Job Description

Rhee Bros., Inc. is one of the largest importers of Asian food in the United States. Our mission is to provide our customers with best-in-class distribution services through innovative products, sourcing, and logistics solutions in Pan-Asian Food. Located in Hanover, MD, Rhee Bros currently serves independent Asian retailers, wholesale grocery and chain retailers, food service distributors, chain restaurants, and manufacturers. At Rhee Bros, our employees are the heart and soul of what we do. For two generations, we’ve become more diverse with talented professionals from all walks of life and backgrounds, and we aim to continue that tradition for years to come.

The physical heart of Rhee Brothers is our main distribution center in Hanover, MD. Our warehouse and transportation teams handle over 25,000 cases of dry, refrigerated, and frozen products every day. Food quality is paramount to our customers, and we pride ourselves on the safety and cleanliness of our warehouses in Irwindale, CA and Hanover, MD. Rhee Bros is a third-party food safety audited facility.

Job Title: Category Manager

Department

Category Management

The Category Manager position is responsible for providing market leadership in merchandising and vendor management.

Key responsibilities include sales & profit management, market insights development, merchandising (product management), relationship management and market communication for own product category.

Reports To: Team Manager – Product Category

Compensation: $55K - $70K​

Key Responsibilities

Sales & Profit Management

• Contribute to Sales & Profit target by focusing on each product group performance.
• Maintain price competitiveness and focus on cost savings in core items.
• Obtain information about customer needs or preferences by conferring with sales or purchasing personnel.

Product Management (Merchandising)

• Proactively review SKU performance and communicate with team manager to maintain high performing SKUs. Keep reviewing existing products to find opportunities in product line-up adjustment, packaging changes, spec adjustment etc.
• Develop and launch future-aiming new items collaborating with sales team to maintain leadership in Asian-food distribution.
• Define and develop Pan-Asian Food product portfolio, not limited to existing product lines
• Analyze environmental aspects of competing merchandise when making buying decisions.
• Conduct sales meetings to introduce new merchandise.

Supplier Relationship Management (SRM)

• Develop and maintain strong relationship with key vendors.
• Develop new vendors to increase product performance and to minimize exiting vendor risk for RB and customers. (Ensure supply through multi-vendor operation)
• Communicate and negotiate with vendors to get the best price. Monitor competitors’ product and price in priority to maintain strong market leadership. (Regular price negotiation per vendors based on team plan)
• Work closely with vendor to maintain high standard of product quality. Addresses any quality issue with related parties and takes corrective actions. If any quality issue occurred, actively co-work with Compliance Manager.

Market Insights & Communication

• Keep updating industry, category and product trends to deliver market leadership.
• Analyze environmental aspects of competing merchandise when making buying decisions.
• Develop market communication plan and execute by co-working with sales team. (New product introduction campaign, price promotion and any other marketing promotions on category).

Rhee Bros., Inc. is an equal opportunity employer and affords equal opportunity to all applicants for all positions without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, age, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, or any other class protected by federal, state, and local laws.

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