CarParts.com
CarParts.com
CarParts.com operează o platformă online de retail auto axată pe piese de schimb, accesorii pentru vehicule și alte componente destinate consumatorilor. Activitatea sa de comerț electronic direct către consumatori oferă produse aftermarket și produse echivalente celor ale producătorilor de echipamente originale, susținute de operațiuni care acoperă retailul auto, logistica și producția.

Category Manager, Automotive Performance & Powersports — CarParts.com

Lead the automotive performance parts P&L at CarParts.com while helping expand its powersports business. Drive assortment, pricing, vendor partnerships, merchandising, and profitable growth across high-SKU categories.

Descriere

  • Manage the P&L for automotive performance parts, including exhaust, intake, suspension and lift kits, performance lighting, engine and drivetrain products, and interior and exterior upgrades.
  • Develop assortment, pricing, and vendor strategies that increase revenue and margin.
  • Support the launch and growth of the powersports category across ATV/UTV, motorcycle, and side-by-side parts and accessories.
  • Set revenue, gross margin, and contribution margin targets while creating annual category plans and quarterly forecasts.
  • Analyze market trends, enthusiast segments, emerging vehicle platforms, sales, conversion, margin, inventory, returns, and defect rates.
  • Manage brand and SKU assortments, close assortment gaps, onboard brands and product lines, and discontinue underperforming SKUs.
  • Maintain accurate ACES/PIES fitment data, product content, images, attributes, compliance flags, and state restrictions.
  • Build and manage relationships with performance brands, manufacturers, and warehouse distributors.
  • Negotiate product costs, commercial terms, co-op and MDF funding, rebates, drop-ship arrangements, and MAP/UMAP compliance.
  • Conduct vendor reviews using scorecards for fill rate, lead time, data quality, and returns.
  • Establish pricing direction and coordinate the annual promotional calendar with pricing and marketing teams.
  • Evaluate promotional ROI and refine future campaign plans.
  • Collaborate with marketing, supply chain, catalog, analytics, site, and search teams on merchandising, inventory, content, navigation, filters, and search relevance.
  • Monitor competitors, marketplaces, and customer feedback to identify growth opportunities.

Cerințe

  • Bachelor’s degree in business, marketing, supply chain, or a related discipline, or equivalent experience.
  • At least 2 years of experience in category management, merchandising, buying, or product management, ideally within automotive aftermarket or performance parts.
  • Demonstrated ownership of a category P&L with measurable revenue and margin improvement.
  • Practical experience negotiating vendor costs, terms, and marketing funds.
  • Strong analytical capability, including SQL development and Databricks experience.
  • Advanced Excel proficiency, including pivot tables, lookups, and financial modeling.
  • Ability to work with business intelligence platforms such as Tableau, Power BI, or Looker.
  • Working knowledge of aftermarket fitment data, including ACES/PIES, and MAP policies.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to present recommendations to leaders and vendors.
  • Willingness to travel up to 10–15% for vendor meetings and industry events such as SEMA and AAPEX.
  • E-commerce or digital retail experience in a high-SKU catalog environment is preferred.
  • Experience creating Databricks dashboards or automated reporting is preferred.
  • Established relationships with major performance brands and distributors are preferred.
  • Knowledge of emissions requirements, including CARB EO numbers and EPA rules, along with lighting regulations is preferred.
  • Automotive or powersports enthusiast experience is preferred.
  • Experience with marketplaces such as Amazon, eBay Motors, and Walmart is preferred.

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