Senior Category Manager

Google Chrome Microsoft Edge Apple Safari Mozilla Firefox Senior Category ManagerFull-timeCompany DescriptionGE Lighting, a Savant company, has been at the forefront of every major lighting innovation, from the first light bulb to industry-first LED and smart solutions along with the world’s first voice-embedded lighting product. Today it leads the North American retail lighting market as the most trusted, recommended and likely to purchase brand.Savant Systems, Inc., is a true powerhouse delivering unmatched intelligent lighting and smart home solutions. Together, Savant and GE Lighting, a Savant company, offer a deep and diverse portfolio of bold and easy-to-use innovations across the retail and professional channels that are engineered for every home.Savant, a recognized leader in home control and automation, is one of the fastest-growing smart home companies in the luxury and mid-markets.  Its powerful Pro technology brings climate, lighting, entertainment, security and energy together in a single, award winning application interface for homeowners.GE Lighting, a Savant company brings over 100 years of experience in lighting to its Cync brand of smart home products.  We’re redefining how a smart home should work by making our user experience simple, intuitive, and fun.We’re able to leverage Savant’s best-in-class professional home automation platform to bring features and functionality to DIYers that raise the bar for the entire smart home ecosystem.  We’ve expanded beyond lighting solutions, launching multiple camera, climate, and outdoor products in just the last year alone.Job DescriptionSenior Category Manager – Category Management & InsightsThe Senior Category Manager is a strategic thought leader responsible for driving category growth, retailer partnership opportunities, and data-driven business recommendations across Food, Mass, Club, E-commerce, and Dollar channels. This role leverages syndicated POS and panel data to develop actionable insights, identify category growth opportunities, influence retailer strategies, and support customer teams in delivering profitable growth.The ideal candidate combines strong analytical capabilities with exceptional storytelling and relationship management skills, serving as a trusted advisor to both internal stakeholders and retail partners. Key ResponsibilitiesCategory LeadershipDevelop and execute category management strategies that drive category and company growth across Food, Mass, Club, E-commerce, and Dollar retail channels.Serve as the category expert, providing insights on consumer behavior, market trends, competitive dynamics, and category performance.Identify assortment, pricing, promotion, merchandising, and distribution opportunities that support retailer and manufacturer objectives.Lead category reviews, line reviews, seasonal business analyses, and retailer strategy presentations.Optimize planograms for shopability, space to sales, capacity and GMROII utilizing JDA Space Planning and other applicable tools and research.Serve as the primary administrator for the Blue Yonder Space Planning platform, including platform access, technical support coordination, purchase order management, vendor communication, and ongoing system functionality.Maintain the Space Planning library as a critical business asset by ensuring product data, images, dimensions, fixtures, and planning files are accurate, current, and accessible for planogram development.Protect data integrity and reduce execution risk by proactively maintaining planning assets, minimizing rework, and preventing merchandising errors caused by outdated or incomplete planogram information.Support future legislative and assortment transitions by accurately communicating transition items, new SKUs, product dimensions, and space planning requirements to retailers, wholesalers, and supply chain partners.Develop planograms for new business proposals and annual Product Line Reviews, directly supporting...