Circle K Hiring for Category Manager, Forecourt & Convenience Impulse Job at Dublin , Ireland Full Time

Job Description

Reporting to Senior Manager of Market Development, 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 in Circle K Support Office, Clonskeagh, Dublin 4.

Responsibilities

• Category Sales, Margin, Units, Traffic and Market Share. Joint marketing funding improvements.
• Broaden customer offering by sourcing, negotiating, and commercialising existing and fresh assortment through existing supply chain.
• Impetus on managing and utilising relationships with supply base
• Focus on evolving and leading categories in a commercially astute manner 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, 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
• Adopt yearly EU Category/Marketing Plans.
• 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 BU Leadership Team on regular basis results, plans and initiatives that demonstrate success.

Skills/Qualifications required

• Academic relevant qualification with extensive knowledge in category management, performance management tools and methods within retail business
• Sourcing product through existing suppliers while adding new supply opportunities.
• A minimum of 5 years’ experience working in FMCG & retail or specialised industry
• Track Record of innovation and achieving “First Mover” status with successful outcomes
• Experience from working with consumer insights, product & brand development
• Evidence of procurement and contract negotiations
• Experience in product research & development, Supply Chain, product regulations, quality control, HSE
• Examples of success in delivering strategic growth plans

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