# Lead Director, Category Manager

**Company**: CVS Health
**Location**: Woonsocket, RI
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $100,000.00 - $231,540.00
**Category**: Retail
**Industry**: Healthcare

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## Description

We're building a world of health around every individual , shaping a more connected, convenient, and compassionate health experience. At CVS Health, you'll be surrounded by colleagues who care deeply, innovate with purpose, hold themselves accountable, and prioritize safety and quality in everything they do.

As a Lead Director, Category Manager, you will own the Household businesses at CVS Health, setting category strategy, driving sales and margin growth, shaping vendor and omnichannel merchandising strategy, and leading a team of Category Merchants and Analysts.

**Responsibilities:**

- Deliver sales and margin goals by attaining market share and managing all lines of the category P&L

- Lead and manage large vendor relationships, including joint business planning development and vendor negotiations

- Develop and implement category plans, including plan optimal SKU mix, ExtraCare loyalty program, and weekly, seasonal, annual promotional programs

- Initiate and execute strategic promotional strategies and marketing plans by collaborating internally with CVS partners and supplier partners

- Build, coach, and develop a high-performing team with clear goals, accountability, and a strong pipeline of future merchandising talent

- Influence and align cross-functional partners across merchandising, marketing, digital, finance, supply chain, store operations, and loyalty to execute category priorities

- Leverage customer, loyalty, market, and competitive insights to identify growth opportunities and inform assortment, pricing, promotion, and merchandising decisions

- Develop and continually sustain a strong understanding of current competition and search out new competitive and customer opportunities

- Contribute to the development and execution of General Merchandising initiatives

**Preferred Qualifications:**

- 5+ years of experience in a CPG manufacturing company, retail organization, or in an analytical, merchandising, or buying position

- P&L management experience

- Strong working knowledge of retail math concepts and demonstrated application

- Strong leadership and storytelling abilities

- Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously

- Proven ability to implement strategies and use negotiation tactics to grow sales

- Technical experience in MS Excel, PowerPoint, Office, Word; some Access or other database knowledge

**Education:**

- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience (Masters preferred)

**Pay Range:**

$100,000.00 - $231,540.00

**Benefits:**

This full-time position is eligible for a comprehensive benefits package designed to support the physical, emotional, and financial well-being of colleagues and their families. The benefits for this position include medical, dental, and vision coverage, paid time off, retirement savings options, wellness programs, and other resources, based on eligibility.

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## Skills

### Required
- retail math concepts
- P&L management
- leadership
- storytelling
- MS Excel
- PowerPoint
- Office
- Word
- Access
- database knowledge

### Nice to have
- CPG manufacturing experience
- analytical experience
- merchandising experience
- buying experience
- negotiation tactics

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