ADUSA Procurement is a partner company to Ahold Delhaize USA, providing supply chain services that support the delivery of products from a supplier to the warehouse. ADUSA Procurement is part of the Ahold Delhaize USA family of brands, which also includes five leading omnichannel grocery brands - Food Lion, Giant Food, The GIANT Company, Hannaford and Stop & Shop.
Primary PurposeResponsible for collaborating with the Brand leadership teams across the Ahold Delhaize network. Responsibilities include ensuring adherence and compliance to SC strategies within Category, Merchandising & Planning for Fresh Categories. Providing training and education support on SC process management to Fresh Foods teams as it relates to procurement and replenishment of DC and retail locations.
Our flexible/ hybrid work schedule includes 3 in-person days at one of our core locations and 2 remote days.Duties and ResponsibilitiesEssential job functions:
- Ensure compliance and adherence to established standard processes for procurement and replenishment of Fresh Categories is always in place:
- Effectively support Fresh Category teams with Demand Management education and process management training, i.e., Forecasting and Replenishment. Provide specific guidance for the following:
- Own process of fresh demand management
- Achieving targeted freshness and retail on shelf availability
- Provide training on existing tools to maximize the Banner's competitive edge in the market.
- Facilitating inventory effectiveness conversations, for DC warehouse and Fresh Retail, across multiple areas including Category, Retail Operations, Shelf Merchandising, Banner Merchandising, and Supply Chain Operations.
- Advocate for balance sheet awareness with respect to inventory management processes.
- Encourage collaboration with Banner counterparts to ensure that Fresh Categories are leveraging buying power to maximize cost savings.
- Address concerns regarding non-compliance immediately with category and merchandising staff as well as appropriate SC staff.
- Responsible for the development and evolution of process to achieve budgeted total Fresh DC inventory goals.
- Identify the need for new systems or improvements to existing fresh replenishment systems including testing, advocacy, RFI's, continuous improvement, Business Requirements Document creation, etc.
- Serving as the fresh demand management expert internally and externally on fresh demand
- management principles.
- Provide support for the implementation of a continuous improvement culture.
- Create new methods and procedures based on industry best practices, trends and best in class external benchmarking.
- Act as a supply chain leader to identify opportunities that drive out cost and improve service within the network.
- Lead and/or serve as a member of key teams and committees as needed.
- Additional job duties may be assigned as needed to meet the needs of the business and support our Values.
Basic Qualifications - Bachelor's Degree or equivalent combination of education and related work experience.
- Minimum of 8 years combined experience in supply chain, logistics, retail, merchandising, category, pricing, procurement, or distribution.
- Strong financial planning and budgeting experience
- Cross-functional leadership experience with a demonstrated ability to build cross-functional teams.
- Demonstrated management expertise.
- Demonstrated relationship management experience with vendors, brokers, and third-party consultants.
- Preferred Experience with organizational change management
- Requires travel - typically 8 - 12%.
Skills and Abilities - Demonstrate a personal acceptance of change and the ability to adapt and drive change.
- Demonstrated ability to implement and analyze retail business using consumer insights and analyzing trends.
- Active listener with an ability to build trust across varying levels of the organization.
- High degree of credibility and the ability to work with and through all levels of management.
- Excellent organizational, planning, influence, communication, and presentation skills
- Self-motivated and persuasive in presenting and selling ideas and executing their implementation.
- Ability to manage day to day activity in support of identified business area and functional area strategies.
- Ability to influence organizational alignment across multiple business areas.
- Ability to take an educated risk with implementing programs that support consumer demands.
- Ability to think innovatively.
- Mature level of knowledge for company, business, and industry practices as it relates to fresh operations.
- Proficient with Microsoft Office
- APICS, IBF, or MIT certification preferable
- Proficiency in working within a cloud-based system.
- In depth knowledge of industry forecasting processes and method
#LI-SM1 At Ahold Delhaize USA, we value Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging (DEI&B). Our employees and prospective employees are treated with respect and dignity. As an equal opportunity employer, we comply with all applicable federal, state and local laws. Qualified applicants are considered without regard to sex, race, color, ancestry, national origin, citizenship status, religion, age, marital status (including civil unions), military service, veteran status, pregnancy (including childbirth and related medical conditions), genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, legally recognized disability, domestic violence victim status or any other characteristic protected by law. We provide reasonable accommodations to applicants and employees with disabilities. If you have a disability and require assistance in the application process, please contact our Talent Acquisition Department at ...@adusa.com. For more information, visit www.adusa.com.