Sr. Category Merchant - Snacks

About the role

The Sr. Category Merchant is responsible for managing assigned categories, establishing category strategies, developing business objectives, achieving financial goals (sales, margin, inventory), building strong vendor relationships, negotiating pricing and terms, and providing leadership to the merchandise team.

Responsibilities

• Drive growth, category profitability, and customer experience for assigned categories.
• Develop competitive merchandise annual plans and product assortments that meet financial objectives.
• Negotiate pricing and terms with new, existing, and prospective vendors.
• Build strong relationships with the vendor community and adapt negotiation approaches as needed.
• Develop sales, margin plans, and forecasts in partnership with cross‑functional teams.
• Communicate merchandising strategies to cross‑functional teams for timely execution.
• Connect strategies to business operations, understanding operational goals and challenges.
• Manage value for assigned categories, including price indexing and margin target achievement.
• Collaborate with Vendors, Pricing, and Marketing teams to create pricing, promotional, and campaign strategies.
• Continuously evaluate merchandising performance, reacting to business changes to seize opportunities and mitigate risks.
• Provide leadership, training, frequent actionable feedback, and professional development to the merchandise team.
• Maintain a reputation of credibility and responsiveness in the marketplace.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in business or operations‑related field (MBA optional).
• 7+ years of merchandising or category management experience.
• Strong negotiation skills.
• Proven decision‑making ability.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Analytical and organizational expertise.

Benefits

• Weekly pay.
• Free BJ’s Club Card Membership plus a complimentary supplemental membership for a household member.
• Generous paid time off—including vacation, personal, sick days, holidays, bereavement, and jury duty leave.
• Flexible and affordable health benefits with three medical plan options and optional dental, vision, HSA, and FSA.
• 401(k) retirement savings plan with company match (available to team members 18+).
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan with a 15% discount on BJ’s common stock.

Pay

The pay range for this position is $128,500.00 – $164,000.00.

Schedule

This is a hybrid role. Tuesday through Thursday are in‑office days at the BJ’s Club Support Center in Marlborough, MA, and Monday and Friday are remote days.