National Supplier Performance Manager

Johnson Brothers; Fargo (ND); On-site; USD 76,000 - 126,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

Life Insurance

Health Savings Account

401(k) with employer match

Short term disability

Long term disability

Paid time off

Parental leave

Job summary

Johnson Brothers, a leading family-owned distributor of wine, spirits, and beer, seeks a strategic planner to oversee supplier planning, pricing, and market execution across the Johnson Brothers Network. You will build tactical overlays, engage leadership, and develop plans by geography, channel, customer and brand.

Ideal candidate has a 4-year degree, strong communication, data analysis, and budget management skills, plus experience in beverage alcohol.

Qualifications

• 4 Year Degree required.
• People management experience.
• Brand/supplier management experience.
• Experience in Beverage Alcohol Industry.
• Excellent written and verbal communication, including with Senior Leadership.
• Excellent organizational skills with high urgency, initiative and proactive planning.
• Ability to think critically & solve problems.
• Capable of leading change and strong presentation skills.
• Data & fact-driven working; MS Office proficiency (Excel & PowerPoint).

Responsibilities

• Oversee supplier planning process and brand strategy.
• Plan pricing strategies and target account lists.
• Coordinate POS usage and market execution plans.
• Lead regional market surveys and performance tracking across channels.
• Manage budgets and analyze profitability across networks.
• Collaborate with suppliers on training and programs and ensure alignment.

Skills

People management

Brand management

Communication

Organization

Critical thinking

Change management

Presentation skills

Data-driven

Excel

PowerPoint

Education

4 Year Degree

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

Looking for a rewarding career? Johnson Brothers is a leading family-owned distributor of wine, spirits, and beer, delivering exceptional service since 1953. We proudly represent the world’s top beverage brands and are committed to excellence, innovation, and growth. Johnson Brothers offers exciting opportunities in a variety of areas. Join our passionate team and help shape the future of the beverage industry!

Job Description

• Oversee Supplier(s) Planning Process:
• Develop tactical overlays to cluster/brand strategy
• Engage Johnson Brothers Leadership during process
• Plan / execute against suggested pricing strategies
• Build target account lists for identified activities
• Plan effective use of POS
• Develop market execution plan
• Including measurable goals by geography, channel, customer, and brand
• Integrate plan to drive Transformational Priorities
• Include brand training where appropriate

Other Duties

• Plan activity/goals against achieving brand standards
• Lead planning of national/local POS buys with Supplier(s)
• Follow Supplier(s) lead on innovation planning within assigned brands including programming, goal setting, inventory management, selling tools, kickoff meeting, training, tracking, etc.
• Communicate monthly, quarterly, and annual portfolio priorities and key execution metrics by channel, geography, customer and brand across entire selling Johnson Brothers Network to achieve internal alignment
• Manage Budgets: Grant/Tactical/Trade $’s/Discounts/LMF
• Identify and propose solutions to competitive pricing opportunities / challenges
• Incorporate “best practices” and other market learning’s across the Network
• Develop and plan against creative selling opportunities
• In depth analysis of activities by channel, geography, customer and brand
• Scorecard Performance across Johnson Brothers Network
• Measure and update against execution plan and continually identify strategic gaps in plan
• Measure monthly progress against achieving brand standards and goals across network
• Manage Supplier(s) scorecard against innovation, on premise & other KPI’s
• Develop business analysis for key accounts
• Use internal tracking of goals including displays, feature ads, pricing, distribution, visibility, accounts sold, menus, drink features, etc. to deliver above
• Lead on identified Investment Activities
• Locally created POS / tactical spends / pricing
• Assist Supplier(s) in management of supplier(s) programming
• National POS / sampling / local media / etc.
• Monitor and recap against pricing strategies / programs
• Assess Supplier(s), Brand and Category health using syndicated data; including Nielsen, IRI, DISCUS, Etc.
• Overall Management of profitability for Supplier and Distributor alike
• Assess and monitor spend against budgets to identify risk and/or opportunities
• Run standard and other reports for business needs
• Coordinate mid-month and end of month business reviews across channels with Supplier(s) Leadership
• Coordinate quarterly business reviews and planning meetings with Supplier(s) Leadership
• Collaborates with Supplier to build comprehensive training programs, designed to educate andof enhance Johnson Brothers Sales personnel capabilities
• Works in conjunction with the Corporate Training Platform
• Ensures all Supplier and Johnson Brothers Corporate Compliance measures are in place and being followed pertaining to designated portfolio(s)
• Work with the Purchasing Department to ensure contractual obligations and asks are being adhered to
• In conjunction, maintaining healthy Inventory levels for internal purposes
• Oversight of Branch forecasting using Logility
• Develops influential relationships with local market sales leaders, including Regional Presidents, GM’s, Sales Managers, Brand Managers, Etc.
• Plans and Executes Market Surveys upon Supplier(s) desired cadence across Johnson Brothers Network

Preferred Requirements

• 4 Year Degree
• People management experience
• Brand/Supplier management experience
• Experience in Beverage Alcohol Industry
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills & comfortable communicating with all levels, including Senior Level Leadership
• Excellent organizational skills & attention to detail with a high sense of urgency, initiative & proactive planning
• Ability to think critically & solve problems
• Capable of leading change
• Strong presentation skills & ability to guide business conversations
• Data & Fact-driven ways of working
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office Tools, specifically Excel & PowerPoint

The expected pay range for this role is $75,582 - $125,610. It is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for their role. Actual placement within range will be contingent upon several factors, including but not limited to the candidate's qualifications, education, experience, internal equity, union status (where applicable) and alignment with market data.

Benefits

• medical
• dental
• vision
• life insurance
• health savings
• flexible spending accounts
• 401(k) with an employer match
• short term disability coverage
• company-paid long term disability insurance
• generous paid time off (PTO) plans
• paid parental leave

Johnson Brothers is an equal opportunity employer, committed to fair treatment and hiring based on qualifications. We prohibit discrimination based on race, color, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, disability, military status, or any other protected status under applicable laws.

Johnson Brothers is committed to providing equal employment opportunity and equal treatment in employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, religion, gender/gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, national origin or ancestry, physical or mental disability, military status or any other basis in protected by applicable federal, state and local law. Johnson Brothers makes employment decisions based solely on the basis of qualifications for the job.

Worker Sub-Type

Regular

Time Type

Full time