Assistant Category Manager Seafood The Assistant Category Manager is part of the key management team. This position is a critical interface with the seafood departments of all our stores. The seafood department is one of the key strengths of Caraluzzi's and service, quality, freshness, and price are the key competitive factors that help distinguish us from our competitors. Maintaining consistency across all locations ensures a seamless experience for our customers and staff. A great entry level position for those who want to learn! Responsible for maintaining the product master database for all items in the seafood department that consists of all random weighted/scale items and UPC'd packaged items. This includes existing, new, replacement, and discontinued items. Maintain weekly changes for sale items and retail price adjustments. Produce weekly reporting of changes and signage requirements for store level staff. Work with the seafood team across all locations to distribute plans, resolve issues and ensure consistency. Work with supervisor to gain knowledge and familiarity with the weekly advertising program. Responsible for selecting items for inclusion in the customer loyalty card program. Manage private label seafood products across all locations which includes monitoring inventory levels, placing order bookings and making recommendations of new items. Manage weekly advertised item product bookings by reviewing historical sales data and communication with store level team to create and submit bookings. Maintain and establish strong working relationships with manufacturer representatives and brokers. Following existing programs and work to identify new advertising opportunities. Attend trade shows and place order bookings. Work with supervisor to develop store level plan-o-grams for approval & help stores with the resets. Work with supervisor to develop department guidelines, checklists, educational information, and other pertinent documents to provide guidance to store level staff. Work with the ecommerce team to manage the product offerings on our ecommerce platforms. Work with the marketing department on new item launches and promotional features. Seafood experience preferable but a general interest in seafood is acceptable given the expectation of receiving on the job training. Excellent verbal and written communication skills. Ability to lead, guide & train others. Self-starter that demonstrates initiative and ability to work with limited supervision. Proficient computer knowledge and skills MS Office, Word, Excel. Detail oriented with analytical ability and proficiency in math required. Flexibility in work schedule given a retail environment. Ability to perform some physical requirements in assistance with product merchandising and store resets.
