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Circle K · 3 hours ago

Field Category Manager

Jacksonville, FL

Part-time

Onsite

Senior Level

5+ years exp

Circle K is a well-known convenience store chain, and they are seeking a Field Category Manager to support national and regional strategic direction. The role involves managing local assortment, pricing decisions, vendor operations, and promoting sales growth through effective category management principles.

Food and BeverageRetailShopping

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Supports national and regional strategic direction

Responsible for local assortment and planogram execution

Owns frontline pricing decisions (with promotional guidance from National or Regional for floor/ceiling)

Responsible for vendor operations and local relationships

Responsible for planogram implementation – resets (including all 3rd party relationships)

Responsible for actionable operational reporting (Out of Stock, Zero Sales Reporting, Delivery Frequency, and others as necessary)

Selects local vendors, negotiates costs, terms for products, and develops schematics by applying category management principles in accordance with the departments' National and Regional strategic objectives

Increases sales revenues by developing promotional concepts and overlay programs on local assortment; develops Contributes to team effort by accomplishing Financial and Key Result Area targets pursuant to Company plan guidelines

Foster positive relationships between the National, Regional and Business Unit team and Operational team

Supports pilots/testing activities, including preparation and delivering communication materials

Also tracking of results and feedback to the appropriate team

Establishes and monitors gross margins by forecasting and developing annual sales quotas, projecting expected sales volume and profit for existing and new products and determining placement and promotions

Projects and measures category sales and gross profit results by developing and maintaining records of item cost, retail, and gross margin dollars

Maintains external local and national vendor relations by providing direction, guidance, and information, resolving concerns

Recommends changes in products, service, and policy by evaluating results and competitive developments

Achieves financial objectives by preparing an annual category review, budget, scheduling expenditures, analyzing variances, initiating corrective actions

Allocates program costs by preparing operational and risk reports for analyses aligning with the National and Regional Merchandising

Maintain professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops, reading professional publications, establishing personal networks; or participating in professional societies

Contributes to team effort by accomplishing determined Financial and Key Result Area targets pursuant to Company Plan guidelines

Qualification

Category managementVendor relationsFinancial acumenAnalytical thinkingRelationship managementMS ExcelMS OutlookMS PowerPointMS WordTeam collaboration

Required

Bachelor's degree in advertising, business, or related field

Five years of experience or more; including a minimum of three years of management responsibility

Expertise in MS Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, and Word

Strong relationship management skills

Analytical thinking skills

Financial acumen skills

May require up to 30% of travel

Valid driver's license

Company

Circle K

Glassdoor3.2

Our mission at Circle K is to make our customers' lives a little easier every day.

Founded in 1951

Laval, Quebec, CAN

10001+ employees

http://www.circlek.com

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