Category Manager

TITLE: Category Manager (Monitor & Memory)

POSITION TYPE: Full Time (W2)

LOCATION: Onsite Ridgefield Park, NJ

Sponsorship is not available for this position, including CPT and OPT.

WorldLink is a rapidly growing information technology company at the forefront of technical revolution. From custom software development to cloud hosting, from big data to cognitive computing, we help companies harness and leverage today’s most cutting-edge digital technologies to create value and grow.

Collaborative. Respectful. Work hard Play hard. A place to dream and do. These are just a few words that describe what life is like at WorldLink. We embrace a culture of experimentation and constantly strive for improvement and learning.

We take pride in our employees and their future with continued growth and career advancement. We put TEAM first. We are a competitive group that like to win. We’re grounded by humility and driven by ambition. we’re passionate, and we love tough problems and new challenges. You don’t hear a lot of “I don’t know how” or “I can’t” at WorldLink. If you are passionate about what you do and having fun while doing it; tired of rigid and strict work environments and would like to work in a non-bureaucratic startup cultural environment, WorldLink may be the place for you.

For more information about our craft, visit https://worldlink-us.com.

Who we are Looking for:

Must have category management, P&L, Marketing & Merchandising

We are looking for a Category Manager – Monitor & Memory who will be responsible for contributing to the strategic direction, P&L growth, and digital experience for the business on website by developing new digital products and promotions, delivering a best-in-class digital customer experience, and scaling the direct-to-consumer (DTC) channel. Key areas of responsibility include direct-to-consumer strategy implementation, cross-functional promotional and product development, on-site merchandising and digital experience optimization, identifying and driving operational efficiencies, and building a best-in-class shopping experience.

The impact you will have:

Manage:

Business ownership for Monitor and memory sales on website: Revenue, 2x top line growth, Margin, Budget, Promotions, Marketing and key stakeholder to impact the roadmap and long-term growth strategy.

Liaison with internal / external / HQ partners across: Product marketing, corporate marketing, category management, supply chain and fulfillment to implement bundling strategies to achieve 2x growth from previous year (increasing attach, AOV and overall margin).

Build:

Create a best-in-class shopping experience by partnering with Merchandising, Marketing, Engineering, Operations, Analytics, and Customer Service; always optimizing and focusing and removing purchase barriers and creating a customer-centric, shopping experience.

Innovate and Optimize:

Think outside-the-box, leverage data, and build insights to create business cases to build scalable products and promotions to drive the growth of your business; develop functional capabilities to test, learn, and iterate to accelerate category growth.

Subject Matter Expertise in Promotion planning (optimize promotion design to drive top line + bottom line).

Develop data-drive perspectives on the end-to-end operations of the business, from upper-funnel marketing and merchandising to on-site path-to-purchase and experience, through conversion, fulfillment and customer service.

Identify areas of opportunity and work to drive operational efficiencies (margin improvement, roadmap development, optimized fulfillment etc.).

Required Experience and Education:

• 5+ years of experience in Product/Trade/Category Marketing experience for Technology, Consumer Product and/or Consumer Electronics is required.
• College degree required; MBA a plus.
• Extensive experience implementing category strategy, preferably in eCommerce.
• Knowledge and passion for direct-to-consumer eCommerce business practices and operations.
• Digital UI/UX enhancements experience a plus.
• Experience with Tableau and Confluence a plus.

Physical Demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by contract employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the contract employee is occasionally required to stand, clean, crawl, kneel, sit, sort, hold, squat, stoop, stand, twist the body, walk, use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools or controls, reach with hands and arms, climb stairs or ladders and scaffolding, talk or hear, and lift up to 20 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by the job include ability to distinguish the nature of objects by using the eye.

WHAT we’ll bring:

During your interview process, our team can fill you in on all the details of our industry-competitive benefits and career development opportunities. A few highlights include:

• Medical Plans
• Dental Plans
• Vision Plan
• Life & Accidental Death & Dismemberment
• Short-Term Disability
• Long-Term Disability
• Critical Illness/ Accident/ Hospital Indemnity/ Identity Theft Protection
• 401(k)

WHAT you should know:

Our success begins and ends with our people. We embrace diverse perspectives and value unique human experiences. WorldLink is an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. All employment at WorldLink is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need. We endeavor to continue our footprint as a diverse organization by highlighting opportunities for all people. WorldLink considers applicants for all positions without regard to race, color, religion or belief, sex, (including pregnancy and gender identity), age, national origin, political affiliation, citizenship status, marital status, military/veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, physical or mental disability or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws. People with disabilities who need assistance with any part of the application process should contact us.

This job description is designed to cover the main responsibilities and duties of the role but is not designed to be a comprehensive list of all.

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