Business Development Senior Manager Dollar/Natural Channel

Company and Position Information :

Del Monte Foods, Inc. (DMFI) is a multi-national food company headquartered in Walnut Creek, CA, with a powerful portfolio of brands, including iconic Del Monte, Contadina and College Inn.

Our premium-quality meal ingredients, snacks and beverages can be found in six out of ten U.S. households.

At Del Monte Foods, we believe in supporting one another. In helping our people shape their own careers - in letting them grow outward, upward and across disciplines.

We are tending to the greater good, providing accessible, nourishing, great-tasting food for all. We are Del Monte Foods - Growers of Good.

The salary range for this role is :

$117,880.47 - $212,096.80

Responsibilities :

The Business Development Senior Manager for the Dollar & Natural Channels will be responsible for the successful achievement of the ongoing Merchandising, Assortment, Pricing and Shelving objectives established each fiscal year assigned for the accounts within their responsibility to include Dollar General, Dollar Tree, Family Dollar, Sprouts, Whole Foods, The Fresh Market and Fresh Thyme in addition to other customers within the assigned Channel(s).

The key competencies associated with this position include (but are not limited to) establishing a strategic vision & perspective for assigned customers, effectively managing ambiguity and complexity in the marketplace, developing strategically aligned partnerships with assigned customers, demonstrating decision making agility, providing thought leadership through creative and innovative customer approaches, and utilizing business and financial acumen to deliver assigned revenue & profit goals within assigned spend.

Broker management experience, Spins Data affiliation and adept understanding of the assigned channels and small format landscape are also critical.

This position will focus on further developing Del Monte's base business and play a key role in developing growth initiatives, strategies, and tactics for emerging categories.

Position is remote working out of a home office.

Achieve Fiscal Year Financials

Direct and deliver key financial metrics versus AOP sales with an aligned trade spend plan.

In-Market Execution and Customer Development

• Develop customer specific objectives in support of Del Monte's strategic plan.
• Achieve new item, assortment, pricing, and merchandising objectives.

Direct and Drive JBP Partnership at Appropriate Levels of Customers.

• Merchandising : Achieve annual and key merchandising objectives.
• New Items : Deliver new item objectives.
• Pricing : Manage everyday pricing within GTMS.
• GDP's : Grow GDP's / maintain share of GDP's.
• Execute assortment and shelving initiatives / customer category reviews to improve shelf presence.
• Drive market share in select categories and sub-categories in line with corporate objectives.
• Shopper Marketing program coordination where applicable.
• Effectively engage and leverage cross functional resources (HQ Business Unit, Customer Strategy & Development, Shopper Marketing, Finance, Supply Chain) to exceed / achieve business objectives with assigned customers.

Capabilities

• Own development of Dollar & Natural Go to Market strategy utilizing cross-functional resources such as Category Management & Insights, Shopper Marketing, Customer Finance and Business Intelligence Analytics, to drive volume and share growth.
• Leverage Customer Strategy & Development to translate, integrate and activate Del Monte Consumer strategies into key customer-level business plans.
• Manage the business forecasting across all business segments and ensure successful entry and integration into trade planning and promotional tools.

Customer Meeting Support

• Coordinate and attend sales / review / innovation presentations at Customers.
• Collaborate with Category Management and Customer Strategy & Development to deliver best in class presentation materials and insights for business meetings.
• Create meeting cadence with Category Managers, Coordinators, Directors and other key cross-functional partners.

Other duties as assigned.

Del Monte Foods Leadership Behaviors :

As leaders we : Ground Our Teams

Ground Our Teams

Connect our teams to a clear strategy.

Provide the support our teams need for success.

Hold ourselves and our teams accountable.

Create the Climate

Solve problems together with our teams.

Enable smart risk taking.

Empower our teams to make decisions and take action.

Nurture the Good

Are intentional about building trust.

Lead with empathy.

Grow and develop our teams.

Qualifications :

• Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science degree required.
• 5-10 years of region or headquarter retail sales experience in consumer-packaged goods industry along with Broker management experience.
• Direct and execute all aspects of the fiscal year sales plan execution :
• Develop and execute a strategic business plan to grow profitable volume.
• Establish customer priorities, objectives and strategies based on marketplace conditions.
• Manage retail execution to ensure optimal shelf presence and retail conditions.
• Review Del Monte Foods, Inc. GTMS with customers for understanding and compliance.
• Provide strategic input, reflecting customer requirements / needs into AOP planning process focusing on trade marketing strategy / tactics, delivering a plan that can be executed with customer to achieve company objectives.
• Identify and understand customer's needs, and successfully interface with Customer Strategy & Development to customize plans that best meet the customer's strategic direction while optimizing growth opportunities.
• Manage all aspects of trade spend to ensure funds are effectively utilized equitably with promotional strategies to achieve merchandising objectives.

Manage trade funds to ensure incremental volume and profits result from spend. Monitor post promotional analysis to assess the impact of promotions and adjust, as appropriate, to improve results.

• Analyze and pursue innovative incremental growth opportunities and strategies during the trade plan development phase, present these to Team Lead & Customer Strategy & Development for alignment, then incorporate into JBP.
• Manage business based on a strategic scorecard aligned with customer, which focuses on mutually beneficial business growth, review quarterly, course correct when required, and proactively manage business.
• Manage internal resources to resolve promotion related deductions and forecast base and promotional demand.
• Leverage cross functional support groups (Customer Finance, Supply Chain, Category Leadership, Customer Strategy & Development) to drive growth, provide insights and improve customer services.
• Analyze customer, category, and channel data to develop insights, solutions, and recommendations to drive profitable growth for the customer and Del Monte Foods, Inc.
• Proven record of success in retail grocery industry with consumer-packaged goods experience.
• Excellent leadership and interpersonal skills to influence customer contacts.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills as well as excellent interpersonal skills, analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Strong computer proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Circana or other syndicated data and competent in PowerPoint.

WE OFFER : Competitive salary.

Competitive salary.

Comprehensive benefits package including Medical, Dental, Vision, and 401(k).

Please be advised that your application is not complete until you fill out, sign, and submit an Application for Employment for a specific position for which Del Monte Foods, Inc.

is actively recruiting. Your application must reflect that you possess the required qualifications for the position.

No sponsorship is available for this position.

No agencies or 3rd party vendors.