Confectionary/Snacks & Ice Cream and Coffee
- Customer Excellence, category developoment
- Exciting category roles in the Brisbane office
**About the business**:
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United Petroleum is an independent, Australian-owned petrol and convenience company with 450 sites nationally, offering customers premium quality fuels and competitive pricing Australia-wide.
**About the role**:
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The Category Managers are responsible for growing profitable Confectionary, Snacks & Ice Cream sales and Coffee by satisfying our customer's needs and growing market share in line with strategic goals.
The purpose of the role is to be the Champion of Confectionary, Snacks & Ice Cream and Coffee across both United Petroleum and the Pie Face retail networks. As the Category Manager, you will manage the business unit and optimise the coffee offering in a manner that translates to higher volume sales and profit.
**Role Expectations and Outcomes**:
- Lead and manage the product innovation for Confectionary, Snacks & Ice Cream and Coffee categories for United Petroleum & Pie Face
- Ensure a customer-centric approach is adopted.
- Provide all facets of commercial category management including ranging, pricing (& gross margin), trend analysis, promotional activity, new product development (NPD) and identifying new range opportunities.
- Manage all areas of operational compliance, training, rollouts & other support resources required to ensure successful execution consistently at the site level.
- Manage and develop supplier relationships to achieve desired business goals.
- Partner with the marketing and operations teams to implement plans and initiatives that drive awareness and optimise sales across the confectionary, snacks & ice cream and coffee categories.
- Conduct regular site visits to audit and uplift staff capability in maintaining only the highest confectionary, snacks & ice cream quality and coffee offering for our customers, consistently.
- Manage analytics of Telemetry, identify gaps in operational effectiveness related to asset management and product quality.
- Be the point of call and engage in immediate problem resolution and action planning to correct issues.
**Skills and experience**:
- Bachelor's Degree in marketing or related discipline is desirable.
- Experience in similar category roles.
- Impressive negotiation capacity and excellent communication skills.
- Strong understanding of contemporary consumer marketing and retail trends and opportunities.
- An excellent working knowledge of category management processes, systems, and tools.
- Previous experience working in a team environment, influencing stakeholders to achieve results.
- Ability to navigate and effectively work in agile, fast paced and ever evolving entrepreneurial environments with a focus on accountability and execution.
- Sound financial and commercial acumen and ability to work within a high cost-effective framework and environment.
- Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to build relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
- Experience in managing people, performance and supporting decision making processes.