What are the responsibilities and job description for the Category Manager position at Sunset?
Values:
To perform the job successfully, the incumbent’s behavior must be consistent with the PRIDE values expected of
all Mastronardi Produce employees: be Passionate; have Respect; be Innovative; be Driven and strive for
Excellence.
Primary Responsibilities:
• Determine production requirements at each DC if supply is not available in correct format to satisfy
demand.
• Promote a “Customer 1st” attitude at all levels of the company in all activities.
• Plans, organizes, and directs activities related to the commodity planning function.
• Plan and advice on volume needs based on historical sales and budgets by item and customer.
• Understand customer specifications helping to ensure unsurpassed customer service.
• Manage and monitor commodity management reporting systems to match inbound volumes with sales
plans.
• Assigns commodity requests to the appropriate originating grower/farm to meet demand.
• Coordination of all incoming shipments to best match with customer specification.
• Report any discrepancies or problems.
• Provide input to creation and maintenance of supplier scorecards.
• Coordinate transfers as needed amongst MPL facilities.
• Responsible for the Allocation plan of the distribution center, ensuring product rotation is possible and
followed; with the goal of maximizing the overall freshness of inventory on hand.
• Become familiar in leveraging the ERP system, mastering basic functions required for completing
responsibilities as described.
• Work closely with cross functional teams such as Commodity Planning, Production Schedulers,
Production Managers, Operations Managers, Shipping and Receiving; with a focus on load priorities,
product quality specifications, network analytics and operations planning to implement best practices that
provide the best service to our customers at the lowest cost.
Education/Background Requirements:
• High school diploma or equivalent required.
• Two years’ experience in related perishable field required.
• PMAC certification required.
Specific Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required
• Can make decisions quickly when necessary.
• Follow all company policies and procedures and will act with integrity and in the interest of the company.
• Keep company information confidential and will not disclose company information to outside individuals.
• Pays close attention to detail, demonstrates perseverance, and can manage people in a non-solid line
environment.
• Able to work in a team, be in possession of strong analytical skills, be results oriented, is composed under
pressure.
Working Conditions:
• Combination of typical office environment and refrigerated warehouse environment.
• Position requires sitting, standing, walking and bending on a regular basis.
• Must have manual dexterity to perform computer skills.
