Director of Foodservice Marketing

Energy Recruiters has partnered with a leading convenience retailer to support their search for a Director of Food service Marketing. The Marketing Director provides strategic leadership and operational oversight for assigned retail categories across the company’s convenience store network. This role is responsible for driving category growth, increasing customer engagement, improving profitability, and enhancing the overall customer experience through effective merchandising, promotional planning, vendor partnerships, and category management.

Based on Experience

Midwest

• Lead category growth strategies across food service (fresh food, grab n’ go, hot food, fountain beverages, frozen beverages, coffee, etc.), car wash, and related retail programs.
• Develop annual business plans, promotional calendars, and performance forecasts to achieve revenue and margin goals.
• Analyze sales trends, customer behavior, and category performance to identify growth opportunities.
• Build and manage vendor relationships while negotiating programs that improve profitability and customer value.
• Collaborate with Operations, Finance, IT, and store leadership to ensure successful program execution.
• Monitor market conditions, competitive activity, and industry trends to support strategic decision making.
• Establish measurable KPIs and present results, recommendations, and action plans to senior leadership.

• 5+ years of marketing, category management, merchandising, or related retail leadership experience.
• Experience managing food service category (fresh food, grab n’ go, hot food, fountain beverages, frozen beverages, coffee, etc.)
• Strong analytical, financial, and business planning capabilities.
• Demonstrated ability to negotiate effectively and lead cross-functional initiatives.
• Exceptional communication, organizational, and project management skills.
• Experience using retail analytics, reporting tools, and business systems.
• Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Business, Communications, or a related field preferred.

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