Owns the market share growth, sales and profitability performance of assigned product categories, vendors and Stock Keeping Units (SKU’s) through analysis and collaboration with sales and marketing teams.
Owns the product education and training plan for their categories.
Facilitates in General Sales Meeting’s (GSM’s) to support category growth aligned with corporate and regional direction.
Collaborates with marketing on regional category promotions.
Works with Business Resources team on customer facing opportunities.
Uses market intelligence to create relevant sales quotations.
Decision maker for the local product assortment
Rationalizes SKU’s to optimize warehouse needs.
Executes corporate strategies to drive PGM Growth
Supports procurement in aged/overstock/deadstock.
Resolves local vendor discrepancies and conflicts.
Negotiates local program agreements.
Facilitates local item and vendor setups and costing.
Complies with Sysco’s Food Safety Policy and procedures to ensure food safety, quality and legality requirements are met.
Is willing to work safely with minimal environmental impact and understands the importance of reporting all hazards, incidents, and environmental spills immediately to their supervisor.
Understands that they play an integral role in their own safety and that of their colleagues and is willing to speak out when hazards are present.
Perform other duties as assigned.
Requirements
Minimum 1 year of merchandising/category management or marketing experience
Experience in retail or foodservice sales is an asset
Post secondary education in related field preferred, equivalent work experience will be considered.
Intermediate proficiency in Microsoft Office including Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook
Ability to foster strong relationships with vendors, internal departments to drive sales, resolve issues and create a competitive advantage.
Strong negotiation, organizational, decision making and presentation skills.
High degree of integrity and accountability; handles significant amount of proprietary information and process.
Ability to maintain stable performance under pressure or opposition, i.e. conflicts/ambiguity and during negotiations.
Must have solid understanding of products within their category as it pertains to features & benefits, advantages, category trends, and Vendors associated with their category.
Valid driver’s license in good standing with access to a vehicle is required as there may be some ad-hoc travel.
Benefits
Comprehensive Flexible Benefits including Health and Dental, Health Care Spending and Wellness Accounts
Short-Term and Long-Term Disability
Life Insurance
Voluntary Optional Insurance
Parental Leave Plan
Company Pension Plan
Group RRSP & TFSA
Employee and Family Assistance
Stock Purchase Plan
Maple Virtual Care
Unlimited on-line learning
Sysco product discounts
Preferred vendor discounts
Associate Resource Groups (*benefits may vary based on location or bargaining unit)