AD, Category Management - Exotics

Posted 9 Days Ago
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Bellevue, WA
7+ Years Experience
eCommerce • Healthtech • Pet • Retail • Pharmaceutical
At Chewy, our mission is to be the most trusted and convenient destination for pet parents and partners, everywhere.
The Role
Lead a team of category managers for the Exotics business at Chewy, focusing on vendor relations, product performance, and cross-functional collaboration. Develop strategies to recruit and nurture customers, while overseeing pricing, promotions, and budgeting. Manage complex business ventures and ensure excellent execution of go-to-market strategies.
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Our Opportunity:

Chewy is hiring an AD, Category Management in our Boston, MA | Bellevue, WA or Plantation, FL office locations. In this role, you will lead a team of category managers to support the Exotics business at Chewy. Your responsibilities will include developing new and existing business relationships, expanding product selection, and managing multiple new product launches on Chewy.

You must have excellent verbal and written communication skills, strong negotiation and vendor management experience, and the ability to analyze and communicate complex terms and margin structures. You should work well with other teams, including finance, inventory management, and site experience. Additionally, you must demonstrate the ability to dive deep into root cause problems, develop solutions, implement actions, and report on results. Keys to success in this role include strong ownership values, a passion for innovation, and the ability to accelerate time to market.

What You’ll Do:

  • Lead the exotics (small pet, pet bird, reptile, fish, wild bird) categories, 4-5 direct reports.
  • Oversee a team responsible for assortment, pricing, promotions, forecasting, and budgeting.
  • Establish, build, and manage strong vendor partner relationships
  • Identify opportunities within your category to optimize and maximize product performance, including analyzing sales data, assortment gaps, and market trends to make quick, effective decisions for your business.
  • Work cross-functionally with finance, marketing, supply chain, pricing, and customer service to ensure collaboration as well as holistic planning and execution
  • Build and implement, based on research and data insights, strategies and plans to both recruit new customers to Chewy and to develop existing customers via lifecycle management concepts.
  • Develop and execute data-driven strategies to recruit new customers and nurture existing ones through lifecycle management concepts.

What You’ll Need:

  • 8-10+ years of comprehensive business experience in leading e-commerce, retail, CPG, or similar organizations.
  • Exceptional skills in vendor management, merchandising, sales, marketing, and general management.
  • Strong understanding of finance, pricing, supply chain management, and operations.
  • Extensive experience in product and project management.
  • Proven track record of owning and growing large, complex businesses at high growth rates.
  • Demonstrated ability to launch and rapidly scale new business ventures.
  • Strong business acumen and willingness to move quickly.
  • Excellent strategic and analytical skills.
  • Proven expertise in go-to-market strategies and execution excellence.
  • High sense of ownership, quality standards, and a growth mindset.
  • Strong leadership skills with experience in developing and managing high-performance teams.
  • Exceptional communication skills with the ability to influence cross-functional partners.
  • Willingness to travel as needed.

Bonus (if applicable):

  • Bachelor’s degree and/or MBA preferred.
  • Proven business and leadership experience in market-leading organizations, including both large enterprises and startups.
  • Personal experience with exotic animals (pet birds, reptile & amphibians, fish, small animals)

Hub Locations & Work Arrangement:

  • Hub Locations: Bellevue, WA | Boston, MA | or Plantation, FL
  • Hybrid Model: 2+ days in hub location per week
  • Remote: This role is NOT a remote role.

Compensation & Benefits:

Our salary range for an AD, Category Management position is $149,000.00 - $245,000.00. The specific salary offered to a candidate may be influenced by a variety of factors including but not limited to the candidate’s relevant experience, education, and work location. In addition, this position is eligible for 401k, and a new hire and annual equity grant. We offer different types of insurance, such as medical/Rx, vision, dental, life, disability, hospital indemnity, critical illness, and accident. We offer parental leave, family services benefits, backup dependent care, flexible spending accounts, telemedicine, pet adoption reimbursement, employee assistance program, and many discounts including 10% off pet insurance and 20% off at Chewy.com. Salaried-exempt Team Members have unlimited PTO, subject to manager approval. Team Members will receive six paid holidays per year. Team Members may be eligible for paid sick and family leave in compliance with applicable state and local regulations.

Chewy is committed to equal opportunity. We value and embrace diversity and inclusion of all Team Members. If you have a disability under the Americans with Disabilities Act or similar law, and you need an accommodation during the application process or to perform these job requirements, or if you need a religious accommodation, please contact [email protected].


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HQ: Boston, MA
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Year Founded: 2011

What We Do

We view pets and pet parents as family and are obsessed with meeting their needs and exceeding customer expectations through every interaction. Behind the scenes, our talented teams are made up of innovators, delighters, big-thinkers and of course, passionate pet people—creating a place where you'll be empowered to build, grow and unleash your fullest potential.

We don’t just stand by our company mission—we’re obsessed with it. We seek to be the most trusted and convenient destination for pet parents and partners, everywhere. And we’re constantly finding new ways to do just that.

At Chewy, we understand pet parenthood is full of joyful highs and anxious lows. That’s why we’re here, standing alongside pet parents, providing everything their pets need for a happy, healthy life. We’re a leading online source for pet products, supplies, and prescriptions. We offer a broad selection of high-quality products and services at competitive prices with an exceptional level of customer care and a personal touch.

Since launching in 2011, we’ve combined the personalized service of your neighborhood pet store with the convenience and speed of e-commerce. We pride ourselves on being the only brand available 24/7/365 to support pet parents throughout their journey.

We have a rich history of being recognized for our deep care and personalization while going above and beyond for our customers and their pets.

We view pets and their people as more than just customers and look forward to meeting their needs and exceeding expectations through every interaction. With Chewy, no one pet-parents alone.

Our culture is for those who thrive on delivering results and becoming your best—no matter your role or location. At Chewy, our Operating Principles serve as a common language, or framework, that connects two of Chewy's most valuable elements—our people and our culture. The Operating Principles guide our character, capabilities, imagination, and methods for execution in support of our company's mission.

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With growth comes the exciting opportunity to be a part of a world-class organization of engineering, product, and design team members, responsible for driving our latest innovations and designing "out-of-the Chewy box" experiences.

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