Retail Category Manager - 0001 - CORPORATE OFFICE - JOHNNY'S MARKETS

Johnny’s Markets is changing the way people think about convenience stores, and as the Retail Category Manager you’ll play a key role in the organization. The Retail Category Manager owns the assortment, purchasing, pricing strategy, and manages the vendor relationships for all merchandise categories to deliver the financial plan of Johnny’s Markets. You'll work with the Lead Merchandiser to collaborate on planograms, store layout designs and implementation. You can look forward to collaborating with the Marketing Manager to ensure all assortment and promotional strategies comply with company branding standards.

What You'll Do

• Provides day-to-day leadership.
• Drives the strategic direction of the area with the goal to make Johnny’s Markets the most compelling place for our customers to shop by focusing on pricing, assortment, brands, and store presentation.
• Keeps informed and updated on industry trends and competitor strategies to favorably position the Company in the competitive marketplace.
• Working with the Operations, Merchandising, and Marketing teams to develop short term and long-term category plans and then operationalizes the plans.
• Follows company branding standards to ensure compliance in all promotions and communications.
• Cultivates a positive and productive relationship with vendors to ensure merchandise exclusives, product launches and best delivery.
• Collaborates with the Marketing Manager to produce monthly promotions for all Johnny’s Markets.
• Directly supervises Price Book and Merchandise teams.
• Supervises, mentors, trains, and develops direct report(s).
• Participates in the budgeting process and responsible for the direction and financial performance of merchandise sales.

What You’ll Need

 Education & Experience:

• Bachelor's degree specializing in marketing, merchandising or equivalent work experience.
• Six (6) to eight (8) years of experience in merchandising or buying.

 Other Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

• Strong overall knowledge of convenience store merchandising.
• Ability to develop specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish assigned work for self and team.
• Ability to pay close attention to detail.
• Proven ability to use problem solving skills and root cause analysis. Good decision-making skills.
• Ability to establish constructive and cooperative interpersonal business relationships with individuals working at varying levels of the organization.

 Benefits 

It feels good to work at a company that cares about its customers and its community. We’re always looking for ways to take good care of each other, and that goes for your benefits, too. As a full-time employee, you can look forward to:

• Competitive pay, commensurate with demonstrated skills and experience.
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance (after 60 days)
• Flex spending account (after 60 days)
• $10,000 life insurance and accidental death & dismemberment insurance (after 60 days)
• LifeWorks employee assistance program (after 60 days)
• 401K with company match (age 18+, after 6 months of service)
• 2 weeks paid vacation (after 90 days) plus 6 paid holidays per year

 Get to Know Johnny’s 

You can feel good about working for Johnny’s. Our family-owned, Michigan-based chain of convenience stores can now be found at more than 60 Shell gas stations across Michigan and Northern Indiana, giving people a fun, friendly place to find a great cup of coffee, yummy snacks for the road, and home and car necessities. Wherever we go, we work hard to be a bright spot in the community, doing our best to Be More, Be Good, and Be Neighborly. Come join our team!