Position: Category Manager – Food Service
About: Love’s Travel Stops & Country Stores is seeking a dedicated Category Manager to drive commercial value and enhance the company’s competitive position through end-to-end category management activities within the assigned categories. This role involves managing supplier relationships, negotiating pricing, developing sourcing strategies, and minimizing total cost of ownership while maximizing service quality. Love’s Travel Stops & Country Stores is a leading travel stop network in the United States, offering modern facilities, meals from popular restaurant chains, trucking supplies, showers, and more to serve drivers.
Requirements: Bachelor’s Degree in supply chain management or a business-related field preferred; 5-8 years of Supply Chain, Finance, or Operations work experience; understanding of category management and procurement strategies; experience working with Food Service categories; effective negotiation skills; excellent communication skills; proficiency in data-driven analytics, Excel, Power BI or similar tools; experience with Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) or Procure-to-Pay systems
Benefits: health insurance, 401(k)
