Associate Procurement (Buyer) Manager : Poultry & Protein

Site Address

1801 South Canal Street, Chicago, IL 60616

What You'll Do

As the ACM (Poultry & Protein) for our Charles Austin facility, you will develop and execute our national poultry strategy, manage vendor relationships, and monitor poultry performance. You will work closely with regional teams and collaborate with various departments to drive business growth.

• Manage the structure of chicken & beef purchasing by leveraging internal data, market insights, and feedback from the buyers and product specialist team to influence the selection and breadth of our categories.
• Oversee the product lifecycle including pre-season planning through execution and tracking management; in-season sales forecasting management; and the application of the obtained data for upcoming seasons.
• Ensure the team maintains an optimal inventory level and improve sales and profitability, as well as collaborate with the sales team to broaden external sales efforts.
• Develop, implement, and manage the performance of national category strategies and short and long-term category objectives aimed at driving the category to meet and / or exceed business growth targets and objectives.
• Monitor and analyze chicken & beef performance on a national, regional, and division level.
• Establish, maintain, and grow relationships with suppliers and lead negotiation efforts.
• Manage vendor communications and consistently provide vendor performance feedback and resolve complex issues.
• Develop poultry category level pricing strategies, continually reviewing pricing structure and implementing changes to maximize performance.
• Negotiate national vendor price deviation funding and determine category promotion strategy. Determine and offer pricing and promotional materials.
• Manage overall chicken & beef product assortment, to include the execution of assortment reviews, determining core SKUs, reviewing new vendor items, driving national assortment harmonization, and reducing product duplication.
• Other duties assigned by the manager.

Qualifications

Must have (2) years previous experience in purchasing food in the chicken, beef, or pork sector for consideration.

Salary Range : $70,000 - $100,000

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