[Hiring] Senior Category Manager @Scholastic

Role Description

Senior Category Managers serve as product experts for School Reading Events (Book Fairs and Book Clubs), leading the strategic development, curation, and merchandising of compelling book assortments across the Scholastic Dollars Catalog and Classroom Collections businesses. This role drives category sales, profitability, inventory productivity, and customer redemption while advancing Scholastic’s mission to encourage children around the world to read and grow.

Senior Category Managers are responsible for developing and executing category strategies, acquiring relevant and engaging titles, managing publisher relationships, and partnering cross-functionally to optimize product performance and customer experience across redemption programs.

The ideal candidate is a strategic, analytically driven category leader with a strong understanding of the book market, a passion for reading and education, and the ability to translate customer insights and business objectives into compelling assortments that drive growth.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years of experience in category management or a comparable role.
• Demonstrated success identifying, analyzing, and leveraging category trends to inform product procurement and development strategies that drive sales and profitability.
• Proven ability to identify business opportunities, develop and implement strategic initiatives, and evaluate performance against business objectives.
• Experience in publishing, children's toys, children's media, or educational products preferred.
• A genuine love of reading, a passion for education, and a strong commitment to Scholastic’s mission to “Encourage children around the world to read and grow” are essential to success in this role.

Requirements

• Demonstrated ability to lead and manage people, projects, and cross-functional initiatives.
• Strong problem-solving skills, sound judgment, and the ability to work independently to drive results.
• Excellent written and verbal communication, organizational, and time management skills.
• Strong attention to detail, with the ability to manage multiple priorities, adapt to changing business needs, and consistently meet deadlines.
• Self-motivated and adaptable, with the ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment, whether working remotely or in an office setting.
• High level of proficiency in Microsoft Office applications, including Excel, Word, Outlook, and PowerPoint, as well as Google Workspace applications.

Benefits

• The salary range for this position is $100,000 to $112,000 annually.
• Full-time position.
• Regular job type.
• Job family group: Publishing.
• Location: Florida.

Company Description

Scholastic is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Our policy is clear: there shall be no discrimination on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, pregnancy, national origin, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, non-disqualifying physical or mental disability, or status as a disabled veteran or Vietnam veteran. Those factors shall not influence the determination of qualifications for a job or other opportunity within the company. Further, all personnel actions (such as compensation, tuition aid, benefits, transfers, promotions, and dismissals, company-sponsored training, social and recreational programs) shall be administered without discrimination.