
• Managing end-to-end vendor relationships, including identification, contract negotiation, product assortment, marketing programs, and communications.
• Growing the product category profitably in line with gross margin targets, while adhering to working capital and IOS (Inactive, Obsolete, Surplus) requirements for the category of products.
• Support field sales staff by clearly communicating enticing promotional programs, new products or suppliers as well as resolution of transactional issues as needed.

You Must Have:

• 5+ Years experience as a professional product/category manager OR buyer/merchant in retail, e-tail/catalog, distribution or similar environment
• Ability to provide strategic leadership, direction, and development.
• Ability to support field sales with special pricing, inventory positions, vendor relations, and product issues.
• Ability to create reports and analyze data.

We Value:

• Product marketing/category management experience
• Experience generating tactical and strategic category roadmaps and detailed plans including annual and 5-year plans.
• Ability to drive improvements in inventory management processes, including SIOP (Sales, Inventory, Operations, Planning), forecasting, and IOS (Inactive, Obsolete, Surplus).
• Experience developing and driving integrated growth programs across all sub-categories, using data mining and other tools to target appropriate customer segments.
• Ability to build large number of relationships with diverse groups.
• High level of critical thinking skills.
• Ability to travel up to 10% of the time.