Associate Category Manager

About the role

You are a vital member of our growth-minded, industry-leading, innovative, brand-driven, global employee-owned company. You are challenged to grow, expected to challenge others, are part of something much bigger than yourself, and leave an indelible legacy through the people your life has impacted.

Key responsibilities

• Supporting either private label or National Nail branded products within Home Depot, Lowe’s, and Menards stores.
• Conducting competitive research including pricing, product features, stocking locations.
• Identifying competitive advantages within the competitive landscape and National Nail’s product / program.
• Understanding go-to-market strategy to pinpoint gaps.
• Aiding in building slide decks to articulate data and stories visually.
• Preparing for the pitch / program by gathering and sometimes building demo sets, gathering materials, and facilitating logistics to customer presentation location.
• Aiding, as needed, with onsite setup and presentation.
• Becoming an expert on what it takes to deliver a new program within the customer and National Nail’s systems.
• Preliminarily planning shelf space (POGs), test, and hand-off to customer for implementation.
• Maintaining showroom and POP inventory.
• Other duties as assigned.

Required skills

• Highly organized and motivated to drive timelines and program deliverables.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, willing to ask good questions.
• A keen eye for detail.
• Problem-solving skills to address customer issues and find solutions to challenges.
• Functional knowledge and capability in Smartsheets.
• A strong understanding of the retail sales process and account management principles.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in business or related field.
• At least 2 years of business experience.
• Retail experience preferred.
• Align with our purpose, 8 character traits, and cornerstones.

Success criteria

• Assigned projects ≥98% complete and on time.
• Help drive the sales and margin plan by hitting deadlines and driving timelines.

About us

We are an employee-owned company and a proud part of the American building materials industry for nearly 75 years. We have a storied history of innovation, which many say is in our DNA. We agree. From product to brand, to sourcing to customer-centric solutions, we constantly ask the “what, why and how” questions that many are afraid to ask. Our core brands of CAMO, PRO-FIT, and STINGER are the “asked for brands” in their respective segments and can be found at the finest names in the LBM, Roofing, Home Center, Distribution and STAFDA channels of the building industry and more recently, through our E-Commerce presence. Our brand users are the hardworking folks who build things with their hands, and just like us, are business owners. They build our homes, our decks, install our roofs, and depend on our brands to support them in delivering a job well done.

Our company's reason for existing:
“Inspire whoever we engage with to help them become better. Better people, families, businesses, and ultimately leave better the communities in which we live.”

Our culture is characterized as:
Servant focused. Founded on Four Cornerstones, 8 character traits, and a simple operating philosophy of Serve • Better • Value • Fun. High standard, embraced by a dedicated team of employee-owners who enjoy the fruits of hard work while having a “bit of fun” along the way. Growth-minded, driving intentional investments in developing our people, our customers, and our communities. Innovative.

If this is an assignment, culture, brands, and industry you desire to explore further, contact us. Your new adventure awaits.