Category Manager – Packaged Beverages Full Time NEW

ROLE SUMMARY:

Vaughan Executive Partners has partnered with a leading multi-state convenience retail organization is seeking a strategic and commercially focused Category Manager – Packaged Beverages to lead a high-volume, high-impact category. This role is responsible for driving sales growth, profitability, innovation, and customer engagement through effective category management, supplier partnerships, and data-driven decision-making.

Reporting to senior merchandising leadership, the successful candidate will play a key role in shaping category strategy and executing initiatives that enhance customer experience and business performance across a large retail network

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Key Responsibilitie

• s:Own and manage the full P&L performance of assigned packaged beverage categorie
• s.Develop and execute annual business plans, category strategies, and multi-year growth roadmap
• s.Lead supplier negotiations, contract management, and joint business planning initiative
• s.Analyze POS data, customer insights, syndicated research, and market trends to identify growth opportunitie
• s.Drive new item introductions, commercialization efforts, and category reset executio
• n.Develop assortment, pricing, and promotional strategies to maximize sales and margin performanc
• e.Partner closely with Marketing, Loyalty, Operations, Supply Chain, and Finance teams to ensure successful execution of category initiative
• s.Monitor supplier scorecards, performance metrics, and financial commitment
• s.Evaluate promotional effectiveness and pricing performance, making recommendations for continuous improvemen
• t.Identify emerging consumer trends, innovation opportunities, and competitive threats within the beverage categor
• y.Prepare and present category reviews, business updates, and strategic recommendations to senior leadershi

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Core Competenci

• es:Bachelor’s degree in Business, Marketing, Finance, Merchandising, or a related fie
• ld.5–7 years of progressive experience in category management, merchandising, retail buying, or related commercial rol
• es.Experience in convenience retail, foodservice, beverages, or adjacent consumer packaged goods categories preferr
• ed.Demonstrated success managing category P&L performance and delivering profitable grow
• th.Experience developing assortment, pricing, promotional, and category optimization strategi
• es.Strong supplier negotiation and relationship management skil
• ls.Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making abiliti
• es.Ability to translate complex data into actionable business insigh

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