The Microsoft Store has become one of the largest worldwide retailers of Microsoft products and is poised for significant growth in the next five years. To fuel our continued growth, we are seeking a Category Manager who will lead the Connected Life business and manage the Mobile, MRVR and IoT categories. This individual will be accountable for product assortment line logic, go to market pricing decisions, seasonal promotion strategy, top line revenue and gross margin.

 If you are someone who enjoys making data driven decisions, staying up-to-date on the latest trends in the consumer electronics industry, and thrives in a highly collaborative and customer-obsessed environment, then the Microsoft Stores Category Management Team is the right place for you!

Responsibilities

How you can make an impact:

• Assist the lead Category Manager as necessary to deliver annual and quarterly targets
• Flawless planning and execution of major product launches and promotional campaigns
• Deliver market and performance analysis that drives new business growth ideas
• Use your collaboration skills to ensure timely stakeholder communications
• Prioritization of key tasks to focus on driving impact

Key Responsibilities:

• Product Roadmap: Weekly maintenance of tools to ensure accurate product lifecycle management, product onboarding to end of life
• Promotional Calendar: Maintain a 4-month rolling promotional calendar, update tools as necessary to create new promotions and make changes to existing offers
• Pricing Maintenance: Maintain product pricing in tools and market pricing analysis of competitor products
• Collaboration: ensure internal cross-functional teams are always up to date with the latest Category plans through teams
• Analysis: Analyze business performance, provide insights and ideas to lead Category Manager

Qualifications

What our team offers:

At our core, we are a team that encourages a diverse & inclusive culture.  We are respectful, collaborative, honest, accountable, and caring. The right candidate can expect to have opportunities to grow their own experience and career while influencing our internal and external product and component suppliers on what Microsoft brings to market in the hardware space.

 What I’ll do for you:

• Support who you are as your authentic self
• Make career development a consistent priority
• Celebrate your wins and recognize your accomplishments.
• Help you gain new experiences and build upon your strengths
• Coach you to work on your areas of improvement.

Desired skills and behaviors:  

• Determination and hunger to learn and grow
• Enjoys telling stories through data
• Passionate about technology and new trends
• High attention to detail
• Great communicaton
• Intellectual curiosity
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Drives for results with integrity
• Ability to challenge the status quo to find new ways of doing things