Manager Category Management Drinks

Job Description

We are looking for a Manager Category Management Drinks who will make a difference in our shops!

As Manager Category Management - Drinks you take the commercial lead for the Drinks category you manage a team of category managers and support management in strategic projects. You are the driving force behind a winning assortment sharp pricing and promotional strategies and flawless execution across Belgium and Luxembourg.

Your impact

• Lead coach develop: You motivate and support your category colleagues focusing on onboarding mentoring and building a highperforming team.
• Endtoend ownership of your Drinks category: from market analysis and assortment definition to planograms pricing strategy promotion planning and supply alignment you steer performance on revenue margin volume traffic and market share.
• Belux scope: You work crossfunctionally with local stakeholders and European counterparts ensuring consistent and highquality execution in both Belgium and Luxembourg.

Your Responsibilities

• Category leadership & team development
  • You manage a team of 5 Category Managers (drinks / coffee / impulse / tobacco) motivating coaching and supporting them while strengthening team dynamics.
  • You help build an ambitious highperforming and costconscious team with strong commercial impact creating smooth executionfocused collaboration that makes life easier for our sites and customers.
  • You support management in key strategic projects and ensure professional and consistent execution of business plans.
  • You collaborate closely with colleagues from Category Management Convenience Support and Marketing to maximize impact.
• Managing & optimizing the Drinks category
  • You monitor market trends and competitors closely and build deep category expertise.
  • You define the optimal drinks assortment per segment and per country inspired by market leaders and innovations.
  • You develop planograms and an effective pricing strategy for the category.
  • You are responsible for product launches within your category.
  • You drive category performance on revenue margin volume traffic and market share.
  • You analyze and report category results developing action plans to reinforce growth and profitability and to ensure budget targets are met.
  • You provide accurate and complete product information to keep the backoffice system fully up to date and ensure smooth communication to our sites.
• Negotiations & promotion management for Drinks
  • You negotiate commercial and promotional activities and related budgets with beverage suppliers.
  • You develop the annual promotion plan for Drinks tailored by segment and by country.
  • You maintain strong relationships with suppliers and distributors and ensure product availability.
  • You prepare and coordinate promotional plans with the relevant teams.

Your context

• You operate across both Belgium and Luxembourg.
• The rollout of Circle K shops and the renewed assortment brings significant innovation and commercial opportunities.
• SFS revenues driven by an increasingly strong shop offer are essential for sustainable retail profitability.

Your Profile

• Education: Higher relevant education (e.g. Business or related field); Category Management and Project Management training are a plus.
• Experience: At least 5 years in category management; 3 years in FMCG/retail or a specialized sector. Experience with supplier negotiations contracts and (private label) product or brand development.
• People management: Solid experience in leading a team.
• Skills: Strong analytical capabilities and proficiency with tools like Excel PowerBI etc.
• Personality:
  • highly organized and a true team player
  • customerfocused commercial and acting with integrity
  • entrepreneurial autonomous and driven to continuously improve.
• Languages: You are trilingual Dutch French and English.

What we offer

• An attractive salary a performancebased bonus and extralegal benefits such as health insurance pension savings etc.
• A company car with charging card for travel to our sites our Brussels and Luxembourg offices and our suppliers.
• A positive working environment where we truly value our employees.
• The opportunity to grow and develop in an international company: As you grow we grow together.

Working at Circle K
You will join an international multicultural environment where collaboration innovation and quality are central. You will have the opportunity to make an impact on the future of mobility in the Benelux and Europe.

Circle K Belgium is a joint venture with TotalEnergies and market leader with more than 550 service stations. Circle K Belgium is part of Alimentation Couche-Tard a world leader in the convenience sector.

We strive to meet the needs of people on the move and make life easier for our customers. To achieve this we offer fast and friendly service and provide convenience products including food and hot and cold drinks and mobility services including road fuel and charging solutions for electric vehicles.

Our vision: to become the worlds favorite destination for convenience and mobility.
Our mission: to make our customers lives a little easier every day.