Gordon Food Service is hiring an Category Support Coordinator. Provides various category, marketing, and multi unit product support functions including developing data reports, executing product marketing activities, and providing assistance in product lifecycle management from introduction to discontinuance. Executes the delivery of product marketing activities to maximize Gordon Food Service (GFS) sales and profits of assigned product lines.
What you will do:
Vendor/Item Management
Tactical execution of:
- New vendor set up
- New item setup/notification and discontinuation
- Existing item DC activation/notification
- Product attribute maintenance (eCommerce information/image collection)
- Price Equivalent data entry
Project Coordination of Brand Packaging projects for existing items
- Revision of formula
- Refresh of packaging due to design elements
- CMR transition of existing items
Running and formatting standardized reporting
- Competitive Market Review Pre-deck data
- Vendor Business Reporting:
- Vendor Business Reviews (VBR)
- IFDA Partners Conference
- AFD Power Conference
Strategic Business Development (SBD)
- Weekly/Monthly financial dashboards (connectivity to financial services)
- Customer Velocity Requests (customer/division/supplier)
Transitional Process Management/Implementation
Provides project coordination for CMR product transitions, including:
- Vendor information/introduction
- Product information/introduction
- Timeline management and communication
- Dashboard results reporting
Marketing Communications/Administrative Tasks
Assists the Category Teams in supporting the corporate marketing campaigns, including:
- Marketing collateral content proofing
- Promotional rebate processing
- Communicates relevant information to support the division, procurement, divisional replenishment, sales and finance teams
- Attends and contributes to meetings and activities as requested in support of identified needs and department meetings as appropriate
What you’ll bring to the table:
- Strong written and presentation development skills
- Time management skills
- Organizational skills and ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously
- Must be results oriented and have excellent team skills
- Excellent interpersonal, organizational, communication, resource and time management skills
- Must be able to read, interpret, and execute plans and instructions
- Must be able to work collaboratively with a variety of teams and individuals
- Prioritize, schedule and handle multiple tasks simultaneously
- Bachelor's degree in Business Administration or Marketing preferred
Be part of an amazing culture where what matters to you, matters to us!
Gordon Food Service values our customers and understands that their success is largely dependent upon their workforce. To demonstrate our commitment to our partnership, we will require any candidate who works for a Gordon Food Service customer to provide a letter of support from their management if they are selected for the interview process.
Gordon Food Service is an equal opportunity employer.
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