Commercial Business Manager

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Job Title: Commercial Business Manager
Location: Souderton, PA, Mid-Atlantic United States, USA

Company: The Wenger Group
Industry Sector: Agribusiness
Industry Type: Input Retail, Cooperative and Related Crop Services
Job Type: Full Time

Job Description: We're a leading Northeast family-owned food, agricultural products, and agricultural services organization headquartered in Pennsylvania. We provide animal nutrition and feeds; specialty protein production, processing, and marketing; on-farm protein production services; and grain, fertilizer, and ingredient procurement. Leidy's is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Wenger Group since 2022. Leidy's is a 130-year-old pork company located on the family farm in Pennsylvania, where Jacob Leidy was deeded the original land grant by William Penn in 1753.

We're a stable company with strong core values, great benefits, competitive wage structure, and a safe and healthy work environment. With over 1000 team members, we're a growing company in an essential sector - agriculture!

Learn more here: https://www.thewengergroup.com / https://www.leidys.com

Position Summery

The Business Manager role is a unique opportunity to join and support the strategic direction for one of the fastest-growing, all-natural pork and cooked meat companies in the US. As a member of our core leadership team, you will work closely with all stakeholders to create, implement, and maintain our long-term strategic direction through the lens of our Company mission and values. We are looking for a strong team player who can think creatively, build winning strategies, and lead with autonomy while developing relationships that support a winning culture.

Responsibilities:

Commercial Strategy: Support implementation to a strategic business plan that generates value.

Provide project management by working with outside agencies, management team members, and internal team by compiling and evaluating research on market product requirements and identifying enhancements to current features and functionality.

Product Portfolio Optimization and Life Cycle Management

Identify emerging markets and market shifts and be able to act with a sense of urgency where applicable.
Lead in SKU optimization, item profitability analysis, and build the optimal portfolio to meet customer needs, including retail, food service, and industrial.

Team and Cross-Functional Alignment and Execution

Develop plans to lead a team of experienced professionals that include goal setting, coaching, and performance monitoring.
Collaborate with the scheduling team and sales team to bring accurate forecasting back through the supply chain and profitably grow our segments.
Collaborate with internal teams to improve efficiency, execution and costs while maintaining high standards for our customers.

Culture Creator- actively engage with organizational leadership to build a strong, sustainable culture that positions The Company as the partner of choice for employees, growers, vendors, and customers.
Perform other related duties and projects as assigned.

Supervisory Responsibilities

Carry out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization's policies and applicable laws. Responsibilities include interviewing, hiring and training employees; planning, assigning and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding, developing, and disciplining employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems.

Skills/Knowledge/Abilities

BS/MS degree in business administration, management, or a related field.
Six or more years of experience in business management, marketing, sales, operations, supply chain, or a similar role leading cross-functional teams.
Demonstrated ability to communicate, present, and influence credibly and effectively at all levels of the organization.
Strong financial and business acumen.
Proven ability to create a strategy, manage projects and bring innovative solutions to customers.

Physical Demands