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Circle K

Location:
United States of America, Columbus

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Contract Type:
Employment contract

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Job Description:

The Field Category Manager role involves supporting strategic direction locally, managing vendor relationships, overseeing pricing decisions, implementing planograms, and contributing to sales and financial targets. The position also requires maintaining professional knowledge, supporting operational pilots, and achieving key results and financial objectives.

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 actionable operational reporting
Selects local vendors, negotiates costs, terms for products, and develops schematics by applying category management principles
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
Allocates program costs by preparing operational and risk reports
Maintains 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.

What we offer:

Circle K is an Equal Opportunity Employer
The Company complies with the Americans with Disabilities Act (the ADA) and all state and local disability laws
Reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities
Professional development opportunities.

Additional Information:

Job Posted:
August 27, 2025

Employment Type:

Fulltime

Work Type:

On-site work

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