Gastro Category Manager (K/M)

MOL Group; Polska; Hybrid; PLN 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Medical care

Company Social Benefits Fund

Group insurance with investment fund

Job summary

MOL Polska, part of MOL Group, is expanding its Gastro Category Manager team in Poland. The role focuses on supervising gastro categories at service stations, contract management with suppliers, and driving sales through pricing, promotions, and planogram changes.

The ideal candidate has a minimum of a bachelor’s degree, 3+ years in retail/gastro, strong FMCG knowledge, good Excel/Office skills, and English at a high level. A driving licence is required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field.
• Minimum 3 years of experience in a similar role in retail/gastro.
• Strong commercial knowledge and advanced FMCG knowledge.

Responsibilities

• Supervision of selected gastro categories at petrol stations.
• Supervising proper implementation of contracts with suppliers in assigned categories.
• Negotiations with suppliers and producers.
• Analyzing assortment, pricing and promotional needs at service stations.
• Settlement of marketing services with suppliers/producers.
• Participating in the sales planning process for gastro.
• Analyzing sales in subordinate categories.
• Managing assigned product categories (intro to sales, monitoring, withdrawal, negotiating purchase prices, setting selling prices).
• Developing and ordering changes to planograms.
• Planning and implementing promotional activities within assigned categories.
• Making sales forecasts in assigned categories and executing annual category plans.
• Tracking market trends for the categories.

Skills

MS Office

Excel

PowerPoint

Analytical thinking

Teamwork

Communication skills

Driving licence

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

MS Office

Job description

Job Description - Gastro Category Manager (K/M) (26002789)

Gastro Category Manager (K/M) ( 26002789 )

Employee Status

Regular: Indefinite

Job Type

Permanent

Location

MOL Group is a leading integrated Central Eastern European oil & gas corporation headquartered in Budapest, Hungary with a track record of more than 100 years. With its 2030 strategy, MOL Group has a powerful purpose to drive everyday progress and shape tomorrow in the energy sector, including retail services, chemicals, waste and beyond. The operations extend over 30 countries, with a thriving workforce of 22 000 talented individuals passionately working towards a common goal - a sustainable future.

Now, we're expanding our international family with MOL Polska, based in Gdansk. We’re on a mission to shape our newly acquired retail operation with about 400 service stations, bringing together a team of talented, enthusiastic individuals ready to revolutionize the energy landscape.

MOL Polska is transforming - growing with clear, long-term goals. We're looking for motivated talents ready to step up, make an impact, and shape our future.

Are you ready to power up progress with MOL Polska? Join us and let's drive the change together by building your career in a variety of retail and consumer services areas!

You will have unique chance to shape gastro offering by:

Gastro Category Manager (K/M)

• min. bachelor's degree - preferred in the fields of management, economics, marketing, trade, business, food technology, or a related area
• min. 3 years' experience in a similar position in the retail /gastro industry;
• very good commercial knowledge, advanced knowledge of FMCG
• Knowledge of the service station or foodservice market will be an additional asset.
• knowledge of category management;
• ability to build and implement product category strategies;
• ability to identify opportunities and threats in ongoing projects;
• proficiency in MS Office - especially Excel and Power Point;
• ability to think analytically and work with large amounts of data;
• ability to work under time pressure, teamwork, communication skills, flexibility;
• driving licence (cat. B)
• English language – very good command, both spoken and written

You will have a unique opportunity to shape category functioning through:

• supervision of selected gastro categories at petrol stations
• supervising the proper implementation of contracts with suppliers in the assigned categories;
• negotiations with suppliers and producers
• analysing assortment, pricing and promotional needs at service stations;
• settlement of marketing services with suppliers/producers;
• participating in the sales planning process for gastro ;
• analysing sales in subordinate categories;
• managing assigned product categories (introduction to sales, monitoring of sales, withdrawal from sales, negotiation of purchase prices, setting of selling prices);
• developing and ordering changes to planograms;
• planning and implementing promotional activities within the assigned categories;
• making sales forecasts in assigned categories and executing annual category plans;
• tracking market trends for the categories;

Why you should join us? Because we are great at:

• Learning opportunities by exposure to complex business environment & projects;
• Competitive salary (performance bonus included) and benefits. Attractive social package, including medical care, Company Social Benefits Fund, group insurance with investment fund paid by the employer
• Development opportunities in an international environment (abroad training opportunities, as well as internal opportunities);
• Great brand new offices in the centre of city
• Flexible working time

Employment contract

If you are passionate and knowledgeable in the process area of optimizing station equipment projects with the ambition to leave a mark on the stores and services team, this is the role for you!

At MOL Group, we know that our strength lies in diversity. That is why we provide equal opportunities to all applicants with appropriate qualifications and work experience, regardless of differences such as age, gender, disability, sexual orientation, ethnicity or other non-work-related characteristics. At MOL Group, everybody counts.