Job Description
Job Title: Fuel Pricing Leader
Department: Fuel
Location: Florida
Pay Band: Sr. Professional
Job Summary: The Fuel Pricing Leader is responsible for attaining or exceeding corporate and strategic goals related to fuel operations, to include gross profit, market share and volume by pricing stores.
Principal Duties:
- Execute the retail fuel pricing strategy for stores in a given territory on a 24x7x365 basis. Respond to rapidly changing market conditions by refining pricing strategies and tactics to achieve financial targets. Publish and maintain fuel pricing guidelines for all stores and monitor compliance.
- Monitor and report on financial plans, budgets, and execution of store-level pricing guidelines.
- Utilize market data and analysis to make tactical pricing decisions and to ensure price changes are supported by scientific method and environmental changes to the market.
- Conduct in depth pricing analysis and intelligence gathering for each fuel market and submit detailed market analysis reports with recommendations for refining pricing strategies, as well as next steps for implementing and measuring the impact of changes.
- Utilize and perform market research to identify and respond to opportunities, threats and changes in the marketplace to make recommendations for maximizing long-term financial performance.
- Identify emerging trends in the fuel market by conducting regular market tours and store visits, analysis of historical performance, and research of industry publications and current events that lead to strategy recommendations.
- Document and maintain competitor attributes and site data as part of ensuring market knowledge and analysis are current to support sound strategy recommendations and pricing decisions. Educate the Pricing Team of any market changes.
- Observe & respond to macro market demand forces dynamics and investigate market share and profitability impacts. Implement daily price changes and make strategy recommendations to ensure a balance of market share and profitability growth. Communicate findings and recommendations to the Pricing Team.
- Execute Wawa's fuel highway sign program.
- Provide cross functional partnership to Store Operations teams by communicating pricing strategies and gathering concerns and recommendations related to fuel performance and sharing with appropriate work group(s) for evaluation and response.
Essential Functions:
- Ability to work well individually as well as in a team environment
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Excellent customer service skills
- Ability to work with little or no supervision
- Detail oriented and excellent organizational skills
- Excellent analytical and problem solving skills
- Ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously and independently
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Proven self-starter with demonstrated ability to make decisions
- Excellent leadership skills
- Strong influence management skills
- Ability to work effectively under pressure in a fast-paced environment
- Must maintain a valid driver’s license
- Willingness and ability to work and travel frequently; weekends and holidays
- Project management skills preferred
Basic Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree preferred
- Skilled in Microsoft Office Suite applications
- Prior experience in fuel retailing or related field preferred
- Knowledge of fuel pricing systems and programs preferred
Wawa will provide reasonable accommodation to complete an application upon request, consistent with applicable law. If you require an accommodation, please contact our Associate Service Center at [email protected] or 1-800-444-9292.
Wawa, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. Wawa maintains a work environment in which Associates are treated fairly and with respect and in which discrimination of any kind will not be tolerated. In accordance with federal, state and local laws, we recruit, hire, promote and evaluate all applicants and Associates without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, ancestry, familial status, marital status, sexual orientation or preference, gender identity or expression, citizenship status, disability, veteran or military status, genetic information, domestic or sexual violence victim status or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. Unlawful discrimination will not be a factor in any employment decision.
