Essential Duties and Responsibilities
- Significant training and development focus
- Detail-oriented work dedicated to the quality and love of food.
- Ability to travel up to 75% of the time
- Kitchen experience preferred
- Assist with teaching and training proper merchandising techniques
- Work with product development chefs, displaying strong professional standards and good business acumen
- Food Safety QA, RFP processes, distribution demands, and shelf life standards.
- Working collaboratively within a complex organization as well as 3rd party manufacturing and distribution partners.
- Effective leadership & communication skills
- Tactical thinker that values brand success over individual or department recognition.
- Represent, protect, and grow our Brand across multiple retail formats and banners through the delivery and execution of an industry-leading prepared food programs
- Build strong relationships with purveyors and retail partners to effectively bring the Boar’s Head prepared food portfolio to the point of sale.
- Conduct retail audits that ensure all partners are delivering on all Boar’s Head quality standards.
- Deliver Training, retail production partners, and retail store operators.
- Deliver Merchandising training and provided follow-up audits on adherence to Boar’s Head program policies.
- Build and nurture customer relationships that separate Boar's Head Experience from the competition.
- Supports BH Purveyors, PF Business Development Managers, and Channel Business Development Managers (CBDM’s) to meet or exceed individual and team goals.
- Effective interaction with all business partners that promotes prepared foods and builds a supportive selling relationship.
- Maintain current and up-to-date on evolving food and culinary production capabilities, standards, and best practices
- Strong presentation skills and ability to effectively communicate up and down the organization
- Other duties and responsibilities as assigned.
Education and Experience
- 5 years of experience or more in retail prepared foods management and production experience.
- BA/BS or equivalent work experience preferred
- Experience developing and delivering task-related training programs
- Strong preference for candidates with brand development experience and working knowledge of fresh-prepared food product development from concept to commercialization
- Educational or strong experiential background in food and food handling requirements
- Exposure to Q/A auditing practices
Skills Required
- 5 years of experience in retail prepared foods management and production experience
- Educational or strong experiential background in food and food handling requirements
- Experience developing and delivering task-related training programs
- Strong preference for candidates with brand development experience in fresh-prepared food
- Exposure to Q/A auditing practices
Boar's Head Brand Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Boar's Head Brand and has not been reviewed or approved by Boar's Head Brand.
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Healthcare Strength — Benefits are characterized by premium medical, dental, vision, and supplemental coverage offered at low employee cost. Feedback suggests this breadth and affordability are a standout element of the total package.
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Retirement Support — A 401(k) with profit sharing and related financial programs is highlighted across roles. Feedback suggests these retirement features contribute meaningfully to perceived total compensation.
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Fair & Transparent Compensation — Pay is often characterized as fair or good and competitive in many locations, especially when considered alongside benefits. Feedback suggests total compensation feels stronger than base pay alone for many roles.
Boar's Head Brand Insights
What We Do
Since Boar's Head was founded in 1905, much has changed. While many have learned to cut corners, we are happy to say we haven't changed with the times, and over 110 years later, we're still using only the finest ingredients—pure pork, poultry and beef, combined with real spices, and no fillers, by-products, artificial colors or flavors, gluten or trans fat. What started with just a few products has grown to over 500, ranging from premium delicatessen meats, cheeses and condiments to an array of Italian and Old World specialties, hummus, snacking, and foodservice items. With Boar’s Head, you can trust each and every one of our products was prepared with the utmost care. Offering the world’s best delicatessen meats, cheeses and condiments is a never-ending quest that calls for a special type of team member. One who consistently: • Pushes for excellence in their personal and professional lives. • Invests in fostering relationships through open communication and respect. • Collaborates to passionately delight our customers. In exchange, we proudly provide: • Top medical, dental, and vision coverage for team members and their families. • Competitive pay, bonus, and 401(k) plans. • Opportunities to participate in the Boar’s Head Sons and Daughters Scholarship Program. • Career development opportunities through on-the-job, e-learning, and instructor-led training. Our Learning Management System has hundreds of courses to help team members learn and grow. • Community involvement activities that tackle critical hunger-relief, healthcare, and education initiatives through non-profit organizations such as Feeding America, The ALS Association, Boys & Girls Clubs of America, The Salvation Army, and hospital foundations throughout the country.
