Category Operations Specialist - Fasteners

Job Title: Category Operations Specialist - Fasteners

Posting Start Date: 9/9/26

Division: Distribution

Posting Area: Business Management

Job Location: St. Louis, MO

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About Woodgrain:

Woodgrain is one of the top millwork operations in the world, with locations throughout the United States and Chile. With 70 years of quality manufacturing craftsmanship and service, Woodgrain is a top producer of mouldings, doors, and windows, as well as a premier distributor of specialty building products. Woodgrain Inc. is headquartered in Fruitland, Idaho with six divisions and over 45 manufacturing and warehouse facilities in the United States and South America. Since 1954, Woodgrain is proud to be family owned and operated.

Summary: The Product Data and Merchandising Specialist owns SKU-level product data integrity and packaging/labeling compliance for the Fasteners category and serves as the primary point of coordination for customer product data delivery, planogram development, and merchandising materials within Fasteners. This role works closely with the Category Manager - Fasteners, Procurement, Sales, and Marketing to ensure product information, compliance documentation, and merchandising assets are accurate, current, and delivered in the format each stakeholder requires.

Fastener Core Product Category Includes:

• Nails, screws, connectors, and other fastener products - branded, non-branded and private label

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include, but are not limited to the following:

• SKU & Product Data Management -- Maintain accurate, complete product data across systems for the Fasteners category; serve as the data steward for SKU-level information used by Sales, Procurement, and the Category Manager - Fasteners.
• Packaging & Labeling Management -- Track and manage packaging and labeling requirement changes for Fasteners products; develop and document specifications; coordinate with Procurement to ensure manufacturing partners meet packaging and labeling requirements on time and to spec.
• Customer Data Delivery - Prepare and deliver Fasteners product/SKU data to customers in their required formats; serve as the primary point of contact for customer data requests, troubleshooting, and format changes.
• Planogram Development - Develop customized planograms for Fasteners customers, in partnership with the Category Manager - Fasteners and Sales to ensure planograms reflect current assortment and category strategy.
• Merchandising Materials Coordination - Coordinate the development and deployment of Fasteners merchandising materials, including signage and point-of-sale displays.
• Marketing & Design Coordination - Partner with Marketing and design resources on the development of Fasteners marketing materials, ensuring product data and specifications are accurately reflected.
• Conversion support - Back-up fastener team on conversion process, including item match-up, assortment review and planogram support.
• Cross-Functional Partnership - Work closely with the Category Manager - Fasteners, Procurement, Sales, and Marketing to support category execution; escalate compliance or data issues that affect customer commitments or category performance

Our Culture:

• Our Core Values- Servant Leaders, integrity, customer focus, safety, and respect for people.
• Our Division- Committed, empowered, inquisitive, collaborative, and urgent.
• Our Sales Team- Passionate, tenacious, creative, hungry, and competitive.
• Our Sales Process- Professional, consultative, sense of urgency, persistent and customer-centric.
• Our Sales Team Leadership- Empathetic, humble, mentors, patient, and accountable.

Qualifications:

To perform this role effectively, the individual must be able to carry out all essential job duties to an acceptable standard. The qualifications outlined below represent the knowledge, skills, and abilities required for successful performance. Reasonable accommodation may be provided to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the position. This role also requires possession of a valid state driver's license.

Education and/or Experience:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• 3-5 years of experience in product data management, merchandising, or a related role - wholesale distribution, retail, or building materials industry experience preferred.
• Experience with Fastening products a plus.
• Experience with product information management systems, ERP product data modules, or equivalent.

Other Skills and Abilities:

• Strong Excel skills; comfort working with large, detail-heavy datasets across many SKUs.
• Familiarity with Adobe suite a plus
• Strong cross-functional communication skills - this role sits at the intersection of Procurement, Category Management, Sales, and Marketing.
• High attention to detail and strong organizational skills; ability to manage many concurrent, deadline-driven workstreams.

Supervisory Requirements

none

Physical Demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or listen. The employee must be able to lift, stock, cull, or inspect material on a daily, weekly, or monthly basis.

Work Environment:

The work environment fluctuates between travel to customer locations, company branches, and industry events.