Travel Retail Category Strategy Leader

BP PLC; Louisville (KY); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Bonuses

Share options

Flexible benefits

Job summary

TravelCenters of America is seeking a Head of Category Management to lead category strategy, assortment, and supplier negotiations for non-fuel retail. The role focuses on the professional driver and highway traveler, aligning with gross profit, pricing, and speed-to-market objectives.

You will manage category managers across CoS, beverages, tobacco/general merchandise and related areas, driving sales, margin and inventory productivity while collaborating with cross-functional teams and TA

Qualifications

• Significant category management or merchandising leadership experience in travel center, convenience, grocery, fuel retail or multi-site retail.
• Experience owning category P&L outcomes, vendor negotiations and assortment strategy.
• Bachelor’s degree in business, retail management, or related field preferred.

Responsibilities

• Own category strategy, assortment planning and vendor negotiation for TA’s non-fuel retail categories.
• Lead category managers and specialists dedicated to TA, including center of store, beverage, tobacco/general merchandise and related categories.
• Deliver category-level performance across sales, margin, inventory productivity and customer relevance.
• Represent TA’s customer proposition in supplier and enterprise merchandising decisions.
• Partner with Pricing, Promotions & Analytics to shape pricing and promotional recommendations for TA categories.
• Partner with Merchandising Operations to ensure assortment, pricebook, planogram and space execution are operationally ready.

Skills

Retail category management

Supplier selection

Education

Bachelor’s degree in business, retail management, supply chain or related field

Job description

TravelCenters of America is seeking a Head of Category Management to lead category strategy, assortment, and supplier negotiations for non-fuel retail. The role focuses on the professional driver and highway traveler, aligning with gross profit, pricing, and speed-to-market objectives.

You will manage category managers across CoS, beverages, tobacco/general merchandise and related areas, driving sales, margin and inventory productivity while collaborating with cross-functional teams and TA