# Category Manager

How you will make an impact? As a Category Manager, you will use teamwork and collaboration to manage multiple product categories end to end, partnering cross-functionally to develop and execute category strategies that drive financial performance, market share, and inventory health across corporate stores and wholesale customers. What you’ll do: Deliver financial plans by maximizing revenue, margin, and inventory productivity. Develop, implement, and continuously refine assortment, sales, and buying strategies aligned with customer needs and business objectives. Leverage existing reporting tools while helping evolve new metrics to support smarter decision-making. Analyze market, customer, and competitive data to identify growth opportunities and risks. Provide clear merchandising direction for assigned categories, ensuring alignment across teams. Partner cross-functionally with Supply Chain, Marketing, Operations, and Finance to execute strategies effectively. Develop and maintain strong, collaborative vendor relationships that drive innovation, profitability, and long-term value. Partner closely with the O’Reilly U.S. merchandising team to support the development of differentia

- **Id**: 3954749
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/vastauto-category-manager>
- **Role**: Operations
- **Role family**: Operations
- **Seniority**: junior
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Brampton, Canada
- **Countries**: CA
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 2
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-03-11T04:00:00Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-09
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-09T07:01:50Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 243
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 2549
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Growth opportunities
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Automotive Components, Auto Repair & Service, Auto Parts & Accessories Retail

## Company

- **Id**: 2687457
- **Name**: Vastauto
- **Domain**: vastauto.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/vastauto-2>
- **Size band**: 201-500
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Dayforce

## Technologies

- **Microsoft Excel** — Optional: no
- **Microsoft Office** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 243

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 2
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

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

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-09T07:01:50Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 5
- **Band**: cold
- **Label**: Long shot
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.168
- **P room**: 0.28
- **Age days**: 243
- **Expected fill days**: 28
- **Reasons**: conf:2, win:tail, crowd:junior
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-09T09:52:34Z

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