Category Manager - Black Class

ELEVATE EVERYTHING – We each bring a specific set of skills to the table, offering up our expertise and resources to enhance the work of others. We challenge each other to be the best in order to achieve enduring value in the eyes of our customers.

BETTER IS BETTER – There is no finish line; we strive for continuous improvement in everything we do. We obsess over every detail to find ways to improve both our products and our process.

UNAPOLOGETICALLY ACCOUNTABLE – We’re open and honest in how we speak and listen. We celebrate each other’s successes, and collectively rally to solve every challenge. We own it!

COURAGEOUS INNOVATION – There are elegant ideas awaiting discovery in everything we do. We push everyone around us to pursue those ideas openly so we can continue to dominate the category.

As part of the Category Management team at Benchmade, your role and responsibility sit in the intersection between product development, marketing, and the sales channels/regions. You own the future! We are looking for strong, confident product minded business leaders to help us craft the products of the future! You will be responsible for developing business strategy via product to achieve net sales, net margin, inventory, and SKU productivity for assigned category.

You are supervising the NPI process and line creation and are responsible for the collection and vision of your area of expertise. You are providing relevant market feedback and analyze sell in and sell out data to better inform your collections and to drive authenticity. To enable smooth proactive product launches, you are creating and managing timelines, interfacing and collaboration between stakeholders and embedding yourself into your customer’s use cases and lifestyle. Assortment planning and sales channel connectivity is one of your measures to optimize customer/channel specific sell in needs. You are aiming to align seasonal plans across functions, to maximize sell in, sell out and contribution margin.

Being prepared is not just a self-serving idea that gives you confidence in the unknown, it’s about service to something bigger than yourself. Being ready, without hesitation, when you’re needed the most. Our Black Class knives are the tool you need to be prepared in any situation. Technical, with every detail considered, ensuring they can perform without compromise. We will focus on the technical superiority of the product and the authenticity of a knife as a tool for the moments that matter most. The reliability of the mechanism, toughness of the blade, and ergonomics of the handle. All the raw elements that we craft into a high performing tool that will perform. Our audience will get to know every detail of these knives understanding just how important a quality, Made in America tool is to your daily life. If you have a passion for the technical and the tactical with amazing innovation driven by in field performance we want you to help bring our Black Class to new levels of thought, franchise and business strategy.

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This is an exciting time to be part of a company on the verge of even greater success. If you think you have what it takes to be part of a company that strives to create a working environment that stimulates team spirit, passion, engagement, and achievement, complete an application today. Please include a resume with your online application.

Benchmade Knife Company values diversity in its work force and is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity, Affirmative Action, and compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act.