Job Details:
Summary:
We are hiring for two positions on our Sales Strategy & Planning team. One position will support SS&P Distribution. The other will support SS&P K12. This posting will hire for both positions.
The Sales Strategy & Planning (SS&P) Manager is a key member of the Foodservice Prepared team, supporting the K–12 and Distribution channels. This role is responsible for developing and executing category and channel strategies, while helping deliver against annual financial and volume targets for Tyson Foodservice Prepared categories.
This position serves as a critical link between field sales, brand marketing, supply chain, demand planning, and business unit teams, translating insights into actionable strategies that drive growth and improve execution in market. The role emphasizes performance analytics, distribution effectiveness, and channel-specific dynamics, including K–12 nutritional guidelines and distributor network performance.
The SS&P Manager operates in a highly cross-functional environment and plays a central role in aligning strategy with execution—enabling the sales organization to win with customers and operators. The ideal candidate demonstrates strong ownership, analytical capability, and a proactive mindset, along with the ability to quickly synthesize information into clear recommendations.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
Performance & Insights: Analyze category and product performance; deliver actionable insights to identify growth opportunities and risks
Strategy & Planning: Support development and execution of K–12 and Distribution channel strategies aligned to business objectives
Sales Support: Partner with field sales to translate strategy into clear priorities, tools, and actions to drive in-market execution
Distribution & Execution: Monitor distributor performance, product distribution, and operator penetration; identify and close execution gaps
Forecasting & S&OP: Provide input to demand forecasts and actively participate in S&OP to align on trends, risks, and opportunities
Cross-Functional Collaboration: Serve as a key liaison across sales, marketing, supply chain, demand planning and business teams to ensure alignment and results
Develop and maintain customer- and channel-facing materials (brand material, sell sheets, attribute file) to support field sales execution across K–12 and Distribution channels
Model behaviors that support Tyson Foods' behaviors and leadership principles.
Requirements:
Education: Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience required.
Experience: 5 plus years of relevant experience in customer trade marketing, sales marketing, sales analytics, or category management in the CPG industry. K12 experience preferred.
Computer Skills: Expert-level competency relative to syndicated analytics, Microsoft Excel, and PowerPoint. Significant experience with syndicated data is strongly preferred.
Special Skills: Analytical skills; demonstrated ability to synthesize complex information and make recommendations. Critical thinker. Multi-tasking and ability to prioritize in a fast-paced environment with little direction from management.
Communication Skills: Strong communication and interpersonal skills required; ability to collaborate with many team members throughout the sales organization, internal BU partners, and Supply Chain teams.
Travel: 1-2 trips per year
Relocation Assistance Eligible:
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We provide our team members and their families with paid time off; 401(k) plans; affordable health, life, dental, vision and prescription drug benefits; and more.
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Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
- 5+ years experience in customer trade marketing, sales marketing, sales analytics, or category management in the CPG industry
- K-12 channel experience
- Expert-level competency with syndicated analytics
- Expert-level competency with Microsoft Excel
- Expert-level competency with PowerPoint
- Significant experience with syndicated data
- Strong analytical and critical thinking skills; ability to synthesize complex information into recommendations
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills; ability to collaborate cross-functionally
- Ability to multi-task and prioritize in a fast-paced environment with limited direction
Tyson Foods Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Tyson Foods and has not been reviewed or approved by Tyson Foods.
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Healthcare Strength — Medical, dental, and vision coverage start on day one and are complemented by telehealth, wellbeing programs, and added mental‑health support. Vision and basic dental are available at no additional cost, and preventive care is emphasized.
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Parental & Family Support — Paid parental leave has been expanded for birth and adoptive parents, signaling stronger family support. Select locations have piloted childcare solutions to better support shift workers.
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Retirement Support — A 401(k) plan with company matching after a year and an employee stock purchase plan are available to build long‑term financial security. Company‑paid life and disability coverage further bolster the protection package.
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What We Do
World's largest processor and marketer of protein food products. We think differently and we act boldly. At Tyson Foods, we're not only ready for tomorrow, we’re leading the way. We are a company of people engaged in the production of food, seeking to pursue truth and integrity, and committed to creating value for our shareholders, our customers, our team members, and our communities. We built our name on providing generations of families with wholesome, great-tasting chicken. But today’s Tyson Foods is so much more. As values and behaviors around food have changed, so have we. Today, we’re innovators uniquely positioned to reshape what it means to feed our world. Today, we not only have the fastest growing portfolio of protein-centric brands, we offer greater transparency into everything we do.
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