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Vice President, Merchandising Effectiveness

Company: US Foods, Inc.
Location: Rosemont, Illinois
Posted on: August 21, 2018

Job Description:

Job Duties:

Collaborate in the development of strategies and goals for the

Merchandising organization, design and implement category management

disciplines of assortment review, vendor management, and private label

effectiveness. Leading the corporate programs function within

merchandising creating cross functional alignment both within merchandising

and across the company. Establish category disciplines to optimize

merchandising effectiveness. Guide core teams in designing and implementing

category management disciplines of assortment review, vendor management,

and private label success. Provide guidance to the Corporate Strategy and

Corporate Program teams in the development of strategies and goals for the

merchandising organization. Partner with senior merchandising leadership

and cross functional teams to develop and implement merchandising strategy

and annual plans aimed at supporting long range plans, corporate goals and

objectives. Establish and review category strategy, ensure alignment with

corporate goals, and oversee a training initiative which will ensure

strategic alignment across the Merchandising organization. Provide

guidance and a roadmap for the processes used to manage vendor contractual

relationships including processes used to RFP private label agreements and

strategy applied to contract renegotiation. Consult with Category

Management to establish category savings targets and identifying

prioritized partnerships. Establish and drive timelines for negotiations

and identify "vendor asks" to meet projected goals. Consult with the

analytics function, working in collaboration with Category Management to

determine business objectives. Advise and guide on the selection of

category management tools, for both internal and external users. Define

data integrity targets and initiatives, prioritizing the Product Set-up

team in executing against those goals, measuring performance against

established metrics. Develop and syndicate detailed work plans for each of

the major cross-functional Merchandising programs. Select and roll out new pr

processes and project management tools/capabilities. Monitor program pe

performance and develop post mortem analysis while overseeing best practice de

development and sharing across initiatives and teams.

Education and Experience Requirements: Bachelor's degree in Business

Administration or closely related (willing to accept foreign education

equivalent) plus Ten (10) years of experience in corporate strategy

planning with product marketing, merchandising or branding. Experience

must include at least three (3) years in merchandising strategy development

and project management within consumer goods distribution, foodservice and

food manufacturing with brand management; three (3) years implementing

Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) and food retail principles into food

distribution to identify how to help vendors be successful and satisfy

customer need and demand; three (3) years in design and implementation of

business process improvement and change management with a focus on standard

processes, data backed analytics and customer-centric merchandising within

food service, manufacturing and distribution. Demonstrated success leading

merchandise process transformation in a matrix environment collaborating

across cross-functional teams in developing new process and programs aimed at

at driving successful merchandising outcomes and transforming merchandising pr

processes through implementation of rigor and data analytics, and st

standardized processes taking products and services to market.

Interested candidates should e-mail resumes with job reference code

(SS0036) in the subject line to dominika.miechowski@usfoods.com.

Keywords: US Foods, Inc. , Hammond , Vice President, Merchandising Effectiveness, Management & Business , Rosemont, Illinois , Indiana

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