National Supplier Performance Director

Johnson Brothers•Saint Paul, MN
92d•$127,704 - $212,424
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About The Position

This role is responsible for managing our core supplier's business planning and performance, and maintaining a healthy financial position for Johnson Brothers; while working as a conduit between supplier and our branches across the U.S. This position can sit in the Twin Cities, Indianapolis or Dallas areas.

Requirements

  • 4 Year Degree
  • People management experience
  • Brand/Supplier management experience
  • Experience in Beverage Alcohol Industry
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills & comfortable communicating with all levels, including Senior Level Leadership
  • Excellent organizational skills & attention to detail with a high sense of urgency, initiative & proactive planning
  • Ability to think critically & solve problems
  • Capable of leading change
  • Strong presentation skills & ability to guide business conversations
  • Data & Fact driven ways of working
  • Working knowledge of Microsoft Office Tools; specifically Excel & Power Point

Responsibilities

  • Develop tactical overlays to cluster/brand strategy
  • Engage Johnson Brothers Leadership during process
  • Plan / execute against suggested pricing strategies
  • Build target account lists for identified activities
  • Plan effective use of POS
  • Develop market execution plan including measurable goals by geography, channel, customer, and brand
  • Integrate plan to drive Transformational Priorities
  • Include brand training where appropriate
  • Plan activity/goals against achieving brand standards
  • Lead planning of national/local POS buys with Supplier(s)
  • Follow Supplier(s) lead on innovation planning within assigned brands including programming, goal setting, inventory management, selling tools, kickoff meeting, training, tracking, etc.
  • Communicate monthly, quarterly, and annual portfolio priorities and key execution metrics by channel, geography, customer and brand across entire selling Johnson Brothers Network to achieve internal alignment
  • Manage Budgets: Grant/Tactical/Trade $'s/Discounts/LMF
  • Identify and propose solutions to competitive pricing opportunities / challenges
  • Incorporate 'best practices' and other market learning's across the Network
  • Develop and plan against creative selling opportunities
  • In depth analysis of activities by channel, geography, customer and brand
  • Scorecard Performance across Johnson Brothers Network
  • Measure and update against execution plan and continually identify strategic gaps in plan
  • Measure monthly progress against achieving brand standards and goals across network
  • Manage Supplier(s) scorecard against innovation, on premise & other KPI's
  • Develop business analysis for key accounts
  • Use internal tracking of goals including displays, feature ads, pricing, distribution, visibility, accounts sold, menus, drink features, etc. to deliver above
  • Lead on identified Investment Activities
  • Locally created POS / tactical spends / pricing
  • Assist Supplier(s) in management of supplier(s) programming
  • National POS / sampling / local media / etc.
  • Monitor and recap against pricing strategies / programs
  • Assess Supplier(s), Brand and Category health using syndicated data; including Nielsen, IRI, DISCUS, Etc.
  • Overall Management of profitability for Supplier and Distributor alike
  • Assess and monitor spend against budgets to identify risk and/or opportunities
  • Run standard and other reports for business needs
  • Coordinate mid-month and end of month business reviews across channels with Supplier(s) Leadership
  • Coordinate quarterly business reviews and planning meetings with Supplier(s) Leadership
  • Collaborates with Supplier to build comprehensive training programs, designed to educate an enhance Johnson Brothers Sales personnel capabilities
  • Works in conjunction with Corporate Training Platform
  • Ensures all Supplier and Johnson Brothers Corporate Compliance measures are in place and being followed pertaining to designated portfolio(s)
  • Work with Purchasing Department to ensure contractual obligations and asks are being adhered to
  • In conjunction, maintaining healthy Inventory levels for internal purposes
  • Oversight to Branch forecasting using Logility
  • Develops influential relationships with local market sales leaders, including Regional Presidents, GM's, Sales Managers, Brand Managers, Etc.
  • Plans and Executes Market Surveys upon Supplier(s) desired cadence across Johnson Brothers Network

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health benefits and programs, which include medical, dental, vision, life insurance, health savings and flexible spending accounts
  • 401(k) with an employer match
  • Short term disability coverage
  • Company-paid long term disability insurance
  • Generous paid time off (PTO) plans
  • Paid parental leave

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Merchant Wholesalers, Nondurable Goods

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  1. Identify and propose solutions to competitive pricing opportunities / challenges
  2. Incorporate 'best practices' and other market learning's across the Network
  3. Develop and plan against creative selling opportunities
  4. In depth analysis of activities by channel, geography, customer and brand
  5. Scorecard Performance across Johnson Brothers Network
  6. Measure and update against execution plan and continually identify strategic gaps in plan
  7. Measure monthly progress against achieving brand standards and goals across network
  8. Manage Supplier(s) scorecard against innovation, on premise & other KPI's
  9. Develop business analysis for key accounts
  10. Use internal tracking of goals including displays, feature ads, pricing, distribution, visibility, accounts sold, menus, drink features, etc. to deliver above
  11. Lead on identified Investment Activities
  12. Locally created POS / tactical spends / pricing
  13. Assist Supplier(s) in management of supplier(s) programming
  14. National POS / sampling / local media / etc.
  15. Monitor and recap against pricing strategies / programs
  16. Assess Supplier(s), Brand and Category health using syndicated data; including Nielsen, IRI, DISCUS, Etc.
  17. Overall Management of profitability for Supplier and Distributor alike
  18. Assess and monitor spend against budgets to identify risk and/or opportunities
  19. Run standard and other reports for business needs
  20. Coordinate mid-month and end of month business reviews across channels with Supplier(s) Leadership
  21. Coordinate quarterly business reviews and planning meetings with Supplier(s) Leadership
  22. Collaborates with Supplier to build comprehensive training programs, designed to educate an enhance Johnson Brothers Sales personnel capabilities
  23. Works in conjunction with Corporate Training Platform
  24. Ensures all Supplier and Johnson Brothers Corporate Compliance measures are in place and being followed pertaining to designated portfolio(s)
  25. Work with Purchasing Department to ensure contractual obligations and asks are being adhered to
  26. In conjunction, maintaining healthy Inventory levels for internal purposes
  27. Oversight to Branch forecasting using Logility
  28. Develops influential relationships with local market sales leaders, including Regional Presidents, GM's, Sales Managers, Brand Managers, Etc.
  29. Plans and Executes Market Surveys upon Supplier(s) desired cadence across Johnson Brothers Network

    30. Requirements

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