Value Added Business Manager - Iowa Premium Beef

National Beef•Kansas City, MO

2d•Onsite

About The Position

National Beef of Kansas City, Missouri, is looking for a qualified professional to join our Team as Value Added Business Manager for Iowa Premium Beef. With competitive pay and benefits, stable work, and an environment that is caring and supportive, National Beef could become your next career move.

Requirements

Meat business knowledge and experience
Live cattle and boxed beef markets, movements, and trends
Possess awareness of pricing, margin, and optimization strategies
Understanding of business channel dynamics – retail, food-service, and further processing
Understand given cattle sort production capabilities, product specifications, packaging, and yields
Identify brand positioning opportunities against commodity beef and competitive brands and programs
Ability to effectively organize and handle multiple tasks simultaneously.
Strong communication skills
Hold strategic mindset with reasoning and problem-solving ability
Must be at least 18 years of age or older.
Applicants must be authorized to work for ANY employer in the U.S. We are unable to provide visa sponsorship at this time.

Responsibilities

Responsible for brand/program complex that includes:
Work with pricing manager to deliver the annual plan and manage objectives including:
Yearly business plan that will meet tonnage and margin benchmarks
Pricing strategy and price list
Product mix offering and program’s box inventory
Lead management of brand/program customer relationships in all channels
Serve as an internal and external resource for product and brand information
Develop and execute tactics to build and retain brand partners
Perform brand trainings, customer calls and business reviews
Collaborate with Field Managers and Account Managers on account opportunities
Understand customer needs and key drivers of their business including best-food-day ad, food shows, merchandising needs, training and planning assistance
Drive new program growth through new and current customers
Work closely with Field Managers and Account Managers to maintain an on-going list of target prospects and generate new customer leads across all channels
Participate as a lead resource in the program and brand sell-ins to key target accounts
Increase current customer penetration; identify and propose new cuts/items for the program and customers
Build a committed customer base for under-utilized items.
Other duties as assigned