Head of Prepared Foods

Job description

Position Summary

The Head of Prepared Foods is responsible for end-to-end leadership of Circle K’s Prepared Foods business across North America. This role sets and executes the category strategy to drive sales, margin, food quality, and customer relevance while ensuring best-in-class safety, consistency, and execution in stores.

This leader owns the Prepared Foods portfolio, including assortment strategy, innovation pipeline, supplier partnerships, training, and in-store execution, while collaborating closely with Operations, Marketing, Quality Assurance, Supply Chain, and Business Units. The role carries full accountability for financial performance, program rollout, and continuous improvement of the Prepared Foods offer. Also, any additional duties as assigned.

Key Responsibilities

Strategy & Category Leadership

Own and execute the Prepared Foods category strategy aligned to Circle K’s Foodservice growth objectives

Lead annual business planning, innovation roadmaps, and long-term category vision

Evaluate emerging trends, consumer insights, and competitive dynamics

Serve as the internal center of excellence for Prepared Foods

Financial & P&L Ownership

Full accountability for sales, margin, COGS, and profitability

Build pricing, promotional, and assortment strategies to drive traffic

Partner with Procurement and Finance to optimize cost structures

Product Development & Supplier Management

Lead product development from concept through execution

Manage strategic supplier relationships

Secure exclusive products and innovation support

Execution, Training & Field Readiness

Ensure simple, scalable, executable in-store programs

Partner with Training & Execution teams on tools and playbooks

Conduct field visits to validate execution

Safety, Quality & Compliance

Ensure FSQA, HACCP, and regulatory compliance

Partner with Quality Assurance on food safety leadership

Cross-Functional & People Leadership

Collaborate across Marketing, Operations, Supply Chain, QA, and BUs

Lead and develop direct reports and cross-functional contributors

Qualifications

Required

8+ years experience in foodservice, retail food, QSR, or CPG

Proven category or P&L ownership experience

Strong background in product development and execution

Excellent communication and analytical skills

Ability to travel up to 60%

Preferred

Experience leading Prepared or Ready-to-Eat food categories

Multi-market or national foodservice leadership exposure

Familiarity with FSQA or HACCP frameworks

Circle K is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

The Company complies with the Americans with Disabilities Act (the ADA) and all state and local disability laws. Applicants with disabilities may be entitled to a reasonable accommodation under the terms of the ADA and certain state or local laws as long as it does not impose an undue hardship on the Company. Please inform the Company’s Human Resources Representative if you need assistance completing any forms or to otherwise participate in the application process.

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Worksite address

tempe, AZ, 85285, US

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