At Sysco, we offer our associates the opportunity to grow personally and professionally, to contribute to the success of a dynamic organization, and to serve others in a manner that exceeds their expectations. We are looking for talented, hard-working individuals to join our team. Come grow with us and let us show you why good things really do come from Sysco.
We are currently looking for a Produce Merchandising Manager in Jackson, WI.
As the Produce Merchandising Manager you will help negotiate, procure, and coordinate the effective distribution of produce. You are responsible for establishing and executing a strategy for the produce department to meet or exceed profitable sales targets and provide training, product information, regulatory guidance, and customer service to internal and external customers.
Responsibilities:
- Provides staff with specific feedback on performance related to established goals
- Must establish courses of action for self and others to ensure that work is completed efficiently.
- Sets high standards of performance for self and others; assuming responsibility and accountability for the successful completion of assignments or tasks; self-imposing standards of excellence rather than having standards imposed.
- Maintain appropriate inventory to meet customer demand while maximizing inventory turns and controlling shrink.
- Align with and implement a “local” and “sustainable” program where applicable.
- Partner with Produce Market Director and Houston sourcing team to enhance programs and assuring local market relevance.
- Provide timely and effective communication with Sales force including but not limited to market conditions, product quality and availability, new items and applications.
- Responsible for logistics on all inbound products utilizing efficient loading strategy and employing PRDC, consolidation and re-distribution where appropriate.
- Develop and implement innovative, impactful produce marketing/promotional agendas.
- Facilitate produce growth by driving MA support through business reviews, customer insight encounters with targeted training and education.
- Schedule and manage category sales training of Marketing Associates.
- Develop sales strategies utilizing available contract programs and resources.
- Establish and maintain accountability that all inbound product is inspected thoroughly.
- Develop and monitor SOPs insuring that all pick locations are checked daily.
- Works with inventory control to manage expiration dating through SWMS reports.
- Review daily financials and utilize strategic pricing strategies to ensure profitability and sales growth targets are being met or exceeded and profit plan realized.
- Manage and direct effective control of product shrink.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor degree or equivalent combinations of experience and education in lieu of degree required.
- Minimum of 5-7 years produce industry experience required.
- Management and Food Service Industry experience preferred.
- Actively supports needed changes in strategy, technologies, business innovations, organizational structure, and people.
- Proactively engages with team to ensure understanding and execution of changes.
- Develops and executes implementation plans to drive needed changes.
- Anticipates emerging trends and future market opportunities.
- Prioritizes opportunities and develops actionable strategic plans.
- Anticipates and confronts issues and problems early on.
- Gathers input and considers different points of view to reach the best outcome.
- Uses facts and selects approaches that will work and have the greatest impact.
- Makes timely and effective decisions to reach business goals.
We are committed to providing comprehensive retirement and benefits programs, a stock purchase plan, product purchase discounts and much more!
