Category Manager-Tobacco-Cigarettes and OTP

Our customers can find fresh food, healthy snack choices, and helpful employees. We strive to serve our local communities through kind and clean in-store service and community involvement. Enmarket is passionate about bringing healthy options to our customers and promoting healthy initiatives.

We have 128 locations across Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina and we are continuing to grow, which means new career opportunities! Enmarket is looking for fresh and friendly faces to help us enrich life. If you are customer service oriented and highly motivated with a positive attitude, we hope you'll consider joining our team.

• Develop and execute short-term and long-term category strategies for Cigarettes and OTP.
• Analyze sales, market share, profitability, and shopper insights to identify growth opportunities.
• Establish category objectives, KPIs, and annual business plans.
• Monitor competitive activity, industry trends, and emerging nicotine products.

• Lead assortment decisions based on consumer demand, market conditions, and performance metrics.
• Optimize SKU productivity and shelf allocation.
• Manage new item introductions, item rationalization, and product lifecycle planning.
• Balance national brand, regional, and value-tier offerings.

• Develop pricing strategies to maximize category profitability and competitiveness.
• Negotiate promotional programs with manufacturers and distributors.
• Evaluate promotion effectiveness and return on investment.
• Manage manufacturer contracts, allowances, rebates, and funding opportunities.

• Build strategic partnerships with key tobacco manufacturers and distributors.
• Lead business reviews and joint business planning sessions.
• Negotiate trade investments, rebates, and merchandising programs.
• Ensure alignment between supplier initiatives and company objectives.

• Develop planograms and merchandising standards.
• Optimize category placement and inventory levels.
• Identify opportunities to improve shopper engagement and category performance.
• Collaborate with operations teams to ensure execution excellence.

• Maintain compliance with FDA regulations and all federal, state, and local tobacco laws.
• Monitor changes in tobacco legislation and assess business impacts.
• Ensure all promotional and merchandising activities comply with regulatory requirements.
• Partner with legal and compliance teams when necessary.

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Marketing, Finance, Economics, or related field.
• 5+ years of Tobacco Category Management experience.
• Strong analytical and financial acumen.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel
• Experience with syndicated data sources such as Circana (IRI), NielsenIQ,
• Experience with PDI and Market Link

Enmarket is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.