What are the responsibilities and job description for the Category Manager - Foodservice position at Tri Star Energy?
Summary:
Tri Star Energy is currently seeking an experienced and qualified Food Service Category Manager to join our innovative Marketing team in our Store Support Center in Nashville, TN. The Food Service Category Manager is responsible for the development and execution of plans for assigned categories within the foodservice area. Creates a differentiated offer driven by product recommendations, optimized product placement, and pricing / promotion activities that maximize guest traffic, sales, and profitability.
Benefits of Working at Tri Star Energy:
- Competitive Compensation Structure
- Affordable Healthcare Insurance
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Credentialing Support
- HSA Contributions & Matching
- PTO & Community Service Days
- Employee Discounts and Perks
- 401K Matching/Immediate Vesting
- Corporate Chaplaincy Program
- Employee Assistance Program/Tri Star Cares
Primary Responsibilities:
- Analyzes category performance and continuously monitors key metrics such as unit movement, sales and margin to recognize and advise new opportunities.
- Thoroughly documents recipe, planograms, and process development. Liaises with Training and Operations to facilitate and audit store-level execution for continuous improvement.
- Monitors supply-chain and inventory health while collaborating with vendor community to achieve in-stock position at all times.
- Work cross-functionally with other departments (e.g., Pricebook team) to ensure proper recipe setup, pricing, and cost management
- Implement and monitor the execution of food and beverage programs, ensuring high standards in food preparation, portion control, presentation, and cost control.
- Provide operational support, ensuring food service meets company expectations for quality, safety, and efficiency.
- Store visits to review compliance with food safety regulations, quality standards, and cost control measures.
- Effectively partners with Operations and other key stakeholders to ensure all teams play a key part in driving and executing the foodservice plan.
- Maintains confidentiality of all company, client, employee, and vendor information.
- Reacts productively to change.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelors degree in Marketing, Business Administration, Culinary Sciences, or a related field.
- 3-5 years of prior experience leading foodservice operations from a corporate level.
- 2 years of experience with marketing and marketing analyses
- Dispensed Beverage Category Management experience.
- Demonstrates the ability to manage a P&L, with the ability to analyze results, evaluate opportunities to course-correct and enact change.
- Prior experience in successfully leading the development and implementation of foodservice marketing and merchandising
- Strong understanding of basic marketing and category management principles, merchandising methods, and consumer psychology
- Proficient knowledge of all necessary equipment related to foodservice preparation (i.e., roller grills, drink fountains, coffee dispensers, etc.)
- Or, any equivalent combination of education and experience in job-related activities
Preferred Qualifications:
- Three (3) to five (5) years of prior foodservice operations experience within a corporate setting; prior C-Store industry experience or Fast-Casual Managerial experience is strongly preferred
- Preferred Bachelors degree in Marketing, Business Administration, Foodservice Management, or a related field
- At least two (2) years of experience with marketing or analytics
- Demonstrates proven ability to manage a P&L, with the ability to analyze results, evaluate opportunities to implement ideas and enact change.
- Strong understanding of marketing and category management principles, merchandising methods, and consumer psychology
- Proficient knowledge of all necessary equipment related to foodservice preparation (i.e., roller grills, drink fountains, coffee dispensers, etc.)
- Or, any equivalent combination of education and experience in job-related activities
About Us:
Tri Star Energy is a growing, local, family-owned company with nearly two thousand employees and 150 locations, based in Nashville, TN. With Wholesale, Commercial, and Retail Convenience Store services, we are the Mid-States premier convenience retailer and one of the leading fuel providers in the Southeast. Tri Star Energy has been recognized as one of Nashvilles top workplaces for the last 4 years in a row. Our retail brands, Twice Daily, Sudden Service, White Bison, and Hightail are well known throughout the region as providing a differentiated food and fuel experience that is second to none for our #1 priority; our Guests.
Tri Star Energy and the TSE Brands mission is to build lasting relationships by serving our community. Our people are driven by our core values: Strive for Balance, Expect Achievement, Have Integrity, Be Committed, and Be a Servant Leader. Join our awesome team and be a part of setting a new bar for an industry on the rise.
Tri Star Energy is an equal opportunity employer and hires without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, veteran status, genetics, or any other category protected under applicable law.
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