Assistant Category Operations Manager - Bensenville, United States - US Foods, Inc.

US Foods, Inc.

Verified Company

Bensenville, United States

3 weeks ago

Posted by:

Mark Lane

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Description

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Act as the central escalation point of contact for all internal merchandising inquiries related to product, specifications, availability, and substitutions from PSSA
Vacancy support and backup to COM and PSSA roles
Support Category Operations Managers with all analytics requests, local flyer item selection and rebate solicitation, Roll Out Book reviews and assortment projects including E&O follow up, CASIS billings and vendor meeting preparation
Serve as gatekeeper of NIR process and tracking log includes approval process, 30/60/90day tracking followup, etc.
Support PSSA/COM with escalation requests for proprietary SKU tying
Enter DCT's for COM's on new items & local flyers.
Analyze weekly ATC communicates and disseminate direction to appropriate parties.
Develop broker and vendor contacts along with using internal resource pool to independently address and follow up on PSSA escalated inquiries.
Serve as escalation point of contact for RSC inquires
Support PSSAs/COMs with sourcing/market baskets/special pricing requests.
Gatekeeper of all COM related inquires; researching APN lookups, attaching vendors, items and pricing to later approve and send to buyer.
Other duties assigned by manager.

SUPERVISION:

N/A

RELATIONSHIPS

Internal: Category Operations Managers, Marketing Managers, Replenishment (Local & RSC), Pricing team, Territory Managers, Account Executives
External: Local vendors and brokers, as needed.

WORK ENVIRONMENT
Office environment.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Must possess a minimum 5 years of purchasing, merchandising, sales or customer service experience is required, preferably in a foodservice distribution environment.
Must be proficient in the use of Microsoft Office especially Microsoft Word and Excel.
Must be extremely organized, analytical and possess highly developed written/oral communication and interpersonal skills.
Must be external and internal customer service focused.
Ability to research, escalate and follow up on inquires with a great sense of urgency.
Must have the ability to overcome objections and obstacles, with a solutionbased attitude
Education
College degree or equivalent distribution or food service supply chain experience required.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
Previous US. Foods experience preferred.
PRISM/Merlin/Tandem skills preferred.

PHYSICAL QUALIFICATIONS

Must be able to perform the following physical activities for described length of time
List the required physical activities including length of time performing each activity referencing the key below

OCCASIONALLY:
1% - 33 /

FREQUENTLY:
34% - 66% /

CONTINUOUSLY:
67% - 100% or
NEVER

JOB REQUIRES WORKER TO:

FREQUENCY:

STAND :

OCCASIONALLY

WALK:

OCCASIONALLY

DRIVE:

NEVER

SIT:

FREQUENTLY

LIFT_

1-10 lbs (Sedentary):
OCCASIONALLY
11-20 lbs (Light):
NEVER
21-50 lbs (Medium):
NEVER
51-100 lbs (Heavy):
NEVER
Over 100 lbs (Very Heavy):
NEVER

CARRY_

1-10 lbs (Sedentary):
OCCASIONALLY
11-20 lbs (Light):
NEVER
21-50 lbs (Medium):
NEVER
51-100 lbs (Heavy):
NEVER
Over 100 lbs (Very Heavy):
NEVER
PUSH/

PULL:

NEVER
CLIMB/

BALANCE:

NEVER
STOOP/

SQUAT:

OCCASIONALLY

KNEEL:

OCCASIONALLY

BEND:

OCCASIONALLY

REACH ABOVE SHOULDER:

OCCASIONALLY

TWIST:

OCCASIONALLY

GRASP OBJECTS:

FREQUENTLY

MANIPULATE OBJECTS:

FREQUENTLY

MANUAL DEXTERITY:

FREQUENTLY
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