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Feed Products Category Manager
Amalgamated Sugar Company – Boise, Idaho
Amalgamated Sugar Company is seeking a – Feed Products Category Manager oversee the Feed Products Group and the execution of the sales and marketing strategy for the Company’s feed products. The Category Manager will also coordinate production scheduling, inventory levels, shipping/freight logistics, and product registrations for Feed Products, including but not limited to dried and pressed pulp, tailings, liquid feed products, and PCC. Manage feed products customer service, shipping, sales documentation. Coordinate with logistics and marketing partnerships domestically and international so that contractual obligations are fulfilled.
Amalgamated Sugar Company is built on innovation and is a proud leader in the sugar industry and that can only happen with the best people. Qualified candidates need to be dynamic and able to work successfully in a fluid environment.
Additional Responsibilities:
· Manage a small but highly productive team including a Product Manager, Customer Service and Inventory Manager, and interface closely with the Scale Clerks at each factory location. Supervision of contracted logistics and marketing partners. Coordinate with purchasing, production, accounting, and safety so that contract viability is ensured.
· Build trusted relationships with a diverse set of local, regional, and multinational customers in order to implement the sales and marketing program.
· Coordinate with factory operations so that production is scheduled to ensure availability of product for shipping to customer/end users in a timely fashion.
· Manage both raw and finished warehouse inventories so that orders are fulfilled in a timely manner.
· Accept, validate/confirm, and distribute purchase orders for feed products so that production, load/shipping, and product delivery dates are met.
· Work with freight forwarding/logistics contractor for inland freight, ocean bookings, and goods reservations so that contractual obligations are met.
· Work with purchasing department so that required product packaging inventory (shipping pallets, bags, supersack totes, etc.) needs are met.
· Coordinate shipping/document packages for sales (Certificates of Analysis, Bills of lading, invoices, etc.) with logistics contractor in a complete and timely manner.
· Coordinate with the domestic and international marketing business partnership groups to address issues related to purchasing, global shipping freight logistics, international deliveries, customer service, and quality.
· Travel periodically, both domestically and internationally, so that production is effectively coordinated with both the marketing partnership and customers/end users.
· Perform other duties as assigned.
Qualifications:
· Bachelor’s Degree in Business preferred;
· Minimum seven (7) years of experience in Sales/Logistics/Marketing.
· Minimum two (2) years of management experience
· OR any equivalent combination of experience and training which provides the required knowledge, skills, and abilities.
· Must possess a valid driver’s license before employment and maintain licensure for the duration of employment in this position.
Amalgamated Sugar Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer
Amalgamated Sugar Company