Category Manager - Food Service, Coffee & Pie Face

You will drive sales and profitability and will create compelling reasons for customers to choose United, Pie Face and our Roadhouse locations. Working as part of our Merchandise and Marketing team, you will have the prospect to influence our food service strategy, Pie Face and Roadhouse menus, coffee program, product innovation, pricing and promotions across a significant national retail network.

Key responsibilities

- Lead food service, Pie Face and Roadhouse menu innovation, developing fresh, relevant and commercially successful offers that excite both new and existing customers.
- Drive the ongoing evolution of our coffee program across United and Pie Face, including menu development, pricing, promotions and opportunities to grow the category.
- Identify new products, food trends and customer opportunities and translate them into offers that work within a fast-paced national retail environment.
- Manage proprietary SKUs and work closely with food service distribution partners on forecasting, demand planning and stock availability.
- Build strong supplier partnerships and lead product sourcing, commercial negotiations, pricing and trading terms across your categories.
- Partner with Marketing and the wider Category team to develop engaging promotional campaigns, including in-store and app-exclusive offers.
- Use data and customer insights to make informed decisions across ranging, pricing, merchandising, planograms, promotions and category performance.
- Work closely with Master Data, POS Programming and Data Analytics teams to ensure accurate information and meaningful reporting.
- Ensure Pie Face and Roadhouse food operations meet required quality, food safety, compliance and legislative standards.

About you

- Demonstrated experience as a Category Manager, Buyer or similar, ideally within food service, QSR, convenience,



grocery, hospitality or a related environment.
- Experience managing food products, proprietary stock lines, forecasting and distribution.
- Exposure to coffee, food service, QSR or convenience retail will be highly regarded.
- A genuine interest in food trends, menu development, product innovation and creating offers customers want to buy.
- Strong commercial and financial acumen, with the ability to use data to make informed pricing, ranging, promotional and merchandising decisions.
- Proven supplier management and negotiation capability.
- Strong communication, collaboration and stakeholder management skills.
- A hands-on approach – someone who enjoys getting into stores, understanding what is happening at site level and making things happen.

About us

United Petroleum is one of Australia's largest independent, Australian-owned petrol and convenience companies, with an extensive national network and a strong history of growth and success.

United Petroleum is an independent, Australian owned petrol and convenience company which offers customers premium quality fuels and competitive pricing Australia-wide.

United Petroleum is one of the fastest growing independent companies in Australia, specialising in the retail and wholesale fuel markets; convenience stores and ethanol manufacture; generating employment for over 2,500 Australians.

United Petroleum is an independent, Australian owned petrol and convenience company which offers customers premium quality fuels and competitive pricing Australia-wide.

United Petroleum is one of the fastest growing independent companies in Australia, specialising in the retail and wholesale fuel markets; convenience stores and ethanol manufacture; generating employment for over 2,500 Australians.

Source: this is an extract from the company's own website

Source: this is an extract from the company's own website

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📌 Category Manager – Food Service, Coffee & Pie Face (Melbourne)
🏢 United Petroleum
📍 Melbourne