Center Store Category Specialist

Associated Wholesale Grocers, Inc.; Kansas City (KS); On-site; USD 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Savings Account

Flexible Spending Account

Paid Vacation, Holiday, and Sick Time

401(k) with 4% match

Tuition Reimbursement

Employee Assistance Program

Short-Term and Long-Term Disability

Wellness Program

Yearly Holiday Bonus

Job summary

A leading food wholesaler located in Kansas City seeks a professional to support Center Store teams with daily activities and drive sales. The role involves managing promotional activities, troubleshooting issues, and ensuring data integrity within various systems. Candidates should have experience in Consumer Products Goods and proficiency in Microsoft Office and G Suite. The position offers a comprehensive benefits package, including health savings accounts, paid time off, and a 401(k) plan.

Qualifications

• Experience in Consumer Products Goods or related industry.
• Strong proficiency in Microsoft Office and G Suite is desired.
• Identify opportunities for process improvement across the team.

Responsibilities

• Support promotional execution activities for key brands.
• Manage reporting and data integrity in AWG systems.
• Troubleshoot issues and lead process improvement initiatives.
• Collaborate with internal departments and external vendors.

Skills

Proficiency in Microsoft Office

Proficiency in G Suite

Consumer Products Goods experience

Proficiency in Microsoft Office

Proficiency in G Suites

Education

College degree preferred

Experience in Consumer Products Goods

Tools

AWG databases

DemandTec

SCM

PowerBi

Job description

This position is responsible for supporting the Center Store teams with daily activities to drive sales and achieve department and category objectives. Includes leading supporting all levels of the Center Store Grocery team on various daily activities to execute the business and support key initiatives. This role will also involve leading and coordinating category projects to achieve the overall goals and drive positive impact to the strategies of the Center Store team and broader business. It will utilize multiple tools and resources for trouble shooting and resolution.

Description of Work

• Support key promotional execution activities for both National and AWG Brands to ensure information is accurate and issues resolved prior to execution to the divisions and members
• A key resource for systems used to manage and execute the business including but not limited to AWG databases, DemandTec, SCM, PowerBi and other reporting platforms.
• Managing key reporting to maintain the integrity of data in AWG systems and ensure there are no gaps that result in downstream issues to the divisions, members and/or vendors as well as other key internal business teams.
• Troubleshoot issues across multiple platforms, find optimal solutions and execute through to resolution.
• Identify opportunities for process improvement and lead efforts to develop and implement solutions as they relate to various activities across the team.
• Partner with leadership and category managers to execute special product catalogs as needed
• Execute miscellaneous billing and rakes/store credit activities in support of the manager and directors.
• Coordinate and lead special projects as identified to drive business initiatives with internal and external partners including but not limited
• Key initial resource for leadership and category managers for tactical direction on executing business needs to accomplish desired results.
• Communicates and interacts with cross functional departments (e.g. Inventory Management, Accounting, AWG Brands, and divisional sales teams).
• Collaborate with external vendor partners as needed to troubleshoot and resolve issues, including, but not limited to, deal issue resolution, audit report findings, miscellaneous billings and promotional event troubleshooting and detail validation in AWG systems.
• Coordinate and support SOPs across the teams for use in training and reference for other business partners.
• Collaborates - Works cooperatively with others across the organization to achieve shared objectives.
• Customer focus - Establishes and maintains effective customer relationships.
• Communicates effectively - Provides timely and helpful information to others across the organization.
• Ensures accountability - Establishes clear responsibilities and processes for monitoring work and measuring results.

Qualifications

• College degree preferred but not required
• Consumer Products Goods or related industry experience
• Proficiency Microsoft Office and G Suites

Associated Wholesale Grocers, Inc. (AWG) is the nation’s largest cooperative food wholesaler to independently owned supermarkets, serving 1,100 member companies and more than 3,400 locations throughout 33 states from 9 wholesale divisions. Consolidated sales for AWG in 2024 exceeded $12.0 billion. In addition to its cooperative wholesale operations, the company also operates subsidiary companies that provide certain real estate and supermarket development services, and pharmaceutical products. For more information, visit AWGinc.com .

Health Savings Account

Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account

Paid Vacation, Holiday, and Sick Time

401(k) with 4% match along with 3 other contributions

Tuition Reimbursement

Basic & Supplemental Life and AD&D

Employee Assistance Program

Short-Term and Long-Term Disability

Wellness Program

Yearly Holiday Bonus

Job Info

• Job Identification 1796
• Job Category Non Union
• Posting Date 01/22/2026, 06:23 PM
• Job Schedule Full time
• Locations 5000 Kansas Avenue, Kansas City, KS, 66106, US