Associate Director, Revenue Management

ABOUT ALBERT USTER IMPORTS

Albert Uster Imports Inc. (AUI) is a privately held gourmet food company headquartered in the Washington DC area (Gaithersburg MD) with warehouse locations in Kansas City Las Vegas Miami Los Angeles San Francisco Gurnee and Gaithersburg. AUI falls under the Vestar Capital Partners portfolio with affiliate organization Roland Foods LLC.

Founded in 1968 the company offers over 1400 products from around the world. We serve leading hotels restaurants casinos cruise lines airlines and manufacturers with innovative high quality products and solutions to their most demanding culinary challenges. We operate a network of distribution centers across the U.S. and serve select international markets as well. AUI has a national direct selling organization of over 60 sales professionals and a staff of culinary experts (chefs and food scientists) adept at custom product solutions.

ABOUT THE ROLE

The Associate Director of Revenue Management is a key commercial leader responsible for driving profitable growth through pricing strategy revenue management analytics customer profitability optimization trade program management and disciplined pricing execution across all AUIs sales channels. Operating as a hands-on player-coach this leader will manage and develop the Revenue Management team while remaining actively engaged in the analytical and executional work. Responsibilities include developing pricing models evaluating customer profitability supporting bids and customer negotiations managing pricing execution and translating financial analysis into actionable commercial recommendations.

The successful candidate combines strong financial and analytical capabilities with leadership communication and influencing skills. This individual will partner closely with Sales Purchasing Innovation Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) Customer Experience and Leadership to improve pricing effectiveness optimize customer investments and support strategic business decisions that drive sustainable gross profit growth. This role offers significant visibility across the organization and provides a unique opportunity to influence commercial strategy while developing broad business knowledge across multiple functions.

As a response to the pandemic Albert Uster Imports office employees have transitioned to a hybrid working schedule requiring employees to report in-person Monday through Wednesday with the option to telework on Thursday and Friday each week. Due to the collaborative cross-functional nature of the organization employees at the Gaithersburg office are required to work in-person for the abovementioned days outside of any People & Culture-approved disability accommodation request.

RESPONSIBITILIES

Price Execution and Price Change Management

• Own and support pricing execution across all AUIs sales channels ensuring accuracy consistency and alignment with overall pricing strategy
• Lead the customer price change process across all sales channels including analysis recommendation development approval coordination execution oversight and post-implementation measurement
• Partner with Purchasing Sales Finance and Leadership to evaluate cost changes customer and product price positioning margin impact and price-volume tradeoffs
• Support the management of sub-distribution and national account pricing deviations
• Maintain pricing controls governance processes and pricing data integrity to ensure consistency and compliance across the organization
• Drive continuous improvement of pricing processes and methodologies to improve effectiveness and profitability

New Customer Pricing Bids & Commercial Opportunities

• Lead pricing support for new business opportunities including formal bids customer requests strategic initiatives and contract negotiations
• Partner with Sales Purchasing Operations and Finance to ensure pricing recommendations reflect commercial objectives and operational realities
• Participate in opportunity pipeline discussions to align pricing assumptions volume projections and financial expectations
• Provide financial analysis and recommendations to support customer negotiations and strategic commercial decisions
• Evaluate pricing scenarios margin opportunities and profitability implications to support growth objectives

Trade Spend Management

• Own administration analysis and optimization of customer rebate programs and commercial investment initiatives
• Partner with Sales leadership to evaluate customer program performance and return on investment
• Lead financial analysis supporting rebate negotiations annual program reviews and customer investment decisions

Gross Margin Analytics Forecasting & Financial Planning

• Develop and maintain gross margin analytical tools to support pricing decisions and improve visibility into customer and product profitability
• Support quarterly forecasting annual budgeting and long-range planning processes related to revenue pricing and gross margin
• Build financial models and scenario analyses to support strategic business decisions

Continuous Process Improvement

• Identify opportunities to improve automate and scale pricing forecasting reporting and customer investment processes
• Partner with Business Process and Technology teams to improve systems reporting tools and data quality
• Develop standardized methodologies reporting frameworks and best practices across the Revenue Management function
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives that improve accuracy efficiency analytical capabilities and business decision-making

Team Leadership & Operations

• Lead coach and develop the Revenue Management team
• Establish priorities coordinate workflow and monitor performance against established goals and KPIs
• Foster a culture of accountability collaboration continuous improvement and analytical excellence
• Provide ongoing coaching mentorship and professional development opportunities to team members
• Support organizational capability building by promoting best practices in pricing analytics and revenue management

QUALIFICATIONS AND SKILLS

Required

• 5-7 years of experience in Revenue Management Pricing Commercial Finance FP&A Sales Analytics Category Management or related analytical functions
• Experience supporting and advancing company pricing initiatives with knowledge of Gross to Net pricing structures
• Experience developing pricing models profitability analyses forecasts and business cases
• Strong financial modeling analytical strategic and problem-solving skills with the ability to translate complex analyses into actionable recommendations
• Strong communication and presentation skills with the ability to effectively influence cross-functional stakeholders and present to senior leadership using Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint
• Demonstrated project management skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment and collaborate effectively across cross-functional teams
• Demonstrated experience leading and developing small teams or workstreams providing guidance feedback and coaching to drive performance and foster professional growth

Preferred

• Bachelors degree and MBA
• Strong interpersonal skills including tact diplomacy active listening and collaboration
• Positive solutions-oriented mindset with a collaborative and team-focused approach
• Experience with SQL Tableau Power BI or other business intelligence and reporting tools
• Experience in foodservice distribution consumer products manufacturing or related industries

SALARY RANGE

Albert Uster Imports hires exceptional people to perform a wide variety of important functions that contribute to the success of the Company. One of the ways AUI does that is through a competitive compensation package. The base salary for this role will be$140000 - $160000.

This role will be bonus eligible.

Based on your qualifications previous experience and transferrable skills the Company will determine at its sole discretion the salary offered.

Founded by immigrants AUI & Roland Foods knows that diversity is the spice of life. We believe in the power of food to open minds spark adventure and bring diverse people are welcome at our table! We know the transformative value of food in individual lives and communities. Because of this we insist on obtaining the highest-quality ingredients and talent!

AUI is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate in hiring or any employment decision based on race color religion national origin age sex (including pregnancy childbirth or related medical conditions) marital status ancestry physical or mental disability genetic information veteran status gender identity or expression sexual orientation or other applicable legally protected characteristic. AUI considers qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with applicable federal state and local law. AUI is also committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application procedures. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability you may contact us at .

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