Description

Lactalis American Group is currently seeking candidates to join our Retail Dairy team in Buffalo, NY.

Lactalis, the world leader in dairy, is a family-owned business with more than 85,000 pragmatic and ambitious professionals worldwide, committed to nurturing the future by providing healthy and delicious dairy products that bring people together every day. We produce award-winning dairy products that bring people together every day. We offer an enviable range of dairy brands including Galbani, President, Kraft Natural Cheese, Cracker Barrel, Black Diamond, Parmalat, Siggi's, and Stonyfield Organic in addition to several brands imported from our affiliates in Europe.

At Lactalis, our core values of AMBITION, ENGAGEMENT, and SIMPLICITY are at the heart of everything we do. We are dedicated to building a safe, diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace and we know that our candidates come from many different backgrounds, cultures, and experiences. If you're excited about this role but your past experience doesn't align perfectly with every qualification in the job posting, we still encourage you to apply and share with us your STORY, your PASSION, and your EXPERTISE! You may be just the perfect candidate for this or other roles within our company.

From your PASSION to ours

The Asst. Director Lactalis Retail Dairy (LRD) Private label will report to, and work closely with, the VP of Dairy to achieve the key LRD Private label objectives. This includes delivering the Private label budgeted volume, pro-forma Net Income, and effectively aligning the evolving capacity to Private label strategy. The focus of this position is to provide comprehensive leadership and management of this business.

From your EXPERTISE to ours

Key responsibilities for this position include:

• Act as the first point of contact for all Private label related topics.
• Provide accurate and reliable Private label volume and financial analysis and insight to the VP of Dairy
• Provide consistent support and leadership to the LAG field sales team by utilizing performance trend data and maintaining strong cross functional relationships.
• Work closely with all Lactalis American Group support functions to help maximize LRD Private label results.
• Develop a thorough understanding of customers' Private label (go to market strategy) GTMS and core category BID timing.
• Develop a thorough working knowledge of Lactalis, both LAG and International, with strong understanding of our global portfolio to leverage it for the gain of LRD Private label and LAG.
• Demonstrate commitment to a safe working environment that promotes the health and wellbeing of all employees and that will further contribute to the Company's overall performance and success.
• Up to 25% Travel and/or extended or off work hours may be required.
• This description reflects management's assignment of essential functions, it does not proscribe or restrict the tasks that may be assigned.
• To fulfill these responsibilities, tools such as a computer, phone, and/or allowance(s) may be provided.
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these Essential Duties and Responsibilities.

Requirements

From your STORY to ours

Qualified applicants will contribute the following:

Education & Experience

• Ideally incumbent will possess a minimum of a bachelor's degree from a four-year college or university.
• 8 + related experience in retail sales, planning, forecasting, or management control.
• Experience in managing personnel, including brokers, who may be assigned to the Customer.
• Experience within the perishable food manufacturing sector highly preferred

Skills & Specialized Knowledge

• Must be very familiar with industry practices and personnel.
• Needs to be familiar with sophisticated sales reporting systems.
• Must have strong administrative skills and the ability to develop strong working relationships with all major functions within the company.
• Individual needs to be able to thoroughly understand and apply company strategies to the Customer(s) assigned.
• Needs to possess strong oral and written communications skills including the ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public.
• Must be able to analyze and present statistical data and other information which supports the goals of the company and Customer(s) assigned.

Lactalis is an equal employment opportunity employer. We will not discriminate against applicants with regard to any legally-recognized basis including, but not limited to: veteran status, race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, sexual orientation, and physical or mental disabilities.