Business Development Manager Kroger

Company and Position Information:

Del Monte Foods (DMFC) 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:

Responsibilities:

The Business Development Manager (BDM) Kroger will be responsible for the successful achievement of the ongoing Merchandising, Assortment, Pricing and Shelving objectives established each fiscal year assigned for the specified Kroger businesses.

The position will work out of a home office. Approved States include AR, CA, CO, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, MI, MN, NC, NE, NJ, NY, NV, OH, OR, PA, TN, TX, VA, WA, and WI. Qualified candidates must be located in a Kroger market.

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

Del Monte Foods Leadership Behaviors:

As leaders we:

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:

Required Education and/or Certifications

• Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science degree required.

Years of Experience

• 5-7 years region or headquarters retail sales experience in consumer-packaged goods industry or broker.

Skills

• Direct and execute all aspects of the fiscal year sales plan execution:
  • Develop and execute a strategic business plan to grow profitable volume year over year.
  • Establish customer priorities, objectives and strategies based on marketplace conditions.
  • Manage retail execution to ensure optimal shelf presence and retail conditions.
  • Review DMFC GTMS with customer 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 CS&D to customize plans that best meet the customer's strategic direction while optimizing growth opportunities.
• Manage all aspects of trade spend to ensure DMFC 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 & CS&D 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 promotional demand.
• Leverage cross functional support groups (Sales Finance, Supply Chain, Category Leadership, CS&D) 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 DMFC.
• Proven record of success in retail grocery industry with consumer-packaged goods or broker experience.
• Excellent leadership and interpersonal skills to influence customer contacts.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills as well as excellent interpersonal skills and analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Strong computer proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Nielsen or other syndicated data and competent in PowerPoint.

WE OFFER:

• 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 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.