Vice President, Product Strategies (On-site) Job Listing at Schreiber Foods in Green Bay, WI (Job ID R0028273)

Description

Job Category: Marketing & Insights Job Family: Product Strategies Job Description:

The Vice President of Product Strategy is a senior leader role responsible for defining and implementing the product vision, roadmap, and strategy aligned with the company's overall objectives. This role requires a blend of strategic thinking, market analysis, innovation, and leadership to ensure that the company's products meet market needs, drive competitive differentiation, and achieve financial targets.  This includes SFI Business which represents over 900M pounds of volume and $300M V.I.

This position is on-site at our Green Bay, WI Home Office.

About our Green Bay, WI Home Office:

You'll find lots to love in our beautiful home office in downtown Green Bay, Wisconsin. Our jeans-friendly environment has indoor and outdoor collaboration spaces, state-of-the-art R&D and sensory labs, culinary kitchens, a pilot plant, innovation center and more.

Take advantage of outdoor workspaces. Sample and provide feedback on new products from our R&D team. Enjoy free coffee, soda and popcorn. Hit up a game of ping pong on your break. Or take a short walk to restaurants, breweries, the YMCA and a weekly farmer's market on the scenic Fox River. You can even see Lambeau Field from our top floor.

What you'll do:

·         Collaborate closely with cross functional teams, including Operations, Engineering, Finance, Supply Chain, Sales and R&D to ensure the timely and effective integration of plant expansions, line extensions and automation efforts in our facilities. This will include the direct leadership of Product Category Managers and ensuring effective use of Enterprise Project Management processes that will ensure successful project execution.  Work in concert with production planning and OPS to maximize asset utilization, while maintaining strong service levels. 

·         Responsible for developing, orchestrating, and executing the strategic Business Plan.  This includes responsibility for team achieving EBITDA financial objectives, detailed product plans and setting high expectations for delivering results. 

·         Responsible for the entire product life cycle from the evaluation of new products, reviewing existing products for continuation and managing the cessation of old items. This process includes proper oversight of all aspects of Product and Pricing Architecture. This also includes ensuring clear specifications for each product is established and is clearly communicated and measured for compliance.

·         Responsible for the day-to-day leadership and execution of the Business Plan. This includes developing and tracking actual results versus the annual targets. Effectively communicate these results and ensure the Team understands areas in which we are not meeting expectations. Drive profit improvements where needed to achieve investment thresholds. 

·         Responsible for communicating all issues directly to the Executive Sponsor and Executive Staff that will impact Team's ability to meet Business Plan objectives. This includes development and communication of near-term (fiscal year) activities and longer range, strategic plans.

·         Conduct market research, competitive analysis, and customer feedback to identify market gaps, emerging trends, and competitive threats.  Use data-driven insights to make informed decisions and adjustments to the product strategies.

What you need to succeed:

·         Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Marketing, Supply Chain, Operations, or Engineering

·         10+ years experience in Finance, Business, Marketing, Supply Chain to include leadership of cross functional teams

·         Ability to lead many indirect reports (core team) and influence the organization to follow the agreed upon business plan to drive successful customer results. 

·         Travel up to 10%

• Get not one, but TWO retirement benefits. When you join our employee-owned company, you'll be part of our Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) from day one. That means in addition to an 8% 401(k) match into the ESOP, Schreiber will contribute an extra amount – about 10% of your earnings – toward your retirement every year. That's a company contribution of around 18% in retirement savings annually!
• Earn bonus pay. You'll have an opportunity to earn incentive pay twice a year when we meet our company goals.
• Earn $ for focusing on your health. Get up to $1,200 for your health savings account each year, plus get reimbursed for fitness membership, equipment or classes.
• Pursue development that's relevant to your role, career goals and the company. Plus, we offer tuition reimbursement if you want to further your education to grow in your role at Schreiber.
• Get access to medical, prescription drug, dental and vision benefits starting day one. This includes an onsite nurse and mental health counselor.
• Experience caring like you've never experienced it before. We have a program that's completely organized by and for other partners who need extra help. It's called Partners Helping Partners. We have hundreds of examples of partners organizing fundraisers to help out others going through a hard time.

Sound like a company you'd like to be a part of? Click Apply.

Need extra assistance with the application process? Contact recruiting@schreiberfoods.com or call 920-437-7601.

​For positions that require any amount of travel: Valid driver's license, auto insurance (at least state minimum- more might be required), acceptable driving record per Schreiber Foods discretion, and vehicle that will ensure applicant can meet the travel necessities of the position are required.

Schreiber requires that an employee have authorization to work in the country in which the role is based. In the event, an applicant does not have current work authorization, Schreiber will determine, in its sole discretion, whether to sponsor an individual for work authorization. However, based on immigration requirements, not all roles are suitable for sponsorship.

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, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.

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