Bauer: Category Coordinator

TEAMMATES WANTED

Working at Bauer is like playing on a hockey team. We empower each other to be our best. Everyone on the team has an important role to play. You might be leading others or collaborating with teammates on a big project. Whatever your title, you are part of something bigger than yourself.

Founded in 1927, Bauer Hockey developed the first skate. Since then, our passion for the game, drive for innovation, and commitment to the hockey community have made us the most trusted brand in hockey.

Purpose & Core Values:   

Our purpose at Bauer is to enrich life experiences through sports. We have the responsibility to cultivate the future of our brands. We are always “we” and never “I”.  We love what we do. We believe anything is possible and work to be our best. We strive to always redefine the standard of excellence in all that we do.

Want to join our team as a Category Coordinator?

The Category Coordinator is responsible to communicate business calendar milestones, maintain category tools and templates, collect and analyze sales, market, and competitive data, and support cross-functional teams throughout the product commercialization process to execute category objectives.

Essential Job Functions & Responsibilities:

• Support the Category Management team by gathering and implementing consistent templates/tools by category.
• Manage & communicate with the team around key millstones within the Business calendar to drive stronger execution and on-time completion.
• Team data collection and reporting from GLP, SAP, Pivot Link, intranet maintenance of GLP and sell through tools.
• Assist in obtaining information on sales history, market share and competitors.
• Collect competitive assessments including line planning and pricing comparisons.
• Provide access to Visual line templates and key financial documentation.
• Streamline creative and commercialization process & requests from creative and channel functions.
• Gatekeeper of key business documents that require cross-functional input and documentation to ensure successful execution.
• Work as a product expert at events and responds to sales reps, retailer’s consumer e-mails & D2C questions.
• Responsible for organization and merchandising of materials, including ordering, managing inventory and timely delivery of all samples.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree with 1-3 years of experience in the consumer goods, wholesale industry (preferably apparel/footwear) or related field- or equivalent years of relevant and related experience.
• Must have knowledge of the hockey industry and a core understanding of the consumer.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel and PowerPoint).
• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to effectively communicate at all levels of organization.
• Strong organizational and analytical skills.
• Must have excellent information seeking skills.
• Highly organized, diligent, and comfortable operating in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
• Adjust quickly to changing priorities and business needs.

Interested yet? Good. We are, too. We're pretty sure you’ll want to know this position is eligible to participate in the Company’s annual incentive plan. We also offer one of the most generous benefits packages around including a 401(k) plan with employer match, paid parental leave, an employee discount program on apparel and gear, casual & hybrid work environment and a host of other perks we don't have room to mention here.

We are committed to employing a diverse workforce and are an equal opportunity employer.

We use AI-assisted tools during parts of our recruitment process to help ensure fairness and efficiency. All final hiring decisions are made by our human hiring team.