As the Retail Vendor Programs Manager, you’ll execute the experience strategy across your assigned vendor category to drive seamless customer and employee experiences. You’ll oversee experience execution including general sales, operations and services. You’ll also partner with key stakeholders to drive customer and employee strategies. In this role, you’ll work closely with category sales, field leadership and other cross functional partners to influence decisions and deliver on operational- and sales-related needs.<br><br><strong>What You’ll Do<br><br></strong><ul><li>Manage employee experience, staffing, development and performance management</li><li>Ensure business, retail and vendor strategies are aligned in support of the employee and customer experience</li><li>Lead vendor funded programs, internal cross-functional coordination and alignment</li><li>Engage with retail and corporate partners to ensure strategies and information are developed with a retail operational and sales lens.</li><li>Drive performance results and analyze performance indicators against business strategies and lead your team to facilitate growth and improve results</li><li>Guide leaders through competing priorities to ensure efficiency and execution<br><br></li></ul><strong>Basic Qualifications<br><br></strong><ul><li>2 years of experience as a supervisor or manager in business, military or related fields</li><li>2 years of sales or customer service experience</li><li>1 year of experience managing and reviewing operational expenses and revenue<br><br></li></ul><strong>Preferred Qualifications<br><br></strong><ul><li>Retail industry experience</li><li>Consumer electronic industry experience</li><li>1 year of retail management experience</li><li>1 year of vendor communicating experience<br><br></li></ul><strong>What’s In It For You<br><br></strong>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.<br><br><strong>Our Benefits Include<br><br></strong><ul><li>Competitive pay</li><li>Great employee discount</li><li>Financial savings and retirement resources</li><li>Support for your physical and mental well-being<br><br></li></ul>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.<br><br>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.<br><br>For more information about benefits, LOA and paid time off, please refer to our Benefits Guide.<br><br><strong>About Us<br><br></strong>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.<br><br>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.™<br><br>Best Buy is an equal opportunity employer.<br><br><strong>Application deadline:</strong> Minimum of 5 days from the posting date. You can find that date above the job title at the top of the page.<br><br>Position Type: Full timePandoLogic. Keywords: Purchasing Manager, Location: Saint Paul, MN - 55101<br><br>