Remote Director of Category Strategy & Merchandising

SSP Group; Virginia; Remoto; USD 133.000 - 155.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

SSP America seeks a Director of Category Management & Merchandising to define and scale our retail strategy across snacks, beverages, and travel essentials in airports nationwide. You will lead planograms, pricing, promotions, and supplier partnerships while mentoring a team of category managers and merchandisers.

The role emphasizes data-driven decision-making, collaboration across Design & Construction, Marketing and Operations, and delivering strong commercial results in a fast-paced travel

Competenze

• Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Business Management, Finance, or related field.
• 8–10 years of experience in hospitality, retail, or food service.
• Proven multi-unit operations experience.
• Deep understanding of category management for food/bev.
• Experience leading teams of category managers/merchandisers.
• Strong P&L, sales and profitability analytics.
• Excellent communication and problem-solving.
• Advanced MS Office, planogram software, and POS/inventory systems.
• Eligibility to work in the United States without sponsorship.
• Willing to travel up to 20% within the US/Canada.

Mansioni

• Define and execute holistic retail and category strategy across snack/impulse, beverages, and expanded categories.
• Create and optimize planograms, merchandising frameworks, and space allocation across formats.
• Partner with Design & Construction to set retail standards for new builds and renovations.
• Deliver KPIs: average transaction value, capture rate, margin, and incremental sales.
• Develop pricing and promotion strategies with Commercial and Finance; support with Operations and Marketing.
• Lead end-to-end execution of new program rollouts (product testing, POS setup, data integrity, launch analysis).
• Build strategic relationships with suppliers and distributors; manage supplier income programs.
• Lead and mentor category managers, buyers, and merchandisers; collaborate with GMs and regional leaders.

Conoscenze

Category management

Merchandising

Data analytics

P&L/Profitability

Team leadership

Vendor relationships

Communication

Planogramming

Pricing & promotions

Microsoft Excel

Formazione

Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Business Management, Finance, or related field

Strumenti

Scorpion

Spaceman

MyMicros

MyInventory

POS systems

Descrizione del lavoro

SSP America seeks a Director of Category Management & Merchandising to define and scale our retail strategy across snacks, beverages, and travel essentials in airports nationwide. You will lead planograms, pricing, promotions, and supplier partnerships while mentoring a team of category managers and merchandisers.

The role emphasizes data-driven decision-making, collaboration across Design & Construction, Marketing and Operations, and delivering strong commercial results in a fast-paced travel