Commodity Manager at Jobot
McAllen, TX 78501
About the Job
We are a grower, importer, and shipper of fresh fruit! Products are sourced globally to meet the demanding year-round requirements of our North American customer base.
This Jobot Job is hosted by: Beau Pennington
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Salary: $150,000 - $170,000 per year
A bit about us:
We are a vertically integrated grower, importer, and shipper of fresh fruit! Products are sourced globally to meet the demanding year-round requirements of our North American customer base. We are rapidly expanding and seeking a Commodity Manager working hand in hand with our leadership team. Let's initiate a conversation to determine if we are a great fit for your career trajectory!
Why join us?
Job Details
Job Details:
We are seeking an experienced Commodity Manager to join our dynamic team in the produce industry. This role requires a detail-oriented individual, who possesses strong leadership skills and is passionate about driving growth and innovation. The successful candidate will be responsible for managing both high-level and day-to-day activities, including grower recruitment and relations, harvest strategy coordination, pricing strategy development, and more. This position requires 5 - 7 years of experience in a similar role.
Responsibilities:
development, inventory management, packing facility coordination, retail program & relationship development, packing material inventory management, and grower
settlement review and retention strategy development.
rejections and overall follow-through of each transaction.
Qualifications:
Interested in hearing more? Easy Apply now by clicking the "Quick Apply" button.
This Jobot Job is hosted by: Beau Pennington
Are you a fit? Easy Apply now by clicking the "Quick Apply" button
and sending us your resume.
Salary: $150,000 - $170,000 per year
A bit about us:
We are a vertically integrated grower, importer, and shipper of fresh fruit! Products are sourced globally to meet the demanding year-round requirements of our North American customer base. We are rapidly expanding and seeking a Commodity Manager working hand in hand with our leadership team. Let's initiate a conversation to determine if we are a great fit for your career trajectory!
Why join us?
- Base salary: $150,000 - $175k
- Full benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision
- 401 (K) with generous company match
- Generous Paid time off (PTO)
- Vacation, sick, and paid holidays
- Life Insurance coverage
- Bonus eligible
Job Details
Job Details:
We are seeking an experienced Commodity Manager to join our dynamic team in the produce industry. This role requires a detail-oriented individual, who possesses strong leadership skills and is passionate about driving growth and innovation. The successful candidate will be responsible for managing both high-level and day-to-day activities, including grower recruitment and relations, harvest strategy coordination, pricing strategy development, and more. This position requires 5 - 7 years of experience in a similar role.
Responsibilities:
- Manage both high-level and day-to-day activities including, but not limited to: grower recruitment & relations, harvest strategy coordination, pricing strategy
development, inventory management, packing facility coordination, retail program & relationship development, packing material inventory management, and grower
settlement review and retention strategy development.
- Develop a team to help continue the growth of the company.
- Work directly with the sales team to develop business with new and existing customers.
- Maintain and develop relationships and programs with assigned customers for all commodities.
- Provide excellent customer service, placing customer satisfaction as job number one at all times.
- Track market trends, and competitor information, and identify new opportunities.
- Assess market trends to identify new opportunities.
- Research data and use intuition as well as experience to provide knowledge-based solutions to customers.
- Constantly monitor the competitive landscape and market conditions to identify opportunities, issues, and risks to recommend tactical strategies.
- Travel for in-person meetings with customers and parts to develop/maintain key relationships.
- Manage pricing as well as inventories to maximize return for growers.
- Support supply chain efforts to establish and develop seasonal programs for customers.
- Perform sales administration duties including, but not limited to order entry, sending passings and confirming sales in electronic data interchange systems, processing
rejections and overall follow-through of each transaction.
Qualifications:
- Minimum of 5 years of experience in a similar role within the fresh produce sales industry.
- Proven experience in managing both high-level and day-to-day activities.
- Strong leadership skills with a proven track record of team development.
- Excellent customer service skills with a strong focus on customer satisfaction.
- Ability to track market trends and identify new opportunities.
- Strong research skills with the ability to provide knowledge-based solutions to customers.
- Ability to travel for in-person meetings with customers and parts.
- Experience in managing pricing and inventories.
- Proven experience in supporting supply chain efforts.
- Strong sales administration skills.
Interested in hearing more? Easy Apply now by clicking the "Quick Apply" button.
Salary
150,000 - 170,000 /year