Manager II Fresh Planning

Ahold Delhaize USA, a division of global food retailer Ahold Delhaize, is part of the U.S. family of brands, which also includes five leading omnichannel grocery brands – Food Lion, Giant Food, The GIANT Company, Hannaford and Stop & Shop. Ahold Delhaize USA associates support the brands with a wide range of services, including Finance, Legal, Sustainability, Commercial, Digital and E-commerce, Technology and more.

Carlisle, PA

Ahold Delhaize USA

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Full Time

384832

Overview: <p>Responsible for collaborating with the Brand leadership teams across the Ahold Delhaize network. Responsibilities include ensuring adherence and compliance to SC strategies within Category, Merchandising &amp; Planning for Fresh Categories. Providing training and education support on SC process management to Fresh Foods teams as it relates to procurement and replenishment of DC and retail locations.&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Our flexible/ hybrid work schedule includes 3 in-person days at one of our core locations and 2 remote days.<br /><br />Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis.<br /></strong></p>
Responsibilities: <ul> <li>Ensure compliance and adherence to established standard processes for procurement and replenishment of Fresh Categories is always in place:</li> <li>Effectively support Fresh Category teams with Demand Management education and process management training, i.e., Forecasting and Replenishment. Provide specific guidance for the following: <ul> <li>Own process of fresh demand management.</li> <li>Achieving targeted freshness and retail on shelf availability.</li> <li>Provide training on existing tools to maximize the Banner's competitive edge in the market.</li> <li>Facilitating inventory effectiveness conversations, for DC warehouse and Fresh Retail, across multiple areas including Category, Retail Operations, Shelf Merchandising, Banner Merchandising, and Supply Chain Operations.</li> <li>Advocate for balance sheet awareness with respect to inventory management processes.</li> <li>Encourage collaboration with Banner counterparts to ensure that Fresh Categories are leveraging buying power to maximize cost savings.</li> <li>Address concerns regarding non-compliance immediately with category and merchandising staff as well as appropriate SC staff.</li> <li>Responsible for the development and evolution of process to achieve budgeted total Fresh DC inventory goals.</li> <li>Identify the need for new systems or improvements to existing fresh replenishment systems including testing, advocacy, RFI's, continuous improvement, Business Requirements Document creation, etc.</li> <li>Serving as the fresh demand management expert internally and externally on fresh demand.</li> <li>management principles.</li> <li>Provide support for the implementation of a continuous improvement culture.</li> <li>Create new methods and procedures based on industry best practices, trends and best in class external benchmarking.</li> <li>Act as a supply chain leader to identify opportunities that drive out cost and improve service within the network.</li> <li>Lead and/or serve as a member of key teams and committees as needed.</li> <li>Additional job duties may be assigned as needed to meet the needs of the business and support our Values.</li> </ul> </li> </ul>
Requirements: <ul> <li>Bachelor's Degree or equivalent combination of education and related work experience.</li> <li>Minimum of 8 years' combined experience in supply chain, logistics, retail, merchandising, category, pricing, procurement, or distribution.</li> <li>Strong financial planning and budgeting experience.</li> <li>Cross-functional leadership experience with a demonstrated ability to build cross-functional teams.</li> <li>Demonstrated management expertise.</li> <li>Demonstrated relationship management experience with vendors, brokers, and third-party consultants.</li> <li>Preferred Experience with organizational change management.</li> <li>Requires travel &ndash; typically 8 - 12%.</li> </ul> <br /> <p><strong>Skills and Abilities:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Demonstrate a personal acceptance of change and the ability to adapt and drive change.</li> <li>Demonstrated ability to implement and analyze retail business using consumer insights and analyzing trends.</li> <li>Active listener with an ability to build trust across varying levels of the organization.</li> <li>High degree of credibility and the ability to work with and through all levels of management.</li> <li>Excellent organizational, planning, influence, communication, and presentation skills.</li> <li>Self-motivated and persuasive in presenting and selling ideas and executing their implementation.</li> <li>Ability to manage day to day activity in support of identified business area and functional area strategies.</li> <li>Ability to influence organizational alignment across multiple business areas.</li> <li>Ability to take an educated risk with implementing programs that support consumer demands.</li> <li>Ability to think innovatively.</li> <li>Mature level of knowledge for company, business, and industry practices as it relates to fresh operations.</li> <li>Proficient with Microsoft Office.</li> <li>APICS, IBF, or MIT certification preferable.</li> <li>Proficiency in working within a cloud-based system.</li> <li>In depth knowledge of industry forecasting processes and method.</li> </ul>