Field Category Manager

Circle K Stores • Nonstore Nashville, TN

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About The Position

The Field Category Manager supports national and regional strategic direction and is responsible for local assortment, pricing, vendor operations, planogram execution, and operational reporting. The role selects local vendors, negotiates product costs and terms, and develops schematics in accordance with national and regional category objectives. It also develops promotional concepts for local assortments, manages category sales and gross margin performance, and contributes to financial and key result area targets under company plan guidelines.

The position works with national, regional, business unit, and operational teams; maintains vendor relationships; supports pilots and testing; and provides reporting, communication, and feedback. The role prepares category reviews and budgets, monitors sales and margins, evaluates competitive developments, and recommends changes to products, services, and policies. It may require up to 30% travel and requires a valid driver’s license.

The work includes prolonged sitting, computer use, viewing a monitor, telephone communication, reaching forward or overhead, and occasionally lifting up to 20 pounds. The work environment typically has moderate noise and natural and fluorescent lighting. The employee works with minimum direction and periodic supervision.

Requirements

• A valid driver’s license is required.
• Strong relationship management, analytical thinking, and financial acumen skills.
• Up to 30% travel may be required.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor’s degree in advertising, business, or a related field preferred; other combinations of job-related experience and education may be substituted.
• Five or more years of experience preferred, including at least three years of management responsibility.
• Expertise in MS Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, and Word preferred.
• Food experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Support national and regional strategic direction.
• Manage local assortment and planogram execution, including resets and third-party relationships.
• Make frontline pricing decisions within promotional guidance from national or regional teams.
• Manage vendor operations and local vendor relationships.
• Provide actionable operational reporting, including out-of-stock, zero-sales, and delivery-frequency reports.
• Select local vendors, negotiate product costs and terms, and develop schematics in line with national and regional strategic objectives.
• Develop promotional concepts and overlay programs for local assortment to increase sales revenue.
• Meet financial and key result area targets pursuant to company plan guidelines.
• Foster positive relationships among national, regional, business unit, and operational teams.
• Support pilots and testing, prepare and deliver communication materials, and track results and feedback.
• Forecast sales and profit, establish and monitor gross margins, and determine product placement and promotions.
• Project and measure category sales and gross profit results; maintain records of item cost, retail, and gross margin dollars.
• Maintain local and national vendor relationships by providing direction, guidance, and information and resolving concerns.
• Recommend changes to products, services, and policies by evaluating results and competitive developments.
• Prepare annual category reviews and budgets, schedule expenditures, analyze variances, and initiate corrective actions.
• Allocate program costs and prepare operational and risk reports for analyses aligned with national and regional merchandising.
• Maintain professional and technical knowledge through workshops, publications, networking, and professional societies.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Education Level: No Education Listed