Foodservice Category Manager

Performance Foodservice; Elizabeth (NJ); On-site; USD 84,700 - 121,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Day 1 Health & Wellness Benefits

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

401K Employer Matching

Education Assistance

Paid Time Off

Growth opportunities

Inclusive culture

Job summary

Performance Foodservice is seeking a candidate to manage customer relations, purchasing, and financial management for a product category. This role coordinates buying, selling, and merchandising with vendors and distributors to maximize profits and customer satisfaction.

The position emphasizes maintaining stock levels, optimizing inventory turns, and collaborating on pricing and terms to support efficient operations and high in-stock percentages.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree required.
• 5-7 years related experience required.
• 6 months - 1 year supervisory or management experience required.

Responsibilities

• Maintain optimal inventory levels to meet customers’ needs.
• Monitor over-committed and urgent items.
• Increase inventory turns upon reaching full truckloads.
• Resolve slow moving and dead inventory by selling it or billing customer for it.
• Be responsible for product knowledge training for customers.
• Negotiate buy brackets, inbound freight rates, backhaul dollars, and extended terms.
• Ensure costing and pricing accuracy, with attention to changes, discrepancies, and audits.
• Review monthly reports and vendor accounts receivable lists.

Skills

Management experience

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Job description

Job Benefits

• Competitive pay and benefits, including Day 1 Health & Wellness Benefits, Employee Stock Purchase Plan, 401K Employer Matching, Education Assistance, Paid Time Off, and much more
• Growth opportunities performing essential work to support America’s food distribution system
• Safe and inclusive working environment, including culture of rewards, recognition, and respect

Position Summary

To manage the customer relations, purchasing, and financial management functions related to your product category in order to achieve maximum profits and customer satisfaction. To coordinate the buying, selling, and merchandising efforts of the vendor and distributor, resulting in satisfied customers, profitable sales and above average in-stock percentages, inventory turns, and days accounts payable outstanding.

Position Responsibilities

• Maintain optimal inventory levels to meet customers’ needs.
• Monitor over-committed and urgent items.
• Increase inventory turns upon reaching full truckloads.
• Resolve slow moving and dead inventory by selling it or billing customer for it.
• Keep your product knowledge up to date by attending and participating in special events such as food shows, buying shows, and seminars.
• Be responsible for knowing your products and for product knowledge training for customers.
• Review over-committed, urgent items, buyer’s outs, stock adjustments, receiving discrepancies, and sales below cost reports.
• Negotiate buy brackets, inbound freight rates, backhaul dollars, cash discounts, extended terms, and earned income.
• Ensure costing and pricing accuracy, with special attention to changes, discrepancies, and customer audits.
• Process returns to vendors including entering vendor bill backs before merchandise leaves our buildings.
• Assist accounting with invoicing customers for storage and finance charges on excess inventory.
• Set up vendor bill backs with Vice President of Purchasing.
• Review monthly reports.
• Work with Accounts Payable to ensure that vendor bill backs are promptly billed and deducted.
• Review vendor accounts receivable list.
• Review all customer credit memos and bill back to manufacturers.
• Work with Accounts Payable to negotiate, approve, and resolve all billing vs. receiving discrepancies, vendor bill back issues, lost cash discount negotiations, etc.
• Maximize days accounts payable purchases outstanding.
• Performs other duties as assigned.
• Complies with all policies and standards.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree
• 5-7 Years related experience
• 6 months - 1 year supervisory or management experience

Compensation

$84,700 - $121,000; bonus opportunity 30% of base salary