Category Optimization Manager

Why Work at Conestoga Meats?

• Growing company with opportunity to grow with team and department
• Stable full-time hours; no rotating shifts
• Employee referral bonus program (minimum $300 per hire)
• Competitive benefits package for you and your family at 3 months of service
• Pension plan and company matching at 1 year of service
• Floater day given on top of vacation days
• Diverse workforce; translation of communication materials into 8 languages
• Discounts on quality pork products
• Employee assistance program (financial assistance, mental health resources)
• Social Committee events (food trucks, gifts, games)
• BBQ's and wellness programs
• On-site training and company provided equipment
• Employee scholarship program and English courses

Responsibilities

• Responsible for working with and developing cross-functional teams to drive efficiency, opportunity, and profitability across their particular categories.
• Negotiate and sell weekly to select commodity accounts to ensure first-hand market understanding and optimize category sales.
• Provide internal expertise and direction on pork market pricing (i.e., USDA, Canadian market, exchange rate, Urner Barry), international market/political implications.
• Oversee and provide direction regarding the preparation and balancing of daily production requirements and inventory allocation.
• Identify strategies and tactics to drive incremental sales by analyzing assortment, evaluating financial data, and developing insights from customer behavior.
• Develop recommendations for short- and long-term optimization opportunities for their specific category responsibilities.
• Weekly review and accountability for targeted KPI’s, i.e. sales results, mix, profit margins, etc.
• Responsible to develop and execute disposition plan for fresh/frozen inventories at optimal levels.
• Lead category optimization team within broader Sales Department
• Work directly with the Senior Manager, Commodity Sales, and Product Management to create market costing strategies.
• Implement and measure effectiveness of pricing strategies developed in conjunction with the Senior Manager, Commodity Sales, and Product Management
• Provide overall direction and implement product strategies cross functionally.
• Accountable to ensure accurate product specifications for associated category.
• Demonstrates and promotes the Conestoga WAY (Company values)
• Other duties and responsibilities as assigned.
• Available for on call in evenings as well as Saturdays as required.

Qualifications

• 3-5 years of work experience in a role focused on business analytics.
• Understanding of commodity markets preferred
• Sales/negotiation skills would be optimal.
• University degree in Business Administration, Finance or Mathematics preferred.
• Financial skills in order to prepare budgets, cost standards, analyze variances, etc.
• Office/project management software skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Strong attention to detail
• Ability to work independently and handle multiple priorities at the same time.
• Strong Proficiency in the Microsoft Office suite, especially Word and Excel
• Technologically savvy and able to learn various enterprise systems.
• Team player: maintain a positive attitude, and work collaboratively cross functionally.
• Proactive problem solver with a focus on continuous improvement
• Strong initiative and drive to succeed.

Key Competencies

Accountability and Initiative

• Takes initiative and demonstrates a “do whatever it takes” work ethic to get the job done.
• Consistently delivers on personal targets.

Service Excellence

• Displays personal ownership and a sense of urgency over any issues or complaints that arise from the customer experience.
• Maintain an outstanding customer experience despite time pressures or obstacles.

Communicating with Clarity

• Verifies the meaning of messages sent by others and confirms any next steps required.

Key Performance Accountabilities

• Optimal daily production plans for assigned category.
• Weekly review and accountability for targeted KPI’s
• Developing and executing short- and long-term pricing strategies
• Ensure accurate costing, product specifications, and communication.
• Financial return optimized.

If this sounds like the job for you, please submit your resume online at http://conestogameats.com.

We thank all applicants for their interest, however only those invited to participate in our recruitment process will be contacted.