Amanda Siarny

I manage the food service category in convenience retail with Circle K, which means I'm responsible for buying all of the products, managing the inventory, making sure that it gets to the warehouse and then to the store, as well as handling pricing and promotional activity. I started with Circle K eight years ago as an overnight cashier and worked my way up through the company. I was a store manager during COVID, and when we started a new food program, my store was very successful with it. The director of food service at the time brought me in to be a trainer, and from there I learned category management as an analyst in package beverage. Once I had gotten enough category experience under my belt, they brought me back into food service to manage that category. I just graduated with my bachelor's degree in September of last year, and I started my MBA in November with the Jack Welch Management Institute, focusing on international business since the company I work for is international.