Category Manager

Casey's; Ankeny (IA); On-site; USD 89,000 - 116,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical plans

Dental and vision

Life insurance

Parental leave

Onsite Child Development Center

401k company match

Vacation and sick time

Onsite cafeteria

Job summary

Casey’s in Ankeny, IA seeks a Category Manager for Alcoholic Beverages with end-to-end ownership of category performance, including strategy, assortment, pricing, and supplier partnerships. You’ll leverage insights to grow sales, profitability, and guest experience across Casey’s stores.

The role emphasizes cross-functional collaboration with Operations, Marketing, and Supply Chain, plus a focus on delivering best-in-class guest experiences and optimized category economics.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Marketing, Merchandising, or related field, or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years of experience in category management, merchandising, buying, retail, CPG, or a related field.
• Strong understanding of category management principles, merchandising strategies, pricing, promotions, and consumer behavior.
• Proven ability to manage financial performance, analyze results, identify opportunities, and drive meaningful business outcomes.
• Experience negotiating with suppliers and managing strategic vendor relationships.
• Strategic thinker with strong analytical, planning, and decision-making skills.
• Knowledge of the convenience retail, grocery, beverage, or foodservice industry is preferred.
• Ability to influence and collaborate effectively across a broad range of internal and external stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute category strategies aligned with guest needs and business goals.
• Own category financial performance including P&L, forecasting, and annual planning.
• Build partnerships with suppliers and lead negotiations for favorable terms.
• Curate product assortments and pricing using consumer insights and data.
• Lead promotional planning and execution to drive traffic, sales, and profitability.
• Visit Casey's stores and competitor locations to identify opportunities and validate strategies.
• Optimize cost of goods, supplier funding, and category economics.
• Collaborate cross-functionally to implement category strategies.

Skills

Category management

Merchandising

Negotiations

Analytics

Strategic thinking

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business, Marketing, Merchandising, or related field

Job description

If you're passionate about strategy, innovation, and driving results, join Casey's Merchandising team and help build category plans that fuel growth across our business. As a Category Manager, Alcoholic Beverages, you'll have end-to-end ownership of your category's performance, leading strategy, assortment, pricing, promotions, and supplier partnerships to deliver a best-in-class guest experience. You'll leverage consumer insights, market trends, and data-driven decision making to grow sales, increase profitability, and create a differentiated offering across Casey's stores.

What You'll Do:

• Develop and execute category strategies that align with guest needs, industry trends, and business objectives.
• Own category financial performance, including P&L management, forecasting, and annual planning.
• Build and maintain strategic partnerships with key suppliers, leading negotiations to secure favorable costs, terms, and support programs.
• Curate product assortments and pricing strategies using consumer insights, competitive analysis, syndicated data, and business performance metrics.
• Lead promotional planning and execution to drive guest traffic, sales growth, and profitability.
• Regularly visit Casey's stores and competitor locations to identify opportunities, validate strategies, and stay connected to the guest experience.
• Optimize cost of goods, supplier funding, and category economics by leveraging Casey's scale and strategic partnerships.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with Operations, Marketing, Supply Chain, Store Development, and other key business partners to bring category strategies to life.
• Translate market trends and consumer insights into actionable recommendations that fuel category growth.

What you can expect when you join the Casey's Team:

• A transformative culture putting service first and taking pride in caring for our guests, our communities, and each other.
• Opportunities to use cutting edge technologies and enterprise-wide collaboration to enable our strategy and drive world class service.
• We're here for families! Great benefits including choices in medical plans, dental, vision, life insurance, charitable giving programs, parental leave and an onsite Child Development Center.
• Competitive pay, 401k company match up to 6%, vacation & sick time, paid holidays, volunteer time, and an onsite cafeteria.
• Dress for your day dress code, jeans are welcomed!
• The opportunity to work for a big company that has not lost our small company feel. Our senior leadership team is engaged, involved and accessible!
• What are you waiting for? Come be a part of a company that is growing, transforming and is here for good!

What You'll Bring:

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Marketing, Merchandising, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years of experience in category management, merchandising, buying, retail, consumer packaged goods (CPG), or a related field.
• Strong understanding of category management principles, merchandising strategies, pricing, promotions, and consumer behavior.
• Proven ability to manage financial performance, analyze results, identify opportunities, and drive meaningful business outcomes.
• Experience negotiating with suppliers and managing strategic vendor relationships.
• Strategic thinker with strong analytical, planning, and decision-making skills.
• Knowledge of the convenience retail, grocery, beverage, or foodservice industry is preferred.
• Ability to influence and collaborate effectively across a broad range of internal and external stakeholders.

Compensation:

Starting pay range:$88,700 - $116,400. Actual pay may vary based on Casey's assessment of the candidate's knowledge, skills, abilities (KSAs), related experience, education, and qualifications. Other factors impacting pay include local prevailing wages and internal equity. This position is eligible for an annual cash bonus based on company performance. Our full salary range for this role does extend beyond the hiring range listed, allowing team members the opportunity to continue to grow within the company.