Category Manager - Dog Consumables

Chewy Chewy · Retail · Plantation, FL

This role is for a Category Manager responsible for the end-to-end performance of a strategic brand or portfolio within Chewy's Dog Consumables category. The role involves P&L management, growth strategy, merchandising, marketing, and operational execution, with a focus on analytics, vendor partnerships, and e-commerce. It requires strong business acumen, ownership, and cross-functional leadership in a fast-paced, high-growth environment.

What you'd actually do

  1. Own category or brand performance, including P&L management and growth targets
  2. Develop and execute strategies across pricing, assortment, promotions, and merchandising
  3. Analyze performance data to identify opportunities and drive decision-making
  4. Build and manage vendor relationships, including negotiations and joint business planning
  5. Partner cross-functionally with marketing, supply chain, and operations to deliver results

Skills

Required

  • 5+ years of experience in category management, brand management, or similar commercial roles
  • Strong blend of analytical skills, business ownership, and vendor interaction
  • Experience in ecommerce, retail, or FMCG environments
  • Demonstrated business acumen across pricing, assortment, promotions, and P&L ownership
  • Proven ability to manage vendors and cross-functional stakeholders
  • Data-driven mindset with a track record of turning insights into action
  • Success operating in fast-paced, high-growth environments

Nice to have

  • Experience scaling new or emerging brands or categories
  • Exposure to supply chain, forecasting, and inventory planning
  • Track record of launching new products or go-to-market strategies
  • Background in tech-enabled retail (e.g., marketplaces, DTC)
  • Strong operator mindset—able to execute, not just strategize
  • Comfort with ambiguity and using data to guide decisions
  • Proven ability to influence cross-functional teams and drive alignment
  • Demonstrated success in growing revenue or improving category performance

What the JD emphasized

  • end-to-end performance
  • P&L
  • growth strategy
  • ecommerce execution
  • vendor partnerships
  • analytics
  • revenue growth
  • customer experience
  • ownership
  • fast-paced environments
  • high-growth company
  • pricing
  • assortment
  • promotions
  • merchandising
  • vendor relationships
  • negotiations
  • joint business planning
  • cross-functionally
  • supply chain
  • operations
  • new products
  • customer experience
  • commercial outcomes
  • category management
  • brand management
  • commercial roles
  • analytical skills
  • business ownership
  • vendor interaction
  • ecommerce
  • retail
  • FMCG environments
  • business acumen
  • P&L ownership
  • manage vendors
  • cross-functional stakeholders
  • data-driven mindset
  • insights into action
  • fast-paced
  • high-growth environments
  • scaling new or emerging brands or categories
  • supply chain
  • forecasting
  • inventory planning
  • launching new products
  • go-to-market strategies
  • tech-enabled retail
  • operator mindset
  • ambiguity
  • data to guide decisions
  • influence cross-functional teams
  • drive alignment
  • growing revenue
  • improving category performance