Top Category Management Executive jobs in Salt Lake City, UT

Responsibility

This is a critical role in Parkland’s continued success and growth. The role is accountable for the following:

• Lead category management, merchandising, and pricebook, functions.
• Partner with operations and marketing teams, as well as 3rd party vendors, to ensure flawless execution of programs.
• Drive performance by utilizing internal, 3rd party, and vendor data.
• Analyze large datasets to develop actionable insights.
• Synthesize insights across sources and data points and transform them into key conclusions, compelling business stories, and strategic recommendations.
• Develop and implement strategic and tactical plans relating to product assortment and positioning, pricing, and promotions.
• Regularly reviews product mix and pricing with cooperation of suppliers and operations and modify category plans as needed to be responsive to customer needs.
• Monitor competitive and industry activities and use findings to support growth, continuous improvement, and innovation.
• Negotiate, track, and reconcile vendor rebates and allowances.
• Scan the market for new technologies; develop relationships with external vendors and evaluate competing firms, technologies, and marketing strategies.
• Test and report on innovative/new products.

Education

• Bachelor degree in Business or Marketing; and,
• An MBA will be considered an asset.

Experience

• 10 years’ experience in a Category Management or Merchandising role with a national scope.
• Demonstrated leadership skills with the ability to build, coach, lead, and mentor diverse teams.
• Experience in convenience store industry.
• Experience in contract and vendor management.
• Proven financial skills relating to budgets and business analysis.
• Business acumen with extensive knowledge of retail operations & merchandising.
• Strong working knowledge of market research data and reporting (Nielsen, etc.), Customer POS, and shelf management software.
• Ability to develop and deliver a strategic plan, measuring and monitoring results, and make recommendations to achieve growth targets.
• Willingness to travel to stores, regional offices, and trade shows, as necessary; and
• Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office.

Personal / Professional Attributes

• Strong leadership skills and presence; highly developed sense of accountability, passion, and track record for delivering results.
• Self-driven and bias for action with the ability to manage a heavy workload and priorities with strong time management skills.
• Excellent communications skills both written and verbal, along with the ability to interact with various levels of the organization as well as vendors and suppliers.
• Strong negotiation skills, with a demonstrated track record of success.
• Strong organizational skills with ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously while meeting deadlines and reacting quickly to shifting priorities.
• Proven ability to build collaborative relationships at all levels of the organization.
• Dedicated to providing high levels of satisfaction to team, customers, and sites; and,
• is naturally optimistic, persistent, and competitive in the pursuit of sales goals.

Education

• University - Bachelors or better in Marketing or related field