Director of Supplier Management

This position directs and oversees the Supplier Management teams, working closely with Field Sales Leadership to ensure all supplier annual business targets are achieved as efficiently and effectively as possible.

Salary: $100,000 - Depending on Experience.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Supplier Management
  
  
  
  • Guide the Supplier Management team to help facilitate and support the ABP process.
  • Guide the team to act as the primary point of contact for all suppler partners.
  • Ensure the Supplier Management team is effectively communicating all critical supplier information out in an consistent and timely manner.
  
  
  
  
• Inventory Management
  
  
  
  • Guide the Supplier Management team to assist with the new sku process in compliance with company policy through regular meetings and communication with the Supplier Manager staff.
  • Guide the Supplier Management team to drive the sales forecast and ordering processes to balance the reduction of OOS and OOC product.
  • Identify over-inventory items from the use of DOH and Aging Product Reports to identify slow moving packages and make Discount, Dump and DNR recommendations where applicable.
  
  
  
  
• Sales Communication
  
  
  
  • Manage the regular updates to all sales personnel updating progress to goal on monthly revenue, distribution, incentive, and focus period goals with recommended action steps.
  • Ensure the Supplier Management team is effectively coordinating with all internal departments all updates on new/discontinued items, available POS, selling tools, etc.
  • Manage the set up communication of a variety of reports including inventory reports, Encompass, etc.
  • Work work Division Vice Presidents and leadership to devlop a calendar for promotions, crew drives, kick off meetings, etc.
  
  
  
  

• Pricing Support
  
  
  
  • Work closely with Odom Pricing Team and SVP to help facilitate all upcoming price adjustment programs.
  • Work with local management teams to suggest pricing adjustments on over-inventoried and close dated product, following margin guidelines
  
  
  
  

Job Requirements

• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Strong analytical skills.
• Able to make decisions quickly and effectively.

Preferred Skills

• Beverage Industry Experience.
• Syndicated Data.
• Proven ability to effectively manage a team and work cross-functionally.
• Proven ability to manage suppliers at varying levels.

Physical Demands

1. The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation will be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this job.
2. Required to regularly stand, walk, lift product floor to waist, shoulder to overhead, use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects tools or controls; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear. Occasionally required to sit, climb or balance, stoop, kneel, or crouch.

Work Environment

1. This position is a combination of work at home and office attendance.
2. The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation will be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this job.
3. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate, occasionally high due to outside environmental noises.

Notice: The above statements are intended to describe the general nature of the environment and level of work being performed by this job. This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only tasks to be performed by the employee in this job. He or she will be required to follow any other instructions and to perform any other job related duties requested by his or her supervisor.

Reasonable accommodations will be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

The Odom Corporation offers competitive wages, medical and dental benefits, 401k plan, and much more! Background/Drug Screen. EOE.