Asst. Meat Sales Manager - Malvern, PA

About the role

Join us for an exciting opportunity at Albertsons Companies, where innovation and customer service go hand-in-hand. This position offers the chance to work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment that's constantly evolving.

Responsibilities

• Strategically manages their categories to increase sales, total gross dollars, and market share versus prior year and to meet or exceed projected numbers.
• Creates and implements pricing, promotion, assortment, and shelf planograms for each assigned category, based on detailed analysis of past performance and results, industry best practices, and consumer trends.
• Travels to assigned stores working with the Department Manager and staff to share merchandising plans for departments to meet sales, gross and labor targets.
• Creates yearly category business plan based on detailed analysis of previous results and market trends.
• Mets or exceeds projected sales and profit contribution.
• Creates a detailed pricing strategy by zone by category and maintains approach throughout the year.
• Creates and implements a promotional calendar by major category, which supports division merchandising strategy.
• Tracks results at end of each promotion in terms of sales, profit and share growth or contribution.
• Determines appropriate product assortment based on the category strategies.
• Authorizes new items entering the market and discontinue lines based on potential contribution to the category and department.
• Maintains weekly, quarterly and yearly scorecards to track sales, gross profit dollars and share of each category.
• Measures total contribution to the entire department.
• Manages and maximizes categories to achieve most efficient use of vendor dollars.
• Creates sales and gross profit projections at the category level, rolling up to department and division projections quarterly and yearly.
• Conducts in depth post-promotional analysis at the item and category level.
• Plans ads and displays in support of the category plans and total department initiatives.
• Collaborates with others in department, across the division, and with corporate merchandising to facilitate implementation of programs.
• Acts as primary contact within the division for all vendors in categories assigned.
• Works closely with procurement function. Communicate category and promotional plans to ensure desired service levels and optimum inventory position achieved.
• Attends key vendor planning meetings.
• Works in conjunction with others in department, across the division, and with corporate merchandising to facilitate implementation of programs.
• Supports and implements corporate initiatives when appropriate for division.
• Initiates and follows through on personnel actions such as interviewing and providing input used in hiring decisions, and providing input and/or conducting performance reviews.
• Determines the need for, coordinates, and evaluates formal training activities and on-the-job training programs.

Qualifications

• 5-10+ years of retail/category experience
• 15 total years' experience in grocery industry
• 5 years' experience managing people

Skills & Experiences

• Possess field or relevant business experience where a solid understanding of marketing, merchandising, consumer research and financial management practices have been gained.
• Excellent understanding of store operations and merchandising methodologies and practices, P&L and financial management.
• Strong financial, mathematical, statistical, marketing, merchandising, and consumer research background to read, interpret, and understand how internal and external factors influence financial results.
• Excellent analytical and problem solving skills and experienced in taking initiative and making decisive yet appropriate decisions.
• Strong planning and organizing skills.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills as well as excellent interpersonal skills to develop and maintain effective business relationships within and outside the company.
• Strategy development skills.
• Relationship management skills.
• Skilled in category business planning.
• Demonstrated effective leadership skills and abilities.
• Understanding of procurement, logistics, and inventory management.
• Experience in managing specialty and import grocery categories.

Travel Requirements

Division-wide travel, up to 50%

Physical Environment

• Work may be performed in a temperature-controlled environment.
• Must sit, stand, or walk for extended periods of time.
• May spend long periods of time at a desk or computer terminal.
• May use calculators, keyboards, telephone, and other office equipment in the course of a normal workday.
• Sitting, standing, stooping, bending, twisting, and reaching may be required in completion of job duties.
• Workday is fast-paced; some evening and weekend work may be required.