Misfits Market - Sourcing & Category Manager
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Requirements
• 2–4 years of experience in Category Management and/or wholesale procurement / 3P account management. • If supporting Produce: produce experience required; overall food experience preferred. • Ecommerce and digital experience preferred, Meal Kit experience preferred • Bachelor's Degree and/or relevant experience + 3 years. • Technical & Industry Knowledge • Considers the impact to customers and what matters to them; can draw from industry insights. • Excellent interpersonal and negotiation skills. • Strong understanding of financial principles, including forecasting and profitability analysis. • Proficient in MS Office Suite (Excel, Word, PowerPoint) and Google Suite (Docs, Sheets, Drive, Calendar). • Experience with contract process management. • Product Knowledge: deep knowledge of technical specifications and features of products in the category — e.g., nutritional standards for food, materials used in packaged goods. • Industry Standards & Certifications: knowledge of certifications such as USDA Organic, Fair Trade, and applicable food safety regulations. • Quality Control: technical expertise in product quality standards and processes (shelf life, packaging durability, food safety). • All compliance requirements must be completed on time: • Annual Harassment Prevention Training • EHS/OSHA Training • Workplace Violence Prevention Training • IT Security Training
Responsibilities
• 3P Sourcing & Account Management • Own end-to-end procurement and account management for 3P customers across multiple facilities, including new ingredient sourcing, demand forecasting, and cost negotiations. • Act as the lead representative for assigned categories to major accounts, delivering proactive communication and ensuring a superior client experience. • Lead category sourcing for assigned Produce or Grocery categories, identifying new suppliers and unique product innovations to meet 3P requirements. • Manage and oversee short-term purchasing while developing long-term strategies for sustainable business outcomes. • Vendor & Process Leadership • Partner with the 1st Party Misfits Merchandising team to negotiate contracts, pricing, and terms with suppliers to ensure competitive advantage and quality standards. • Monitor vendor performance (reliability, quality, compliance) and implement corrective actions as needed. • Develop and execute contingency plans for supply chain disruptions, process challenges, and quality issues. • Manage a direct report (Buyer Analyst) responsible for demand planning and purchase order management; provide coaching, feedback, and professional development. • Cross-Functional Collaboration • Partner across Inventory Planning, Merchandising, Operations, and Transportation to align demand projections with operational feasibility. • Proactively drive solutions for cross-functional conflicts, ensuring business needs and customer commitments are balanced. • Core Values • This role is expected to demonstrate Misfits Market's core values at the Level 3 • Misfits Prioritize Our Customer — Business Acumen • Represents Misfits Market at an external level and is responsible for creating external partnerships. • Revisits strategy and uses new information to make course corrections ahead of any problems. • Misfits Respect One Another — Business & Professional Communication • Has a strong track record of collaborating productively with peers and wastes little time on internal politics; gains confidence and trust through honesty, integrity, and authenticity; keeps confidences. • Effectively communicates purpose, goals, and updates to affected stakeholders with sufficient lead time to ensure they are aligned and prepared. • Misfits Do More With Less — Project Management • Creates short and long-term goals based on 3P client needs • Leverages resources across teams to improve efficiency and do more with less • Misfits Take Initiative & Deliver — Handling Ambiguity / Resilience • Independently identifies issues, root causes, and retrieves information required to solve a broad range of issues on their own. • Layers in own technical knowledge and experience, strategic industry/competitive benchmarks and trends, company goals, and other inputs to generate a variety of possible solutions • Always has a contingency plan to ensure work is completed as close to 'on time' as possible. • Misfits Move Quickly and Deliberately — Digital Fluency • Able to gather and analyze data from multiple sources in order to make business recommendations. Able to find trends in data and influential factors. Able to create 3-6 month action plans based on their analysis. • In the absence of documentation, is able to use their knowledge of a topic to document a process and validate it with peers, leaders, and data. • Able to present findings or recommendations in a manner that clearly conveys important takeaways. • Misfits Think Differently — Innovation & Improvement • Figures out better and simpler processes for getting things done; sees hidden opportunities for synergy and integration
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