Account Director - MarketLink / Seafood / Retail

Account Director - MarketLink / Seafood / Retail

Alsip, IL, USA Req #3424

Wednesday, November 13, 2024

Griffith Foods is a global manufacturer of food products. We provide a wide range of taste and texture components for food industry customers throughout the world. Our products include seasoning blends, dry mixes, coating systems, dough blends, crumbs, flavors, sauces and food bases that are used in an extensive variety of application from snack foods and processed meat and poultry to ready meals. Our customers include food processors, restaurant operators and grocery retailers. While our name may not be familiar to consumers, our products are key components of foods offered by many of the world's best-known companies.

Summary : L ead the continued development of the MarketLink model within the North American region. Manage a portfolio of legacy seafood customers in line with the regional protein strategy. Lead the development of a seafood strategy for the region.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities :

• To work cross functionally and globally to grow North American MarketLink sales in line with our annual operating plan and long-range plan targets.
• Work with other Griffith Foods regions to enable MarketLink opportunities in the North American market
• Act as the regional expert for the embedding of the MarketLink Model within the North American Go-To-Market team through continuous training and leadership
• Directly supporting key MarketLink opportunities across the region
• Ensure the appropriate execution of the MarketLink model within the regional segment strategies
• Tracking financial progress vs. short and long-term objectives
• Manage a portfolio of seafood customers for profitable growth as a part of the North American Protein Segment strategy.
• Direct responsibility for sales growth in line with budget expectation
• Demand forecasting, customer support and project management
• Customer Account plan development
• Work with the Regional Segment and Category Teams to develop a Seafood strategy as a part of the North American Protein strategy.

Qualifications :

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

Griffith Foods believes that all persons are entitled to equal employment opportunity. Griffith Foods does not discriminate against qualified employees or applicants because of the following actual or perceived characteristics : race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, breastfeeding or related medical condition, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, age, physical or mental disability, genetic characteristic or information, AIDS or HIV status, order of protection status, marital status, military or veteran status, unfavorable discharge from military service, or any other status protected by federal, state, or local law. Equal employment opportunity will be extended to all persons in all aspect of the employer-employee relationship, including recruitment, hiring, participation in benefit programs, training, promotion, transfer, discipline, layoff, recall, and termination.

In carrying out our commitment to equal employment opportunity, Griffith Foods will make reasonable accommodations for applicants and employees with known disabilities unless doing so would result in an undue hardship, safety, and / or health risk. Applicants and employees requiring reasonable accommodations must notify Human Resources.

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Alsip, IL, USA

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