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Responsible for oversight of the Manufacturing Business Development team and collaboration between Manufacturing and other business partners. Manages Manufacturing projects and initiatives from the point of idealization through product launch by engaging subject matter experts and leading cross-functional teams to aid in timely commercialization of Meijer self-manufactured products. Collaborates with the Director of Business Development to develop and execute the co-manufacturing strategy as well as new business ventures to further manufacturing growth and performance.Position follows our hybrid schedule: Monday-Wednesday in office. Thursday-Friday remote. Some travel required.
What You'll be Doing:
- Manages the Manufacturing Business Development new product process, ensuring metrics that measure key performance indicators are met.
- Responsible for developing and owning internal and external customer relationships and managing customer satisfaction.
- Collaborates with the Business Development Director to develop and execute the co-manufacturing strategy to support the overall manufacturing growth strategy.
- Partners with cross-functional leaders on business strategies pertaining to new products and services.
- Identifies and proposes potential business growth areas by building business partnerships, exploring opportunities, and conducting feasibility analysis of new business capabilities.
- Responsible for, understanding market trends and identifying, in partnership with finance, business opportunities with greatest ROI.
- Presents opportunities to business partners and develops strategies for product implementation, product improvement or product discontinuance.
- Partners with Product Development and Own Brand Quality to coordinate research activities by through focus groups consisting of owners, technicians, consultants and internal business owners and partners to gain alignment and create prototypes.
- Maintains and implements an ongoing business development plan for Meijer Manufacturing that will achieve predefined growth targets.
- Responsible for hiring, training, developing and supervision of business development team.
- This job profile is not meant to be all inclusive of the responsibilities of this position; may perform other duties as assigned or required.
What You Bring with You (Qualifications):
- Bachelor’s Degree in Supply Chain or Food Science or relevant related work experience.
- 3-5 years of experience in manufacturing, supply chain, or business disciplines.
- Previous Leadership experience required.
- Ability to manage complex situations in a way that drives results.
- Intuitive ability to recognize innovative opportunities that could be applied to Meijer.
- Knowledge and understanding of food industry.
- Ability to translate service requirements and risk mitigation throughout processes.
- Demonstrated ability to design practices, processes and procedures to drive internal consistency.
- Ability to manage complex projects with standard project management processes; including Lean/6 sigma.
- Office computer skills; able to learn company systems and tools, preference for Microsoft application experience.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain or Food Science or relevant related work experience.
- 3-5 years of experience in manufacturing, supply chain, or business disciplines.
- Previous leadership experience (hiring, training, supervision).
- Ability to manage complex situations and drive results.
- Knowledge and understanding of the food industry.
- Ability to translate service requirements and risk mitigation throughout processes.
- Demonstrated ability to design practices, processes, and procedures.
- Ability to manage complex projects using standard project management processes, including Lean/Six Sigma.
- Office computer skills and ability to learn company systems and tools.
- Preference for Microsoft application experience (e.g., Microsoft Office).
Meijer Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Meijer and has not been reviewed or approved by Meijer.
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Healthcare Strength — Healthcare coverage is described as a meaningful part of the total package, with medical, dental, and vision options and additional supplemental coverage. The availability of wellness programming and online doctor visits further strengthens the health offering.
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Retirement Support — Retirement offerings are positioned as solid, including 401(k) access and Roth 401(k) options that some find valuable. Union-negotiated structures are also associated with above-average pay and benefits in certain service roles.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time-off benefits are a recurring bright spot, including paid time off, vacation time, and holiday pay that can accumulate over time. Paid parental leave is also part of the package, supporting work-life needs alongside PTO.
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What We Do
It takes guts to start a business during the Great Depression. And it takes vision to keep it going. Our founder, Hendrik Meijer, opened Thrifty Acres in 1934. Almost thirty years later, his son, Fred, pioneered the world’s first ever supercenter – setting the table for who we are today: a multi-billion-dollar household name in retail. Of course, we’re not done. Not by a long shot. We recently launched the nation’s largest grocery home-delivery service – reinventing the business of grocery shopping … again. A lot has changed over the years, except for one thing; we’re still family owned. And that sense of family runs deep in everything we do. It’s the difference between selling a product and serving a community, and it’s the reason we’ve given back over $30 million to local food pantries in the last ten years. So, if you appreciate the pioneering spirit of Meijer, we’d like to connect with you. Because the bigger our family, the better
