# Category Manager – Digital

Patterson isn't just a place to work, it's a partner that cares about your success. One of the distinguishing marks of our company is the talented people who embrace the people-first, always advancing, and results-driven culture. Professional growth abounds in this motivating environment. We value the diverse talents and experiences our employees bring to Patterson and believe that they build a stronger and successful organization. The Category Manager is accountable for the planning, execution, and optimization of assigned categories across assortment, pricing, promotions, procurement, and supplier partnerships. This position synthesizes market, customer, and performance insights into recommendations that maximize revenue, margin, and share across distribution channels. The position collaborates cross functionally to influence decisions and continuous improvement. Essential Functions Analyze category performance, customer account behaviors (e.g., purchasing patterns, product requirements, price expectations) and market dynamics to identify opportunities that drive revenue, margin, and category health Create, maintain, and interpret reports and dashboards to explain category perfor

- **Id**: 2530584
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/patterson-companies-category-manager-digital>
- **Role**: Operations
- **Role family**: Operations
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Saint Paul, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-07-20T00:00:00Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-05
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-14T17:19:21Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 117
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 5518
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Flexible schedule, Home office, Retirement plans
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Pharmaceutical Distribution, Dental Products & Labs, Medical Equipment Distribution

## Company

- **Id**: 2509573
- **Name**: Patterson Companies
- **Domain**: pattersoncompanies.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/pattersoncompanies>
- **Size band**: 5000+
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Workday

### Truth index

- **Grade**: B
- **Score**: 81
- **Open postings**: 18
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0.778
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 24
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-14T05:58:10Z

## Salary

- **Min**: 68300
- **Max**: 88766
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 88766

## Trust

- **Level**: stale
- **Repost count**: 1
- **Flags**: stale
- **Days open**: 117

## Requirements

- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-10-14T12:40:55Z
- Event: close; At: 2026-10-21T17:00:25Z
- Event: reopen; At: 2026-11-05T19:34:50Z

## Visa

- Country: US; Licensed sponsor: yes; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 0; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: H-1B filings in 12 months: 8 · green card filings: 1; Filings 12m: 8

## Liveness

- **Score**: 3
- **Band**: cold
- **Label**: Long shot
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.119
- **P room**: 0.28
- **Age days**: 117
- **Expected fill days**: 24
- **Reasons**: conf:3, stale_co, win:tail, crowd:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-14T05:58:10Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 88766
- **Is top pay**: no

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