As a Category Lead Senior Manager, you’ll lead with a digital first mindset balancing customer, enterprise, macro industry and competitive impacts. You’ll be responsible for developing the annual category strategy that delivers on customer experience and financial goals. You’ll manage omni-channel P&L and customer experience across merchandising, e-commerce and demand planning while managing vendor relationships and negotiations. Additionally, you will lead analysts to ensure individual functions are executed appropriately. This role is hybrid, which means you will be required to work some days on-site at the Best Buy location listed on this posting and some days virtually from home or other non-Best Buy location. The specific work arrangements vary by role and team. The recruiter or hiring manager will provide more details during the hiring process. What You’ll Do • Build an inclusive working environment while developing employees and influencing internal cross-functional and external partners • Oversee assortment strategy and transition management, developing promotional and pricing strategies, inventory management, and vendor management • Oversee all forecasting, budgeting, orders, and distribution of products • Develop seamless digital first experience grounded in customer need. Develop merchandising and fulfillment strategy starting with the online experience, ensuring there is a clear tie to in-store experience and enabling virtual labor • Facilitate internal and external partnerships, identify trends, and execute business opportunities to accelerate growth and minimize risk Basic Qualifications • 4 years of experience in merchandising, demand planning, e-commerce, marketing, operations, customer experience, vendor management, or supply chain • 1 year of mentoring, cross-functional team management, or influencing without authority • 1 year of experience communicating and partnering with vendors/3rd party • Proficient in written and verbal communication • Basic Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite Preferred Qualifications • 4 years of dedicated functional experience across merchandising, demand/inventory planning, e-commerce site management, merchandise planning, or financial planning • 2 years of providing cross-functional team direction • 1 year of people management experience • Experience in short and mid-term strategy development and execution What’s In It For You We’re committed to helping our people thrive at work and at home. We offer generous benefits that address your total well-being and provide support as you need it, especially key moments in your life. Our Benefits Include • Competitive pay • Generous employee discount • Physical and mental well-being support About Us As part of the Best Buy 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.™ Best Buy is an equal opportunity employer Position Type: Full timePandoLogic. Keywords: Category Manager, Location: Minneapolis, MN - 55423