CEFCO Convenience Stores/Casey's General Store is looking for a dynamic Category Manager to join their team in Temple, TX. The ideal candidate takes pride in their work, invests in creating strong working relationships throughout the organization, and acts with confidence and integrity with an eye towards solutions.
This position ensures our 170+ CEFCO Convenience Store locations have the right products to operate at the optimal competitive cost and margin. The Category Manager leads data-driven insights for category trends that support and drive CEFCO's strategy by providing analytics and thought leadership.
This is an exciting opportunity to work within a great team of collaborative professionals who are truly passionate about what they do.
As a Category Manager, you will:
Fully vet and evaluate current products within our stores, recommend new products or discontinue existing products, as needed.
Manage vendor relationships to ensure optimal pricing, fair payment terms, and delivery of products.
Develop promotions and marketing material to be executed at the store level.
Conduct frequent analysis of the market, competitors, and customer perception data.
Review historical data of category performance, balance projected forecasts and execute sales initiatives to meet and exceed set metrics.
Provide your knowledge of customer-centric retailing principles.
Qualifications:
5+ years of category management experience.
Solid mathematical and investigative skills.
The ability to rapidly develop a strong knowledge of the products in an assigned category.
Strong verbal, written, and presentation skills are required.
Proficiency in Microsoft Office, specifically Word, Excel, Power Point, and Outlook.