CATEGORY RESUME EXAMPLE
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Tips for Category Skills and Responsibilities on a Resume
1. Category Analyst, Harborbridge Logistics Inc, Grand Rapids, MI
Job Summary:
- Participate in the implementation of new processes and tools within the EU category Team
- Build reporting tools to understand demand and frequencies of non-inventory products and supplies that support operations.
- Owner of all metrics and reporting for the OpEx supplies team
- Learn how to generate reports and dashboards to monitor performance
- Support the execution of timely payment processing
- Help the team drive compliance in the procure-to-pay cycle
- Liaise with suppliers to support development reporting, metrics and performance to support all EU sites
- Build effective stakeholder relationships, ensuring a high service level in terms of SLAs through supplier engagement
- Work in full compliance with the company's Spending and Transaction policy, educating and driving the correct behaviours of business stakeholders
- Contribute to the Harmonisation of the current supplier pool through sourcing events and product consolidation
Skills on Resume:
- Process Implementation (Hard Skills)
- Reporting Tools (Hard Skills)
- Metrics Ownership (Hard Skills)
- Performance Monitoring (Hard Skills)
- Payment Processing (Hard Skills)
- Procure-to-Pay (Hard Skills)
- Supplier Liaison (Soft Skills)
- Stakeholder Relationships (Soft Skills)
2. Category Buyer, NovaEdge Construction Services, Chandler, AZ
Job Summary:
- Develop innovation opportunities within the category
- Manage the materials master codes in association with the materials catalogue
- Ensure all orders are generated and issued to the key stakeholders within the agreed SLAs (Supply chain provider and the Site team)
- Ensure that the description data inputted within CCMS (Cost Capital Management System) is correctly aligned to the materials catalogue or descripts the works being undertaken within the order
- Manage all Age debt to minimise late payment to the supply chain
- Ensure all orders are noted for expediting
- Highlight any potential performance issues both in delivery and communication
- Manage the timely delivery of Alliance goods within the agreed period.
- Working alongside the Expeditor
- Escalate issues to the relevant Senior Buyer, Procurement lead or Category manager performance
- Maintain good relationships with the construction team
- Knowledge building of products and service with key stakeholders.
Skills on Resume:
- Innovation Development (Hard Skills)
- Materials Management (Hard Skills)
- Order Generation (Hard Skills)
- Data Alignment (Hard Skills)
- Debt Management (Hard Skills)
- Issue Escalation (Soft Skills)
- Team Relationships (Soft Skills)
- Product Knowledge (Hard Skills)
3. Category Development Manager, Helixwave Export Solutions, Baton Rouge, LA
Job Summary:
- Drive support and engagement with prominent manufacturers
- Be proactive, ready to take on a new responsibility
- Position and sell additional services to customers
- Address ad-hoc customer issues
- Develop a clear understanding of clients' export department needs
- Provide supply chain planning expertise and high-level support to the customers
- Lead the first flag customers in solving customer and product problems of export
- Maintain all customer pipeline information in the CRM system
Skills on Resume:
- Manufacturer Engagement (Soft Skills)
- Proactive Attitude (Soft Skills)
- Service Selling (Hard Skills)
- Issue Resolution (Soft Skills)
- Client Understanding (Soft Skills)
- Supply Planning (Hard Skills)
- Problem Solving (Soft Skills)
- CRM Management (Hard Skills)
4. Category Management Analyst, Riverfront Wholesale Group, Des Moines, IA
Job Summary:
- Reporting and communication on conversions.
- Coding and inputting Sellarama/Itwal deals.
- Coding and inputting tradeshow deals and ensuring we’re getting the same deal as last year.
- Responsible for producing the monthly flyer.
- Reviewing, updating and maintaining ECR in the system.
- Administrative support for the Category Management Team.
- Monthly velocity reports for selected vendors and Category Managers.
- Analysis of customer and vendor data.
- Product file maintenance.
- Maintain Category Performance Reports.
- Minute taker for the weekly departmental meeting.
- Assist with weekly forecasting
Skills on Resume:
- Conversion Reporting (Hard Skills)
- Deal Coding (Hard Skills)
- Flyer Production (Hard Skills)
- ECR Maintenance (Hard Skills)
- Admin Support (Soft Skills)
- Data Analysis (Hard Skills)
- File Maintenance (Hard Skills)
- Forecast Assistance (Hard Skills)
5. Category Manager, Peakline Retail Corporation, Naperville, IL
Job Summary:
- Select an Assortment of the concerned Category according to company policy (Cluster & Core Assortment)
- Maintain trust and reinstall confidence in the relationship with suppliers
- Negotiate National contracts, trading terms, and promotions with suppliers
- Follow up on a regular basis with suppliers (targets of sales, Promos, Stock, OOS, deliveries …)
- Stay involved in Stock Distribution
- Monitor stock Level and service level ( set up suppliers standards, hangers, size tags and stickers )
- Make and Respect Buying plan to match DOI ( Division Target 60 days/stores)
- Remain Up to Date with Market trends ( New items, opportunities and consignment )
- Visit Big C Stores on a weekly, monthly basis (schedule)
- Frequent and regular visits of competitors and suppliers (showroom)
- Responsible for Pricing Strategy and Price Management
- Responsible for Front Margin, other income, and Back Margin
- Provide item selection and list on Catalog items (mini D-45)
- Provide 1- 2 spot items minimum twice per month for the Catalogs
- Negotiate seasonal area items, Purchases and promotional prices, returnable condition
- Realize Category review twice a year
- Determine & Validate with Store team 1ST allocation volume per store
Skills on Resume:
- Assortment Selection (Hard Skills)
- Supplier Trust (Soft Skills)
- Contract Negotiation (Hard Skills)
- Supplier Follow-up (Soft Skills)
- Stock Monitoring (Hard Skills)
- Buying Planning (Hard Skills)
- Market Awareness (Hard Skills)
- Store Coordination (Soft Skills)
6. Senior Category Marketing Manager, Synera Brands & Foods, Albany, NY
Job Summary:
- Establish strong collaborative relationships with designated merchant teams to ensure marketing support is aligned to business priorities and goals.
- Lead situational assessments in partnership with merchant, customer insights and analytic teams to identify business challenges and growth opportunities.
- Clearly articulate and gain key stakeholder buy-in to insight-driven marketing strategies and programs.
- Own and lead the planning and end-to-end execution of category and promotional marketing programs (e.g. product launches, seasonal campaigns, category promotions...etc.) with the Austin-based marketing team and regionally based marketers.
- Work closely with the merchant and analytics teams to measure and understand program ROI to make recommendations for future programs.
- Serve as a steward and champion for the Culinary and Specialty categories with internal and external teams.
- Be an expert on the competitive landscape and its implications for the business.
- Coach and develop direct reports to ensure high performance.
Skills on Resume:
- Team Collaboration (Soft Skills)
- Situational Assessment (Hard Skills)
- Stakeholder Buy-in (Soft Skills)
- Program Execution (Hard Skills)
- ROI Analysis (Hard Skills)
- Category Advocacy (Soft Skills)
- Competitive Awareness (Hard Skills)
- Team Coaching (Soft Skills)
7. Senior Category Manager, Thermatech Solutions Group, Little Rock, AR
Job Summary:
- Develops and implements multi-year category strategies, creating value for all key Welbilt stakeholders.
- Develops and executes specific annual total cost and supply chain improvement plans.
- Negotiates long-term supply agreements, inventory programs, commercial settlements and other types of agreements.
- Partners with key internal stakeholders to uncover, quantify, and highlight priority opportunities for category improvement.
- Ensures portfolio of the highest impact opportunities is being resourced by product lines and executive to deliver on SBP goals.
- Identifies and highlights strategic suppliers for NP projects, working to close gaps in advance of project gates.
- Ensures the success of NPI launches, outsourcing and supplier changes by ensuring all gate deliverables are in place.
- Partners with other team members and functions to build and improve the necessary sourcing standard work.
- Leverages expertise by coaching and mentoring value stream sourcing, materials management, quality, engineering and other in sourcing best practices.
Skills on Resume:
- Category Strategy (Hard Skills)
- Cost Planning (Hard Skills)
- Agreement Negotiation (Hard Skills)
- Opportunity Analysis (Hard Skills)
- Portfolio Management (Hard Skills)
- Supplier Identification (Hard Skills)
- Project Execution (Hard Skills)
- Mentoring Expertise (Soft Skills)
8. Supply Category Planner, Oakridge Procurement Co., Lexington, KY
Job Summary:
- Create and maintain positive relationships with product suppliers
- Meet with product suppliers to support them with all aspects of the inbound supply chain
- Coordinate stakeholders to assess relevant supply chain costs
- Identify supply chain cost-saving opportunities and develop operational plans for implementation
- Analyse supply chain costs and provide proposals for rectification/improvement
- Support the Executive Manager, Supply Chain, in a professional and efficient manner
- Liaise with the National Buying department to provide project progress updates
- Provide support to various internal teams and stakeholders with a variety of work, including cost analysis, project coordination and operational execution support
Skills on Resume:
- Supplier Relationships (Soft Skills)
- Inbound Support (Soft Skills)
- Cost Coordination (Hard Skills)
- Cost-saving Planning (Hard Skills)
- Cost Analysis (Hard Skills)
- Manager Support (Soft Skills)
- Progress Updates (Soft Skills)
- Project Support (Hard Skills)
9. Category Sourcing Manager, Strataview Manufacturing Ltd, Boise, ID
Job Summary:
- Oversee, conduct, and actively manage the end-to-end strategic sourcing and procurement process.
- Provide thought leadership and innovative strategies for optimizing sourcing effectiveness and identifying potential supply chain risks.
- Establish strong vendor relationships, effectively manage category supply base, perform advanced and intricate negotiations to realize annual savings, and oversee selection of key vendors.
- Ensure expedient and compliant implementation of new contracts throughout the organization.
- Actively monitor vendor and internal performance against contracts, industry benchmarks, and previous baselines on a quarterly basis.
- Develop and submit reports for senior management.
- Identify, track and evaluate market changes and new technologies
- Manage and/or support the preparation and evaluation of RFIs and RFPs.
- Oversee roll-out of new vendor contracts and processes to all users.
- Organize and lead regular QBR with strategic suppliers to track, report and drive continuous improvement on vendor performance metrics.
Skills on Resume:
- Sourcing Management (Hard Skills)
- Strategic Leadership (Soft Skills)
- Vendor Negotiation (Hard Skills)
- Contract Implementation (Hard Skills)
- Performance Monitoring (Hard Skills)
- Report Development (Hard Skills)
- Market Evaluation (Hard Skills)
- Supplier Engagement (Soft Skills)