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Location is flexible between Boston, MA, Plantation, FL, or Seattle, WA.\nAt Chewy, our top priority is delivering an extraordinary customer and partner experience. We are looking to hire a Senior Category Manager who will roll up their sleeves, dive into the weeds and remove roadblocks to grow the Supplements category at Chewy. You will be a self-starter who is data driven around the P&L ownership, vendor management, keep a pulse on the analytical trends and stay focused on building. Your reputation for excellent verbal and written communication, strong negotiations and vendor manager will make you a great fit. You must be subject matter leader in merchandising, retail, sales, and/or marketing.\nWhat You’ll Do:\nLead and develop the category. Own the P&L, vendor relationships, weekly/monthly/quarterly business reviews.\nEstablish, build, and handle strong vendor partner relationships, including ownership across all assortments, pricing, cost/rebate/terms negotiations.\nBuild and implement, based on research and data insights, strategies and plans to both recruit new customers to Chewy and to develop existing customers via lifecycle management concepts.\nFind opportunities within the category to optimize and improve product performance, including analyzing sales data, assortment gaps, and market trends to make quick, effective decisions for your business.\nWork cross-functionally with finance, marketing, supply chain, pricing, and customer service to ensure partnership as well as well-rounded planning and execution.\nHelp to launch new initiatives and engagements.\nWhat You’ll Need:\n7+ years of related Category Management or similar shown experience; Merchandising, Buying, Analyst, Product, or other. Ecommerce experience preferred.\nDeep expertise in vendor management, merchandising, sales, marketing, and general management.\nValidated excellent business judgment with strong written and oral communication skills.\nStrong analytical abilities and problem-solving skills, with focus on execution.\nThe ability to use both formal and informal influencing skills across cross functional teams.\nAbility to lead, be forward-thinking, prioritize, and run multiple projects simultaneously.\nProficient in Microsoft Office, specifically Excel, and strong knowledge of retail math. SQL a plus.\nHub Location & Work Arrangement:\nHubs: Boston, MA, Bellevue, WA, or Plantation, FL\nHybrid Model: 3+ days in hub location per week\nThe base salary range for this role is $118,500 - $189,500.00.\nThe specific salary offered to a candidate may be influenced by a variety of factors including but not limited to the candidate’s relevant experience, education, and work location. In addition, this position is eligible for 401k and a new hire and annual equity grant. C08+ positions may also be eligible for annual bonus.\n\nWe offer different types of insurance and benefits, such as medical/Rx, vision, dental, life, disability, hospital indemnity, critical illness, and accident. We offer parental leave, family services benefits, backup dependent care, flexible spending accounts, telemedicine, pet adoption reimbursement, employee assistance program, and many discounts including 10% off pet insurance and 20% off at Chewy.com.\nExempt salary team members have unlimited PTO, subject to manager approval. Team members will receive six paid holidays per year. Team members may be eligible for paid sick and family leave in compliance with applicable state and local regulations.\nChewy is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, ancestry, national origin, gender, citizenship, marital status, religion, age, disability, gender identity, results of genetic testing, veteran status, as well as any other legally-protected characteristic. If you have a disability under the Americans with Disabilities Act or similar law, and you need an accommodation during the application process or to perform these job requirements, or if you need a religious accommodation, please contact .\nTo access Chewy's California CPRA Job Applicant Privacy Policy, please click here.","description_format":"text","description_chars":4303,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":7,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":null,"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":["401k plan","Equity","Parental leave","Unlimited PTO"],"hiring_locations":[{"name":"United States","iso":"US","kind":"country"}],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["E-commerce Platforms","Pet Food, Supplies & Care"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-10-13T08:14:36Z"}],"visa":[{"country":"US","licensed_sponsor":true,"evidence":"H-1B filings in 12 months: 184 · green card filings: 110","filings_12m":184,"filings_prev_12m":257,"green_card_filings_12m":110,"median_offered_wage_usd":149813,"route":null,"cap_exempt":false,"checked_at":"2026-10-03T21:08:04+00:00","sources":["US Department of Labor: LCA disclosure data (H-1B, H-1B1, E-3)","US Department of Labor: PERM disclosure data (green cards)"],"filings_for_role_12m":0}],"liveness":{"score":84,"band":"hot","label":"Hiring now","p_open":1,"p_active":0.837,"p_room":1,"age_days":9,"expected_fill_days":39,"reasons":["conf:20","win:early","comp:brand"],"computed_at":"2026-10-14T06:34:16Z"},"pay":{"stated_usd_annual":189500,"is_top_pay":true},"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/chewy-senior-category-manager","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/chewy-senior-category-manager.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-15T03:19:48Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":4774,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-10-16T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":709617},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=709617"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fchewy-senior-category-manager"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fchewy-senior-category-manager"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fchewy-senior-category-manager"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/chewy-senior-category-manager\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fchewy-senior-category-manager"}]}