Sysco is the global leader in foodservice distribution. With over 71,000 colleagues and a fleet of over 13,000 vehicles, Sysco operates approximately 333 distribution facilities worldwide and serves more than 700,000 customer locations. We offer our colleagues the opportunity to grow personally and professionally, to contribute to the success of a dynamic organization, and to serve others in a manner that exceeds their expectations. We’re looking for talented, hard-working individuals to join our team. Come grow with us and let us show you why Sysco is at the heart of food and service.
We are currently seeking to hire a Product Content and Strategy Manager. In this Supplier and Business Center facing role, your primary purpose is to develop and drive eCommerce and enrich the customer’s digital experience. In addition, you will be responsible for collecting, validating, maintaining, updating, and socializing the rich content enabling effective execution of Category Strategies. You will be directly responsible for the completeness, accuracy, and quality of all customer facing product content. Additionally, you will fulfill digital marketing requirements necessary to acquire new customers and support revenue growth goals through a partnership with the Marketing Team.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Manage suppliers for content collection and validation with the business center and cross functional teams for eCommerce enablement.
- Lead and manage relevant business processes.
- Identify category insights and proposes business solutions to Category Leadership to drive sales and incremental gross profit dollars.
- Collaborate to create and implement category strategy.
- Create and refine north star approach toward future rich content capability and technologies.
- Utilize dashboards to measure, monitor and manage KPI’s and financial impact of item data enrichment.
- Aide and assist in Supplier Portal enrollment to enable content collection and review
REQUIREMENTS:
- Bachelor’s Degree or higher from an accredited and recognized four-year college or university (Internal Associates only 7 or 10 years of experience in lieu of bachelor’s degree).
- Master’s Degree in Marketing or Business is preferred.
- 5 years of Food Service, distribution, retail, or wholesale industry experience.
- Understanding of GS1 Standards and GDSN is a plus.
- PIM, DAM and/or MDM experience is a plus.
- Experience creating and executing online sales and marketing plans is a plus.
- Excellent knowledge of product information management and/or master data management.
- Great understanding of product and supplier lifecycle management.
- Excellent organizational skills.
- Excel at describing, evaluating, and structuring complex taxonomies with interdependencies.
- Capable of triangulating multiple independent data points to deliver actionable insights.
- Deep understanding of customer’s needs and behaviors.
- Great communication skills, experience in working in cross functional and matrix organizations.
- Advanced understanding of organizing, normalizing, cleansing, and standardizing large amounts of product information from disparate sources.
- Ability to multitask, prioritize and manage many ongoing projects at once.
- Self-motivation with the ability to take initiative in a challenging, fast-paced environment.
- Ability to assume responsibility and work independently with little or no supervision.
- Advanced Microsoft Excel (e.g., formulas, pivot tables, graphing, data connections), Microsoft Office, SQL, Visual Basic, Tableau, Business Objects, R, or other relevant data mining software experience is preferred.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to analyze, design, and document business processes.
- Demonstrated openness to changes and new ideas.
- Able to build strong relationships with Suppliers based on mutual success.
- Able to identify and demonstrate an understanding of the expectations of suppliers (internal and external).
Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer, and consider qualified applicants without regard to race, color, creed, religion, ancestry, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, veteran status, or any other protected factor under federal, state, or local law. This opportunity is available through Sysco Corporation, its subsidiaries, and affiliates.