As America's largest field tomato grower, we love that the fruits of our labor are a part of so many people's daily lives. We’re Earth-conscious family farmers, tomato experts, freshness freaks with a passion to deliver the very best of nature.
We’re looking for a goal-oriented Commodity Manager who thrives on being successful. Grow your career within the produce industry. Develop, implement, and maintain a commodity strategy that supports a company’s supply chain. Meet demand for annual growth targets. Evaluate market conditions in order to maintain inventory levels and control cost. We have an excellent opportunity for you to make a difference, hit the ground running, and build a career with us.
This position is responsible for developing, communicating and executing sourcing strategies for a specific commodity or commodities. Interaction with sales, growing team/value team to achieve company objectives and this person must understand the constantly changing supply markets and navigate effectively to achieve success.
The ideal candidate will have:
- 3+ years of experience in produce/agriculture industry and/or produce supply chain management preferred
- Must be comfortable working in a fast- paced, constantly evolving environment and exhibit excellent multi-tasking skills
- Possess the ability to articulate the complexity of business needs and the capability to build/develop practical action plans based upon those needs
- Excellent interpersonal, negotiation, and analytical skills are required
- Must possess strong business acumen, encompassing the ability to see the “Big Picture” within a complex, multi-faced organization, and initiate change management with client groups
- Must exhibit proactive qualities, be self-directed, and have experience in facilitating meetings by utilizing effective presentation skills
- As an internal consultant, working directly on highly complex and strategic projects, this position requires a broad business perspective, encompassing a thorough understanding of business goals, vision and culture
- Must have the ability to make recommendation to effective resolve problems or issues, by using judgement that is consistent with standards, practices, policies, procedures, regulation or government law
- Proficient computer skills in the areas of e-mail, Microsoft Office (Power Point, Word, Excel, etc. Required
- Strong communication and diplomacy skills and the ability to apply logical and pragmatic communication approach are required
- Proven leadership skills in leading, managing, and directing a team
- Flexible travel to all company locations, tradeshows, and industry conferences as required
We offer a competitive salary, bonus, 401K with company match, medical, dental, life and disability.