115381BR

Job Title:

Category Manager

Location:

Performance Merch Hattiesburg (0500)

Job Description:

We Deliver the Goods:

• Competitive pay and benefits, including Day 1 Health & Wellness Benefits, Employee Stock Purchase Plan, 401K Employer Matching, Education Assistance, Paid Time Off, and much more

• Growth opportunities performing essential work to support America’s food distribution system

• Safe and inclusive working environment, including culture of rewards, recognition, and respect

Position Summary

Manage the assortment of cheese & dairy categories as well as grocery dry, refrigerated, and frozen across the opco’s serviced. Foster vendor relationships, support our strategies of increasing opco profitability, leverage our exclusive brand assortment, increase EB share, ongoing SKU rationalization while bringing assortment continuity to key stakeholders across merchandising, marketing, sales, and operations.

Position Responsibilities:

• Highlight weekly and monthly reporting on performance of category responsibilities and functions related to assigned product categories to achieve maximum profits and customer satisfaction.

• Weekly reviews utilizing data to gauge EB penetration, profitability, and appropriate velocity by SKU reporting out suggested changes or strategies to support growth and penetration

• Keep the enterprise up to date with category trends ensuring that assortment is balanced with appropriate products that bring both innovation as well as a core product mix that offers a diverse mix accommodating all customer types in the Opco footprint.

• Support sales both national and local customer on-boarding for accounts or bids that need assortment guidance and customer specific item requests.

• Approve new item requests from the field to include tracking and reporting of slow and dead

• Interfaces with customers, vendors, management, warehouse personnel, accounting, sales, marketing, customer service, transportation, information technology services, Opco Presidents, VP’s of Sales & Operations

• Functions as a team member within the procurement department and organization, as required, and performs any duty assigned to best serve the company.

Req Number:

115381BR

Address Line 1:

1100 Edwards Street

Job Location:

Hattiesburg, Mississippi (MS)

Shift:

1st Shift

Full Time / Part Time:

Full Time

EEO Statement:

Performance Food Group and/or its subsidiaries (individually or collectively, the "Company") provides equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all applicants and employees, regardless of race, color, national origin, sex, marital status, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, and any other characteristic protected by applicable local, state and federal laws and regulations. Please click on the following links to review: (1) our EEO Policy (http://pfgc.com/Policy) ; (2) the "EEO is the Law" poster (http://pfgc.com/Poster) and supplement (http://pfgc.com/Supplement) ; and (3) the Pay Transparency Policy Statement (http://pfgc.com/PayTransparency) .

Required Qualifications:

High School Diploma/GED or Equivalent Experience

4-6 years Foodservice distribution and product management either buying or category assortment oversight.

Division:

Performance Foodservice

Job Category:

Procurement

Preferred Qualifications:

Bachelors: Business management, marketing or related area.

6-10 years Foodservice distribution to include category management, category assortment revitalization to include competitive analysis, and go to market strategy ideation and deployment.

State:

Mississippi

Company Description:

Performance Foodservice, PFG’s broadline distributor, maintains a unique relationship with a variety of local customers, including independent restaurants and hotels, healthcare facilities, schools, and quick-service eateries. A team of sales reps, chefs, consultants, and other experts builds close relationships with customers — providing advice on improving operations, menu development, product selection, and operational strategies. The Performance team delivers delicious food but also goes above and beyond to help independent restaurant owners achieve their dreams.

Benefits:

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