Category Manager (Forecourt & Convenience Impulse)

Dublin - Ireland

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 6 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Job Description

Circle K is currently recruiting for the position of Category Manager.

Reporting to the Lead CategoryManager the Category Manager (Forecourt & Convenience Impulse) will deliver ambitious results and market share growth through executing Local & European strategies for relevant categories in the Circle K Ireland business.

This is a full-time permanent role based 5 days per week in Circle K Support Office Clonskeagh Dublin 4.

Responsibilities

Own the Category: Sales Margin Units Traffic and Market Share.

Broaden customer offering by sourcing negotiating and commercialising existing and fresh assortment through existing supply chain.

Negotiate annual Joint Business Planning agreements with key suppliers for the Category.

Impetus on managing and continually developing relationships with suppliers

Focus on evolving and leading the category in a commercially astute manner using a data driven approach and winning market share.

Heavily Weighted requirement to own the execution of local BU strategy and tactics

Facilitate Planogram Floorplan Sourcing/Supply Chain Training and execution in all areas of strategies merchandising tactics and projects for Convenience Categories with stakeholders

Research develop and pilot new ideas and innovations for local category growth in line with improving Customer Journey and be able to deliver factual insights on results

Adopt yearly EU Category/Market Plans.

Developing annual promotional plans with data led insights supplier collaboration marketing support and Retail Execution

Enhance customer experience by developing end to end execution methods to support the customer journey

Develop local category / marketing plans on a BU market level following the European process structure and timing; Align and secure this category plan with all relevant stakeholders. support follow-through and assist with planning and implementation as well as on-going execution.

Report to Irish leadership team onbase results plans and initiatives that demonstrate success.

Skills/Qualifications

Academic relevant qualification with extensive knowledge in category management performance management tools and methods within retail business

Sourcing products through existing suppliers while adding new supply opportunities.

A minimum of 5 years experience working in FMCG & retail or specialised industry.

Required Experience:

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Job DescriptionCircle K is currently recruiting for the position of Category Manager. Reporting to the Lead CategoryManager the Category Manager (Forecourt & Convenience Impulse) will deliver ambitious results and market share growth through executing Local & European strategies for relevant categor...

Job Description

Circle K is currently recruiting for the position of Category Manager.

This is a full-time permanent role based 5 days per week in Circle K Support Office Clonskeagh Dublin 4.

Responsibilities

Own the Category: Sales Margin Units Traffic and Market Share.

Broaden customer offering by sourcing negotiating and commercialising existing and fresh assortment through existing supply chain.

Negotiate annual Joint Business Planning agreements with key suppliers for the Category.

Impetus on managing and continually developing relationships with suppliers

Focus on evolving and leading the category in a commercially astute manner using a data driven approach and winning market share.

Heavily Weighted requirement to own the execution of local BU strategy and tactics

Facilitate Planogram Floorplan Sourcing/Supply Chain Training and execution in all areas of strategies merchandising tactics and projects for Convenience Categories with stakeholders

Research develop and pilot new ideas and innovations for local category growth in line with improving Customer Journey and be able to deliver factual insights on results

Adopt yearly EU Category/Market Plans.

Developing annual promotional plans with data led insights supplier collaboration marketing support and Retail Execution

Enhance customer experience by developing end to end execution methods to support the customer journey

Develop local category / marketing plans on a BU market level following the European process structure and timing; Align and secure this category plan with all relevant stakeholders. support follow-through and assist with planning and implementation as well as on-going execution.