OAKBROOK TERRACE, Ill. -- Great category managers leverage instinct, analysis, data insights and technology to build robust assortment and sales of their categories. They are, by all accounts, the CEO of their particular category, whether it’s packaged beverages, cigarettes or candy and snacks.
As the leading provider of category insights in the convenience and retail-marketing industry, CSP magazine is proud to announce the Category Manager of the Year Award, a first-of-its-kind award for the leading category managers in the convenience-store retailing sector.
“Category managers are the driving force behind the growth of the convenience-store industry,” said Jim Bursch, executive vice president of convenience for Winsight LLC (formerly CSP Business Media). “Prior to today, these extremely dedicated, laser-focused men and women have not been given the recognition they deserve. We see this program quickly becoming the most significant award honoring category managers in our channel.”
Nominations and winners of the Category Manager of the Year Award will be chosen by their supplier partners.
Category managers will be awarded in eight product categories:
- Alcohol Beverages
- Candy
- Foodservice
- General Merchandise/HBC
- OTP
- Packaged Beverages
- Snacks
- Tobacco
CSP magazine will honor two winners in each category: those from chains 1-100 stores, and from operations 101 or more stores. In addition to being honored at a special ceremony, winners will be featured in a special section of CSP’s 2016 Category Management Handbook.
Further information and nomination details will be provided in September.
Oakbrook Terrace, Ill.-based Winsight LLC is a market-dominant business-to-business media and information company specializing in the convenience-retailing, restaurant and noncommercial foodservice industries. It has an extensive media portfolio of four leading publications, including CSP, Restaurant Business, FoodService Director and Convenience Store Products; a suite of digital products including websites, e-newsletters (CSP Daily News) and webinars; plus video products, mobile and tablet apps, custom marketing solutions and the convenience-retailer intelligence tool, CSPedia. The Winsight Events group produces six exclusive, large-scale executive-level conferences—Restaurant Leadership Conference, FARE Conference, Outlook Leadership, Convenience Retailing University, FSTEC and MenuDirections—in addition to more than 12 major EduNetworking conferences and advisory meetings.
Visit www.winsightmedia.com for more information.
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