**Position Overview** As a Manager, Fresh Procurement you will direct and coordinate all activities with members of the buying team to maintain contractual and/or company goals for all major accounts, service levels, and inventory levels. In addition, you will be responsible for developing associates via continual coaching, recognizing successes for company, teams, and individual successes, and mentoring against KPIs (Key Performance Indicators), including service levels, turn weeks on hand, dead inventory, and salvage budgets. In this role, you will work with customers, vendors, Ops Planning, Customer Integrators, Account Team, and Demand Planning to solve potential issues. You are also responsible for proactive communication with executive management. **Job Description** **Description** + Manage buyers and work with customers, vendors, Transportation, Ops Planning, Account Team, Demand Planning, and warehouse facilities to effectively manage service levels while achieving budgeted turn inventory levels. + Train, coach, mentor, and provide clear expectations to Associate Buyers, Buyers, Senior Buyers, and Buyer's Assistants in the daily Procurement routine, while providing opportunities for personal and professional growth. + Negotiate with vendors and customers to manage flow of inventory, while balancing customer service level requirements, including, but not limited to: developing and implementing action plans on excessive and impaired inventories (e.g. close-coded, 888, leftover ad, etc.). + Ensure current and future challenges are proactively analyzed and communicated to internal and external customers. + Define and propose solutions and implement corrective actions. + As recurring issues are identified, develop and implement sustainable solutions. + Analyze reporting and partner with Transportation, Operations Planning, and the facilities on daily/weekly capacities and initiate change to allow other operating areas within C&S to meet their weekly P&L commitments. + Participate or lead special projects as assigned (e.g. new customer startups, realignment, SOP development). + Leverage available systems to continually improve data utilization and decision-making capabilities. + Manage a buying team to attained target service levels and budgeted inventory levels. + Manage a salvage financial budget and lead efforts with buyers, vendors, and customers to minimize the expense to C&S. + Support the inventory transfer process and budget through vendor negotiations amongst the teams. + Responsible for majority of the aspects of people management: interviewing, training, recognition, counseling, and termination where applicable. + Travel Required: Yes **Environment** + Office: Office Temperature (65F to 75F) **Skills** + Specialized Knowledge: Commodities + Special Skills: Negotiation, building relationships **Years Of Experience** + 7-10: Relevant operations or procurement leadership experience. **Qualifications** Bachelor's Degree - General Studies **Shift** 1st Shift (United States of America) **Company** C&S Wholesale Grocers, LLC **About Our Company** C&S Wholesale Grocers, LLC is an industry leader in supply chain solutions and wholesale grocery supply in the United States. Founded in 1918 as a supplier to independent grocery stores, C&S now services customers of all sizes, supplying more than 7,500 independent supermarkets, chain stores, military bases and institutions with over 100,000 different products. C&S also proudly operates and supports corporate grocery stores and services independent franchisees under a chain-style model throughout the Midwest, South and Northeast. We are an engaged corporate citizen, supporting causes that positively impact our communities. Working Safely is a Condition of Employment at C&S Wholesale Grocers, LLC. C&S Wholesale Grocers is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability or veteran status, or any other applicable state or federal protected class. The Company provides affirmative action in employment for qualified Individuals with a Disability and Protected Veterans in compliance with Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act and the Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act. **_Salary Range_** $100,430-$133,050 Company: C&S Wholesale Grocers, LLC Job Area: Procurement - Perish Job Family: Procurement Job Type: Regular Job Code: JC0421 ReqID: R-263930