[Hiring] Customer Development Manager @Tyson Foods, Inc.

Role Description

The Customer Development Manager develops and executes collaborative sales strategies that drive growth and deliver business results for Tyson’s Prepared Foods portfolio and its customers. This role manages relationships with retailers and wholesalers across the Southern market, including Mitchell Grocery, Piggly Wiggly, Associated Grocers of the South, Associated Grocers Baton Rouge, and other customers.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Owning sales partnership with customers for assigned Prepared Foods categories
• Achieve sales volume and financial spending objectives
• Develop and lead joint growth planning across all assigned categories
• Align and execute multiple business strategies
• Manage broker performance by monitoring results, providing direction, and ensuring execution against sales goals and business priorities
• Consistently deliver fact-based insights, guidance, and leadership direction to customers and within Tyson Foods
• Leverage resources including syndicated data, proprietary customer data, industry publications, and internal resources to deliver line review presentation(s) and/or innovation meetings, in which opportunities to accelerate sales growth and share gains are identified
• Advise on item expansion, assortment gaps, competitive gaps, retail price comparison to drive sales growth
• Achieve sales mix and volume goals, while understanding the impact to the Customer's metrics (dollars, units, pounds, markdowns, and margin)

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent working experience
• 5 plus years sales experience
• Knowledge of Prepared Foods preferred
• Requires basic computer skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Project management and or strategic planning experience is required

Requirements

• 8 plus trips per year depending on location

Benefits

• Paid time off
• 401(k) plans
• Affordable health, life, dental, vision and prescription drug benefits