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JOB FILLED - Product Manager

Job Description: 

Wonderful Citrus is seeking a Product Manager for its Delano, CA location. The Product Manager offers an interesting combination of sales strategy, financial analysis, managerial economics and operations management in an agribusiness / food-processing environment with significant exposure to upper management. The candidate will report to the Director of Product Management and will interact on a regular basis with the Vice Presidents of Sales and Packing Operations.

Wonderful Citrus is America’s largest integrated grower, shipper and packer of fresh citrus. Our citrus varieties can be found in the produce department of grocery stores across the country under the flagship consumer brands of Wonderful Halos mandarins and Wonderful Sweet Scarletts Texas Red grapefruit.

Compensation/Salary: 
DOE
Responsibilities & Duties: 
  • Develops field-to-market plans for the assigned citrus varieties, and manages implementation by working in conjunction with key departments such Field Evaluations, Harvesting, Packing Operations, and Sales and Marketing
  • Develops weekly production plan for each packinghouse and shift
  • Tracks operational and sales execution, evaluating the economic impact on growers’ and enterprise profitability
  • Collaborates with field departments in shaping and managing harvest and crop management strategy
  • Delivers available-to-sell forecasts to Sales and Marketing to support program selling and/or advanced sales
  • Analyzes competitive information that can be used to set pricing policies or reshape sales strategy
  • Generates monthly and quarterly profitability forecasts/analyses to be reviewed with upper management
  • Supports Industry and Senior Management reporting requirements
Qualifications: 
  • BA/BS or equivalent with an emphasis in Finance, Operations or Supply Chain
  • Minimum of 3 years’ experience in the Agriculture industry
  • Exceptional communication and presentation skills
  • Ability to work effectively in a team environment
  • Proficiency in working with top tier ERP systems – Oracle, SAP or PeopleSoft - is desirable
  • Bilingual: English/Spanish preferred

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