Business Development Manager

Location

Kansas City, KS | United States

Job description

General Description

Builds relationships with customers and vendors as well as our internal teams of QA, customer service, logistics, sourcing, and production. Management of new product development and product improvement; to include creating new products, designs, QA testing and release to production. Travels and attends customer product presentations, food shows and market tours to keep on track with current trends and customer needs as needed.

Fundamental of the Position

To perform the job successfully, an individual should demonstrate the following competencies:

• Oral Communication- Speaks clearly and persuasively in positive or negative situations; listens and gets clarification.
• Problem Solving- Identifies and resolves problems in a timely manner; gathers and analyzes information skillfully.
• Cost Consciousness- Works within approved budget and conserves organizational resources.
• Motivation- Sets and achieves challenging goals; Demonstrates persistence and overcomes obstacles.
• Quality Management- Looks for ways to improve quality and demonstrates accuracy and thoroughness.
• Leadership- Exhibits confidence in self and others. Able to inspire and motivate others to perform well.
• Analytical Thinker- Capability to analyze complex or diverse information.

Responsibilities

• New product development
  • Create/design new items to enhance the growth of the company through innovation.
  • Coordinate with sourcing to secure new ingredients, packaging, etc.
  • Work with R&D, production, and production planning to ensure a smooth transition.
• Travel outside of local market- less than 10% yearly
• Provide customer support of developing and maintaining customer handling sheets.

Qualifications

This position requires the teammate to exercise discretion and independent judgement. This position requires experience in sales and general business operations. The position requires a high degree of proficiency and the ability to interact successfully with diverse groups of people.

Education and Experience

• High School diploma or GED equivalent
• 5-years related experience

Knowledge and Skills

• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office program: Word, Excel, PowerPoint
• Basic knowledge on NEW ERP system
• Ability to write correspondence. Ability to speak effectively before group of customers or teammates of organizations.
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rates, ratios, and percentages.
• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.

Work Environment (physical Conditions, Sensory Attentions, Etc.)

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those a teammate encounters while performing the essential requirements of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential requirements.

While performing the duties of this job, the teammate is regularly exposed to work near moving mechanical parts. The noise level in the environment is usually moderate.

American with Disabilities Act (Physical Requirements)

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by a teammate to successfully perform the essential requirements of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individual with disabilities to perform the essential requirement.

The teammate must regularly lift and/or move more than 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by the job include: close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus. While performing the duties of this job the teammate is regularly required to sit, stand, and walk; Use hands to fingers, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms, and talk or listen. The teammate is occasionally required to climb, balance, stoop, kneel, or crouch.

Drug Free Environment/EOE

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