Fellow

Fellow began as a Kickstarter campaign and has grown into a global brand with distributors and customers in more than 50 countries. We bring the specialty coffee experience to people’s homes via beautifully designed coffee ware that marries form and function. We currently have a small, passionate, and committed team that loves to see coffee tools come to life.

Job Description:

The opportunity is to define and drive the long-term growth of Fellow’s gear category, the company’s largest business unit. Supporting the VP of Category & Strategy, this role will be an integral part of Fellow’s journey to becoming “the” premium home coffee brand.

The Senior Category Manager will accomplish all of this while living out Fellowship Thinking, our leadership principles:

– Fellowship Thinking centers our customers, always.

– Fellowship Thinking views all goals as shared.

– Fellowship Thinking never stops improving.

– Fellowship Thinking says “yes, if”.

– Fellowship Thinking deliberately seeks equity.

Responsibilities:

Long-term growth strategy:

• Identify new growth opportunities by analyzing market, consumer, and operational data, with an emphasis on product development and long-term enterprise value creation
• Develop strategic roadmap for the category in the context of Fellow’s company-wide strategic and financial objectives
• Support new product development as a key business stakeholder with broad cross-functional and cross-channel perspectiveStay informed of key industry / market developments and recommend sound and swift strategic response

Product marketing:

• Own positioning, placement, pricing, and key messaging for the category
• Develop deep understanding of Fellow’s competitive set and articulate differentiation of our product portfolio
• Ensure Fellow’s brand and creative assets are aligned with products’ strategic positioning

Category P&L management:

• Analyze category’s business performance across all of Fellow’s distribution channels
• Partner cross-functionally with sales channels and marketing teams to grow revenue and gross/contribution margin
• Support key cross-functional processes such as demand and supply planning, merchandising, and promotional activity

Requirements:

• 8+ years experience in category management, business operations, or management consulting with a clear focus on consumer products; MBA preferred
• Strong general athlete with high horsepower and exceptional analytical capability; ability to perform large amounts of quantitative analysis and be able to place it in the broader context of the business and market
• Superior business acumen and an ability to understand impact of initiatives across all functional areas of the business“Elastic thinker” who can operate at both the 10,000 foot and the 10-inch level
• High consumer empathy and intuitionExcellent communication skills and executive presence; ability to work with all functional areas of the business, from go-to-market teams to engineering and operations

Benefits:

• Competitive compensation including employee equity plan
• Generous paid time off plan
• 401k with company contribution after 6 months of employment
• Medical/dental/vision insurance
• Better Yourself Wellness credit & Better Your Community donation matching
• Specific benefits for remote employees
• Best coffee anywhere

Our highest goal at Fellow is creating a safe, inclusive, and rewarding environment where everyone can bring their whole selves to work and thrive. We are committed to building diverse teams and strongly encourage people from underrepresented groups, including but not limited to women, people of color, LGBTQIA+ individuals, people with disabilities, members of ethnic minorities, foreign-born residents, and veterans to apply.

Fellow is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants will not be discriminated against because of race, color, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, religion, national origin, citizenship status, disability, ancestry, marital status, veteran status, medical condition or any protected category prohibited by local, state or federal laws.Apply for this job

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