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Position Summary:
In Collaboration with the Produce Director or Manager, negotiate, procure, and coordinate the effective distribution of Category 11 products and services to customers through Sysco Broadline Operating Companies.
Establish and execute strategy for the produce category to meet or exceed profitable sales targets supported by effectively managing OPCO designated service levels. Provide training, product information, regulatory guidance, and customer service to internal and external customers in support of the distribution of products and services as needed.
Sysco Eastern Wisconsin is located at One Sysco Drive, Jackson, WI 53037.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS/DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Procurement – Replenishment Maintain appropriate inventory levels in meeting customer demand (Service Level) while maximizing inventory turns and controlling shrink.
- Support Category Management by providing product assortment and sku rationalization recommendations that are aligned with your customer demand.
- Align with and implement a “local” and “sustainable” program where applicable.
- Ensure OPCO participation and comprehension of sourcing programs.
- Meet or exceed appropriate contract compliance.
- Exploit effective utilization of PRDC and RDC platforms where appropriate.
- Provide timely and effective communication with Sales force including but not limited to market conditions, product quality and availability, new items and applications.
- Establish with the Produce Director/Manager impactful (S.M.A.R.T.) fiscal CMP and Bonus Goals aligned with Opco and Corporate targets. Accepts accountability in reaching these goals.
Transportation Management
- Responsible for logistics on all inbound products utilizing efficient loading strategy and employing PRDC, consolidation and re-distribution where appropriate. Collaborate with TMS and Optimization teams in capturing all available freight related efficiencies.
- Drive effective adoption of Corp logistics strategies.
Sales – Merchandising
- Support produce sales opportunities by collaborating with Business Development and, Sales and Marketing management in developing successful sales strategy in growing profitable sales.
- Support through procurement innovative, impactful produce marketing/promotional agendas.
- Support category sales training of Marketing Associates.
- Utilize available contract programs and resources to support sales strategies.
Quality Assurance
- Insure Quality integrity of all inbound and outbound Category 11 products. Works closely with Quality Assurance. lead(s) and in conjunction with Operations and Transportation Management.
- Work with inventory control to manage expiration dating through SWMS reports.
Fiscal Accountability
- Manage and direct effective control of product shrink.
- Maximize earned income opportunities through increased cases billed through SMS.
- Must be able to perform essential job functions with or without reasonable accommodations.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent combinations of experience and education in lieu of degree required.
- Minimum of two years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of culinary/food service education and experience required.
- Two years of Produce and/or Food Service procurement experience preferred.
CORE QUALITIES:
Integrity & Accountability
- Speaks and acts with complete honesty and trustworthiness.
- Owns mistakes and promptly addresses them.
Flexibility & Adaptability
- Promptly adjusts to new circumstances and modifies approach.
- Demonstrates openness to changes and ideas.
Innovation
- Challenges status quo; identifies new approaches and spots untapped opportunities.
Problem Solving and Decision making
- Anticipates and confronts issues and problems early on.
- Uses facts and selects approaches that will work and have the greatest impact.
Building Effective Relationships
- Proactively initiates connections with key stakeholders and team members. Responds to unexpected problems by encouraging dialogue; avoids volatile reactions and excessive criticism.
- Planning and Organizing: Must establish courses of action for self to ensure that work is completed efficiently.
- Contributing to Team Success: Associate participates as a member of a Team to help the Team accomplish its goals.
- Adaptability: Maintains effectiveness when experiencing major changes in work tasks or the work environment; adjusting to new work structures, processes.
- Collaboration: Working effectively and collaborating with others, establishing and maintaining good working relationships.
- Customer Focus: Educates customers. Shares information with customers to build their understanding of issues and capabilities.
- Sets high standards of performance for self; assuming responsibility and accountability for the successful completion of assignments or tasks; self-imposing standards of excellence rather than having standards imposed.
- Must accomplish tasks by considering all areas involved, no matter how small; showing a concern for all aspects of the job; accurately checking processes and tasks; being watchful over time.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, stand, walk and use hands and fingers to operate a computer keyboard, mouse, and telephone to talk and hear. The employee is frequently required to sit and reach with hands and arms. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 20 pounds.
WORK ENVIRONMENT:
- The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of the job.
- The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
NOTICE: The above statements are intended to describe the general nature of the environment and level of work being performed by this job. This job description in no way states or implies that the duties and responsibilities listed are the only tasks to be performed by the employee in this job. The employee will be required to follow any other instructions and to perform any other job related duties requested by his or her supervisor.
Reasonable accommodations will be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
This job description supersedes prior job descriptions. When duties and responsibilities change and develop the job description will be reviewed and subject to changes of business necessity.
Additional Information:
Sysco is committed to providing comprehensive retirement and benefits programs, a stock purchase plan, product purchase discounts and much more!
Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the U.S. on a full-time basis without future employment sponsorship.
Sysco Eastern Wisconsin is a Tobacco Free Facility!
