Category Manager, Circle K

Circle K

Location:
United States of America, Pensacola

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Job Description:

The Category Manager is responsible for supporting national and regional strategic direction, managing local assortment and planogram execution, owning frontline pricing decisions, and maintaining vendor operations and local relationships. The role involves actionable operational reporting, selecting local vendors, negotiating costs, and developing promotional concepts to increase sales revenues. The position requires a Bachelor’s degree in advertising, business, or related field, five years of experience, and expertise in MS Office. Physical demands include sitting for long periods, operating a computer, and occasional lifting up to 20 pounds.

Job Responsibility:

Supports national and regional strategic direction
Responsible for local assortment and planogram execution
Owns frontline pricing decisions
Responsible for vendor operations and local relationships
Responsible for planogram implementation – resets
Responsible for actionable operational reporting
Selects local vendors, negotiates costs, terms for products, and develops schematics
Increases sales revenues by developing promotional concepts and overlay programs
Contributes to team effort by accomplishing Financial and Key Result Area targets
Foster positive relationships between the National, Regional and Business Unit team and Operational team
Supports pilots/testing activities
Establishes and monitors gross margins
Projects and measures category sales and gross profit results
Maintains external local and national vendor relations
Recommends changes in products, service, and policy
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
Maintain professional and technical knowledge

Requirements:

Bachelor’s degree in advertising, business, or related field preferred
Five years of experience or more preferred
including a minimum of three years of management responsibility
Expertise in MS Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, and Word preferred
Must have strong relationship management, analytical thinking, and financial acumen skills
May require up to 30% of travel
Valid driver’s license required

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Job Posted:
May 30, 2025

Employment Type:

Fulltime

Work Type:

On-site work

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