Manager, Produce Supply Group

Financial Management:

• Responsible for expense management and budgeting
• Read and interpret Branch/Team Financial reports and accountable for budgeting process; effectively communicate financial trends to direct reports and overall team
• Promote both growth and efficiency within the Supply team; responsible for achieving or exceeding planned net revenue, order count and efficiency metrics
• Responsible for developing and implementing processes that will reduce financial risk within the business

Business Management:

• Responsible to lead business planning for supply team
• Organize, plan, coordinate and collaborate with others on all phases of team’s operations
• Utilize company systems to manage business processes
• Prioritize and delegate work
• Work with the region’s Managers and Network to identify new growth opportunities
• Accountable for SOP maintenance and development for the region

People Management:

• Staff management for regional Supply team
• Manage performance reviews: employees goals, objectives and accountabilities
• Coach and give feedback, team building, leading change and delegation
• Manage the Talent Planning process and ensure all employees are involved in a development and succession planning process
• Direct hire/fire responsibilities
• Understand and communicate company compensation philosophy and process, utilizing the company systems
• Decision making responsibility for compensation of direct reports

Supply:

• Collaborate with category managers to support vision of vertically integrated supply chains
• Set the overall regional Supply strategy and expectations of Supplier management and sales
• Ensure the Supply team strategy and execution supports the overall vision of the region
• Regularly engage strategic supplier through score carding and/or annual reviews to create sustainable programs
• Publish analysis on driver commodities to develop business or educate the team
• Set volume and margin expectations by ensuring all budgets and business plans are driven by sales innovation and Supplier/customer growth
• Set standards for daily processes that drive excellence in operations and service
• Ensure compliance with corporate and Supplier management policies
• Manage current staffing needs of the regional Supply group while working with the General Manager and corporate talent acquisition to forecast hiring demand
• Responsible to assure that Supply recruitment and retention strategy is in place and implemented within the business
• Partner with Account Managers and business development to facilitate pricing requests, RFP’s, and to develop pricing standards and SOPs for new accounts
• Ensure that buy prices are reset based on certain variables
• Act as a point of escalation as it pertains to Supplier dispute resolution
• Grow automation with Suppliers
• Ensure load coverage of the region meets all best practices and standards for high service
• Secure and develops Supplier relationships; participates in Supplier development reviews as necessary
• Supply Chain development
• Oversee further development of existing supply chains, i.e. Guatemala, Broccoli programs, etc.
• Identify, vet, and implement new supply chains opportunities, i.e. other potential grower programs that we see value in (Brussels Sprouts, other potential “niche” items, etc.)
• Responsible for management of CIS categories, pre and post-harvest volumes, etc.
• Accountable for grower accounting and materials oversight in regional programs/non CIS
• Collaborate with grower development teams