Category Enablement Associate Manager, Retail Support

About the job

As a Category Enablement Associate Manager, you’ll support the primary functions of the Retail Support Team including natural disasters, store lifecycles, and drive times. This role will focus on managing the inventory movement and placement for the store life cycle projects across all categories and assisting in store life cycle inventory planning. This role will also focus on maintaining timelines and milestones involving demand planning for each project and communicating updates as needed to cross functional partners. The Associate Manager will build and leverage relationships with retail leadership, category teams, project managers, and internal supply chain partners.

This role is hybrid, which means you will be required to work on site Monday through Thursday at the Best Buy corporate office in Richfield, Minnesota. You can work virtually from home or another non‑Best Buy location on Friday. The recruiter or hiring manager will provide more details during the hiring process.**

What you’ll do **- Drive process and system improvements, building and executing plans that support key business strategies.

• Manage and execute operational processes and contribute to projects ranging from functional initiatives to larger cross-functional efforts.
• Identify issues, opportunities, and risks, providing recommendations and escalating concerns when needed.
• Analyze root causes and collaborate with partners to resolve challenges and improve outcomes.
• Build strong cross-functional relationships, communicate effectively, and help navigate organizational roadblocks.
• Influence results through leadership, partnership, and organizationally valued behaviors**

Basic qualifications **- 3 years of experience in merchandising, demand planning, e-commerce, marketing, operations, customer experience, vendor management, or supply chain

• 2 years of data analysis
• 2 years of project management experience
• Ability to communicate with leadership of varying levels and influence without authority**

Preferred qualifications **- Bachelor’s degree

• Retail experience**

What’s in it for you

**We’re committed to helping our people thrive at work and at home. Best Buy offers a range of benefits to support your overall well-being and provide support as you need it, especially at key moments in your life.

Our benefits include:

• Competitive pay

• Great employee discount

• Financial savings and retirement resources

• Support for your physical and mental well-being

Best Buy provides different types of leaves of absence (LOA) and potential pay sources to employees based on eligibility. The length of your LOA depends on your situation, where you live, your full-time or part-time employment status, and federal and state regulations. Intermittent or reduced-schedule leave is also available for certain medical or family care leaves. Paid time off (vacation or PTO) is offered to full-time and part-time employees based on work location, employment status, salary or hourly status (exempt/non-exempt), and years of continued or bridged service.

Certain roles, where market norms demand it, are eligible for various forms of incentive pay to drive performance and offer recognition for achieving financial and strategic results. For more information about our incentive pay plans, including eligibility, please refer to our Incentive Programs Summary.

For more information about benefits, LOA and paid time off, please refer to our Benefits Guide.**

About us

**As part of the Best Buy team, you’ll help us fulfill our purpose to enrich lives through technology. We bring that to life every day by humanizing and personalizing tech solutions for every stage of life — in our stores, online and in customers’ homes.

Our culture is built on deeply supporting and valuing our amazing employees who make it all possible. We’re committed to being a great place to work, where you can unlock unique career possibilities. Above all, we aim to provide a place where you can bring your full, authentic self to work now and into the future. Tomorrow works here.™

Best Buy is an equal opportunity employer.**

Application deadline: **Minimum of 5 days from the posting date. You can find that date above the job title at the top of the page.

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Benefits

Best Buy offers a range of benefits to support your overall well-being, as outlined in the Benefits Guide. Eligibility may vary.

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