Field Category Manager

Circle K • Pensacola, FL

108d

About The Position

The Category Manager is responsible for supporting national and regional strategic direction, focusing on local assortment and planogram execution. This role involves making frontline pricing decisions, managing vendor operations and relationships, and implementing planograms. The Category Manager is tasked with actionable operational reporting, selecting local vendors, negotiating costs, and developing schematics in line with category management principles. The position aims to increase sales revenues through promotional concepts and overlay programs, while also contributing to team efforts to meet financial and key result area targets. The role includes establishing and monitoring gross margins, projecting sales volume and profit, and maintaining vendor relations. The Category Manager will also prepare annual category reviews, budgets, and operational reports, while maintaining professional knowledge through workshops and publications.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in advertising, business, or related field preferred.
• Five years of experience or more preferred, including three years of management responsibility.
• Expertise in MS Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, and Word preferred.
• Strong relationship management, analytical thinking, and financial acumen skills.
• Valid driver's license required.

Responsibilities

• Supports national and regional strategic direction.
• Responsible for local assortment and planogram execution.
• Owns frontline pricing decisions with promotional guidance.
• Manages vendor operations and local relationships.
• Implements planograms and resets, including third-party relationships.
• Provides actionable operational reporting.
• Selects local vendors and negotiates costs and terms.
• Develops promotional concepts and overlay programs.
• Contributes to team efforts to achieve financial and key result area targets.
• Supports pilots/testing activities and tracks results.
• Establishes and monitors gross margins and forecasts sales quotas.
• Maintains vendor relations and resolves concerns.
• Recommends changes in products, services, and policies.
• Prepares annual category reviews and budgets.
• Maintains professional and technical knowledge.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Industry: Food and Beverage Retailers
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree