Category Growth Manager Beer

Full Time • Saint Cloud, MN, United States of America

63,563 - 80,485 (Yearly) Added 2 weeks, 2 days ago

Summary

LOCATION

Midwest, with opportunities available across various Coborn's locations.

QUALIFICATIONS

Expert knowledge in beer and beverage categories, strong analytical skills, experience in supplier negotiation and category management, along with a collaborative mindset for cross-functional business strategies.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Lead the execution of the beer category strategy, oversee sales and gross profit, conduct market analysis, manage vendor relationships, develop promotional campaigns, and provide key analytics reporting to drive category growth and profitability.

INDUSTRY

Retail Grocery and Beverage

SHORT DESCRIPTION

The Beer Category Growth Manager at Coborn's, Inc. will leverage industry expertise to enhance category strategies, drive sales and profitability, and collaborate with vendors to optimize product offerings across various retail formats.

Company Introduction:

If you're friendly and dependable and you like to work with terrific guests, we'd love to talk about an opportunity on our team!

Coborn's, Inc. is a fast-growing employee-owned grocery retailer located in the Midwest. Our grocery store formats include Coborn's, Cash Wise, Marketplace Foods, Hornbacher's, Tadych’s Marketplace Foods, and Sullivan’s Foods and we offer unique online grocery home delivery services through our CobornsDelivers and Cash Wise Delivers locations.

Coborn's, Inc. also owns and operates liquor stores under the Coborn's Liquor, Cash Wise Liquor, Andy’s Liquor and Captain Jack's brands. Additionally, our fuel and convenience division, pharmacy, in-house grocery warehouse and distribution center, in-house Central Bakery, in-house Fresh Foods Commissary, and Tops Cleaners are significant assets to our operations. We also have a handful of other retail entities in the markets where the fit is right: Little Dukes, Ace Hardware, Country Floral Gifts & Greenhouse, Caribou Coffee, Dunn Bros Coffee, and Erbert and Gerbert's.

Overview:

From Lagers to IPAs, stouts to sours, and everything in between, we are looking for a go-to beer expert that is ready to take a “hop” into Coborn’s Inc. Coborn’s is looking for an expert like you to be our Beer Category Growth Manager. As the Category Growth Manager, you will use your industry knowledge to lead the execution category strategy and drive category growth! Along with your expert knowledge of products you will oversee the sales and gross profit for the category and conduct high quality analyst to generate insight and actionable recommendations! Selecting ad items, category reviews, new item selection, and inventory manager will be at the forefront of this role as they will play a key role in maximizing your sales!

Additional duties include:

Collaborate with leadership to set category budgets, sales, and gross profit goals for category and by store. Partner with cross-functional teams to connect business opportunities and develop both strategic and tactical solutions for integrated lines of product and services.
Establish and build strong professional partnership with vendors and suppliers, negotiate contracts and pricing, product selection including private brands, procure deals for promotions, manage supplier service performance, and resolve problems. Conduct regular category reviews with vendors/suppliers to recognize and benchmark strong item performance and/or develop action plans to remedy sub-standard item performance.
Develop and execute strategic sales and merchandising programs to drive customer traffic and sales/profit margins and position our stores on the cutting edge and outpacing our competitors across assigned categories. Select items and set and maintain retail pricing for products, explore and source new products, programs and offerings to improve assigned categories.
Responsible for writing the Liquor ad. This includes selecting the Beer/Liquor/Spirits included in the ad and partnering with the marketing team to create the promotional campaigns to drive customer traffic and sales/profit margins.
Provide weekly reporting about key category analytics to the Vice President of Liquor Division. Analyze the data and provide recommendations on any changes needed to drive sales and profitability.
Monitor market conditions and seasonal promotions that influence cost and supply in assigned category and use information to refine procurement strategies. Ensure proper levels of product procurement for promoted products.
Drive category sales and gross profit margins by conducting robust analysis using category goals & objectives, research, category management principles, analytical tools and data visualization to identify and effectively communicate business opportunities or challenges.
Stay current on market direction and drivers through a variety of means including direct interactions with guests, outside suppliers, partners and industry contacts. Conduct periodic store visits to monitor integrity of product merchandising. Understand the strengths and weaknesses of competitor’s products and strategies via competitive data gathering and capture. Create effective gap analysis summaries.

Requirements:

We believe that building a team of people with different backgrounds, beliefs, experiences and perspectives inspires fresh thinking and opens us up to new possibilities. We are an EEO/AA Employer - All qualified individuals, including minorities, females, veterans and individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply.

What's In It For Me:

Our remarkable employees strive to inspire happiness, healthy living and simplicity one guest at a time. With a vibrant and fun work environment, ongoing opportunities for career growth, and generous benefit packages, Coborn's offers a bright future for all employee owners.

We’re proud to offer a variety of benefits to both our full-time and part-time employees including:

A 10% Employee Discount (for the employee and their immediate household) and if you work at a location with a coffee shop, you’ll receive a discount there too!
Get Paid Daily with DailyPay – for employees who would like access to their pay before payday, we offer this great benefit!
Paid Time Off (PTO/Vacation)
Paid Floating Holidays & 1 - ½ time for hours worked on a company-recognized Holiday!
Sunday Premium Pay – An extra $1 per hour for hours worked on Sundays
Paid Military Leave
Employee Health & Wellness Programs, Challenges and Resources – to assist our team members live a life of wellbeing!
Employee Assistance Program (EAP) – unlimited phone access to legal, financial, and work-life services and up to five free in-person counseling sessions, per situation/issue, per year.
Tools, resources and opportunities for Career Growth & Development
401(k) plan options – we also match up to 20% of the first 5% contributed
Participation in our Employee Stock Ownership Program (ESOP) – yes, we’re employee-owned. Our team members benefit from the success of the company through this company-sponsored benefit!
Additional Voluntary Benefits – such as Vision, Accident and Critical Illness Insurances

If you’re hired or promoted into a full-time position with our company, you will also be eligible for: Medical & Dental Insurance, Health Savings Account (HSA), Flexible Spending Account (FSA), Tuition Reimbursement, Adoption Reimbursement, Paid Family Caregiver Leave, as well as company-sponsored Term Life Insurance, Accidental Death & Dismemberment Insurance, and Short-Term & Long-Term Disability Insurance!

As a member of our team, you can also expect:

Flexible scheduling - We understand that many of our employees are trying to juggle school, practice, family time, errands and personal hobbies, all with only about 16 hours of awake time in a day.
Recognition - We celebrate a culture of recognition, encouraging employees to recognize and thank one another for remarkable behavior. We even have an app for that!
Growth Opportunities - We're always looking for motivated, high-potential employees who want to be part of our next generation of leaders! There are opportunities to grow within our company to positions you may not yet even know exist. Coborn's, Inc. offers a variety of development programs for employees who want to grow their careers with us.

Our culture celebrates employee ideas and encourages creative innovations. We're growing, learning, and overflowing with energy. In a dynamic atmosphere that welcomes diversity, we are investing in our employees, along with the growth of our company. We invite you to join us in carrying out our vision to “Be Remarkable!” Apply today!

Starting pay is determined based on several factors, which can include the candidate's experience, qualifications, skills, education, and geographic area.

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