**Our Opportunity:** Chewy is seeking a **Senior Category Manager, Small Animal** to join our growing and fast-paced Specialty merchandising team. Location is flexible between Bellevue, WA | Boston, MA or Plantation, FL. At Chewy, our top priority is delivering an outstanding customer and partner experience. As a Category Manager, you will be a key player in handling vendor relationships and driving growth for our Small Animal category. We are looking for a true subject matter expert in small animals with significant first-hand experience and an end-to-end understanding of the customer’s needs. You should be a hard-working, high-performing problem solver, and have experience with sales, negotiations, merchandising, and/or marketing. **What You’ll Do:** + Lead small animal category, which includes guinea pigs, chinchillas, hedgehogs, rabbits, ferrets, fancy rats, sugar gliders, etc. + Establish, build, and handle strong vendor partner relationships, including ownership across assortment, pricing, cost/rebate/terms negotiations. + 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. + Find opportunities within your category to optimize and improve 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 partnership as well as well-rounded planning and execution. **What You’ll Need:** + 7+ years of first-hand experience with small animals + 5+ years of comprehensive business experience in ecommerce, merchandising, retail, or similar organizations + Passion for sales/merchandising and the willingness to move fast + Confirmed operator, skilled in go-to-market, and with focus on execution + Ability to influence cross-functional partners + Experience in vendor management/merchandising, sales, marketing, and general management + Ability to lead, be forward-thinking, prioritize, and run multiple projects simultaneously + Proficient in Microsoft Office, specifically Excel, and proven understanding of retail math **Bonus:** + Business and leadership experience; both in bigger organizations and start-up businesses. + SQL a plus **Work Arrangement:** + Hybrid Model: 3+ days in hub location per week **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** **CAAR@chewy.com** **.** **If you have a question regarding your application, please contact** **HR@chewy.com** **.** **To access Chewy's Customer Privacy Policy, please click here (https://www.chewy.com/app/content/privacy) . To access Chewy's California CPRA Job Applicant Privacy Policy, please click here (https://chewyinc.phenompro.com/us/en/privacy-policy) .**