LLI El Tigre Food stores, and Tex Best Travel Centers is a Family-Owned Business based in Edinburg Texas. For over 30 years, the company's guiding principles have been to provide our customers with the best retail convenience and travel center experience possible. Our commitment to excellence in Our Stores is unparalleled in Clean Facilities, Fast Friendly Service, Quality product offering, and Delicious Homestyle Food from our Red Pepper Delis.

Category Manager

Duties and Responsibilities

• Ensure that best-in-class category management principles and processes are applied to all assigned categories: Develop and executes annual category business plans including category specific roles, strategies, and tactics as well as overall marketing goals and objectives.

• Work closely with operations to ensure effective execution of all programs through frequent store visits, in store training and all communications methods.

• Establishes pricing and margins for assigned categories. Completes competitive price surveys and looks for Price Optimization opportunities.

• Responsible for product assortment, merchandising, planograms, placement, item deletion and store layouts for assigned categories using Scan Data and Space Management principles.

• Coordinates and implements monthly promotions. Clearly communicate these promotions to Vendors, Pricebook and Operations.

• Analyze Monthly Sales data and prepare category analysis.

• Secures and administers rebates and allowances. Reconciles rebates on a quarterly basis.

• Coordinates and tracks testing of new products/equipment. Publishes results and recommendations.

• Analyze customer and market research data and reports of assigned categories.

Develop incentive programs and contests to drive engagement of customers and store associates.

Establish, build, and manage critical supplier relationships, including ownership across all negotiation·

Negotiate product cost with regional vendor partners.

• Maintains professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops; reviewing professional publications; establishing personal networks.

• • Additional projects as required by the Sr. Director of Marketing.

• Qualifications

  The position requirements include, but are not limited to:

  • Minimum five (5) years of experience in retail marketing or operations preferred.
  • Must be computer literate in Microsoft Word, Excel, and Outlook.
  • Direct experience or a clear understanding of Category Management and the Convenience Retail business will be a clear advantage.
  • First-hand experience and understanding of Category Management, as well direct consumer goods retailing experience is a key advantage.
  • Ability to travel to store locations as needed (Expected Travel 25-40%)
  • A current valid driver's license with a clean abstract is required.

• Competencies

  • Results driven mindset; able to deliver against or support delivery of stretching business targets.
  • Takes initiative and works independently as well as within a team environment.
  • Strong analytical and organizational skills.
  • Negotiations skills; demonstrable negotiation skills.
  • Insights Orientated; rounded understanding of the dynamics of the shopper and the retailer, underpinned by a deep consumer led mindset.
  • Collaborative; able to work across multiple external and internal touch points, an effective team player and contributor.
  • Resilience; up for a challenge and able to prioritize workload when under pressure from different stakeholders.
  • Attention to detail; strict attention to detail must be applied to all work; ensuring all tasks are accomplished within the timescales specified.
  • Ability to communicate, verbal or written in a professional and positive demeanor with associates, vendors, customers, and clients.
    

• Education

  The position requires the following educational experience:

  • Bachelor's Degree in Business, Management, or a related field.
  • Or a combination of education and experience providing equivalent knowledge.