-Lead day-to-day category management operations, including communication, execution, quoting, contract proposals, service level management, and reporting.- Develop and implement a robust supply plan and strategy to drive category growth and profitability, meeting customer requirements- Actively manage new grower/shipper prospects and collaborate with sales to achieve customer targets- Cultivate and leverage grower relationships to drive continuous improvement in performance-… Show more -Lead day-to-day category management operations, including communication, execution, quoting, contract proposals, service level management, and reporting.- Develop and implement a robust supply plan and strategy to drive category growth and profitability, meeting customer requirements- Actively manage new grower/shipper prospects and collaborate with sales to achieve customer targets- Cultivate and leverage grower relationships to drive continuous improvement in performance- Educate internal teams on category specifics and actively contribute to various aspects of the supply chain- Make pricing decisions for transactions, promotions, and contracts to optimize category performance- Participate in customer meetings as the category subject matter expert, showcasing your expertise- Drive category innovation to enhance competitiveness in the market- Manage personnel within the category when needed, contributing to a high-performing team Show less

•Communicates with suppliers daily to understand quality, yields, pricing, and production.•Proactively share commodity and market information to commercial team, enabling confident sales and growth.• Maintain grower/supplier relationships and continually assist in ways to improve their performance using data.•Utilize knowledge of the customer base, such as product specifications and ordering patterns to better meet their needs.•Align the right supply to the right customers with… Show more •Communicates with suppliers daily to understand quality, yields, pricing, and production.•Proactively share commodity and market information to commercial team, enabling confident sales and growth.• Maintain grower/supplier relationships and continually assist in ways to improve their performance using data.•Utilize knowledge of the customer base, such as product specifications and ordering patterns to better meet their needs.•Align the right supply to the right customers with proactive communication with supplier and customers. Show less

• Perform root-cause analysis on internal and external data and processes to answer specific business questions, identify points of interest, and ways to improve the company/teams.• Responsible for evaluating, updating and analyzing multiple types of data metrics to help business leaders make important decisions.• Condense large, often complex data into clear, concise, easy-to-understand observations• Created and maintained excel models on performance, opportunities, and trends that… Show more • Perform root-cause analysis on internal and external data and processes to answer specific business questions, identify points of interest, and ways to improve the company/teams.• Responsible for evaluating, updating and analyzing multiple types of data metrics to help business leaders make important decisions.• Condense large, often complex data into clear, concise, easy-to-understand observations• Created and maintained excel models on performance, opportunities, and trends that were presented to leaders to improve processes. Show less