Beverage Category Specialist – Packaged Beverages

Yesway; Fort Worth, Northern (TX, KY); Hybrid; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Savings Account

Flexible Savings Account

401K with Company Match

Paid Vacation

Paid Holidays

Life Insurance

Disability

Employee Assistance Program

Hospital Indemnity

Pet Care Plan

Legal Insurance

Job summary

Yesway is seeking a Category Specialist for Packaged Beverages (Alcohol) to support the Senior Category Manager with day-to-day merchandising tasks in a fast-paced retail environment. You will coordinate promotions, maintain item data, and assist in planogram execution across stores.

The role emphasizes data integrity, reporting, and cross-functional collaboration with marketing, operations, and supply chain teams. On-site work in Fort Worth, TX with limited travel may be involved.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Marketing, Merchandising, or a related field preferred.
• 1-3 years of experience in retail merchandising, category management support, or related retail operations roles preferred.
• Experience working with product data merchandising systems or reporting systems preferred.
• Strong organizational and analytical skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Limited travel may be required (approximately 5% or less).

Responsibilities

• Provide day-to-day administrative and operational support to the Senior Category Manager - Packaged Beverages to execute merchandising strategies.
• Assist with preparation of reports, presentations, and materials for category reviews, vendor meetings, and internal planning discussions.
• Support development, implementation, and maintenance of planograms with the Space Planning team.
• Coordinate internal and supplier communication related to promotions, assortment updates, and category initiatives.
• Collaborate with the Category Specialist - Packaged Beverages (Non-Alcohol) and cross-train across beverage categories.

Skills

Strong organizational skills

Analytical skills

Education

Bachelore2s degree in Business, Marketing, Merchandising, or related field

Tools

Microsoft Excel

PowerPoint

POS reporting systems

Job description

Yesway is seeking a Category Specialist for Packaged Beverages (Alcohol) to support the Senior Category Manager with day-to-day merchandising tasks in a fast-paced retail environment. You will coordinate promotions, maintain item data, and assist in planogram execution across stores.

The role emphasizes data integrity, reporting, and cross-functional collaboration with marketing, operations, and supply chain teams. On-site work in Fort Worth, TX with limited travel may be involved.