Senior Category Manager, Limited Term Duration

\- Build range assortment and merchandising by channels and accounts from merchandising tools to catalogs and floor plans, which gives clear product direction and information to the operational departments \- Collaborate with the Category Director to develop category initiatives in order to meet key commercial goals. \- Implement activation plans to drive authentic stories with sports marketing and brand marketing. \- Build market/retailer network to maintain trend and product awareness \- Presents ranges internally and externally (to key retailers) \- Identify the products that maximize profitability/productivity and present those to the Category Director in a clear and concise format \- Communicate the pricing strategies for the assortment to the Category Director to ensure we meet the global strategy as well as the targeted channel segment \- Manage the process with effective communication and action steps in order to achieve margin, profitability, and inventory. \- May work with the Sales Manager to achieve goals by channel by account. \- Previous merchandising experience in the sporting goods industry preferred.