Job summary
Entity:
Customers & Products
Job Family Group:
Retail Group
Job Description:
About the role:
The Category Manager Specialist will support the Category Manager Lead in developing strategic and tactical business and promotional plans for the Packaged Beverages category across the West Coast and Mid-West regions for the ampm and Thorntons brands.
Key Accountabilities:
- Support negotiation of contracts which include development of national contract /rebate agreements that support the category business plans.
- Acts as the primary contact for vendors that support the national program, promotions and merchandising execution that are outlined in the category business plan.
- Handles the category budget including approving vendor estimates, generating purchase orders, processing invoices and rebates.
- Develops national promotions and pricing strategies that support the category business plan.
- Supervises key national promotions or planograms and handle the business plan scorecard, communicating results and recommending corrective action if vital.
- Responsible for handling monthly category performance reviews
- Accountable for bi-monthly promotional planning and execution
- Directly handles day-to-day operational encounters
- Handles proprietary and required national brand inventory levels. Trouble shoots any overages and shortages accordingly
Crucial Education:
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in marketing or related field
Job Requirements:
- 5+ yrs in retail,
- Category management experience preferred; QSR, Grocery or Convenience Retail Experience a plus.
- Experience negotiating with vendors
- Strong leadership and critical thinking skills
- Strong analytical skills
- Computer literate (excel, word, powerpoint)
- Understands Category Performance indicators (GM, return on investment, Sales/sq.ft, Inventory turns, and basket size)
- Works well cross-departmentally.
Desirable Criteria:
- Convenience channel experience
- Understands Category Performance
Considering Joining bp?
At bp, we support our people to learn and grow in a diverse and exciting environment. We believe that our team is strengthened by diversity. bp is committed to encouraging an inclusive environment in which everyone is respected and treated fairly. There are many aspects of our employees’ lives that are meaningful, so we offer benefits to enable your work to fit with your life. These benefits can include flexible working options, a generous paid parental leave policy, excellent retirement benefits, and more!
Travel Requirement
Up to 10% travel should be expected with this role
Relocation Assistance:
This role is not eligible for relocation
Remote Type:
This position is a hybrid of office/remote working
Skills:
Agility core practices, Agility core practices, Agreements and negotiations, Analytical Thinking, Commercial Acumen, Communication, Continued Learning, Continuous improvement, Creativity and Innovation, Customer centric thinking, Customer data knowledge, Data Analysis, Data visualization and interpretation, Decision Making, Digital Collaboration, Digital fluency, Industry knowledge and advocacy, Integrated pricing, Knowledge Sharing, Leading transformation, Negotiation planning and preparation, Offer and product knowledge, Offer execution and growth, Operational Excellence, Partner relationship management {+ 10 more}
Legal Disclaimer:
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