Product Line Specialist Ground Beef
Job Location:
Wichita, KS - USA
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Job Summary
Cargill is a family company committed to providing food and agricultural solutions to nourish the world in a safe responsible and sustainable way. We sit at the heart of the supply chain partnering with producers and customers to source make and deliver products that are vital for living. By providing customers with lifes essentials we enable businesses to grow communities to prosper and consumers to live well.
This position is in our Food Enterprise where we are committed to serving food manufacturers food service customers and retailers with a complete range of innovative ingredients and branded products. Our portfolio includes poultry beef egg alternative protein salt oils starches sweeteners cocoa and chocolate.
The Product Line Specialist will design and implement a comprehensive product marketing cycle. We seek a professional who will identify market potential establish pricing and market strategies estimate potential sales define promotional activities and handle product through phase-out.
- Prepare and coordinate product introductions and updates.
- Compile and evaluate research on market product requirements and identify enhancements to current features and functionality.
- Coordinate program planning with customers to identify manufacturing schedules goals design criteria costs and similar considerations.
- Plan organize and coordinate assigned programs to accomplish financial and budgetary goals.
- Independently handle complex issues with minimal supervision while escalating only the most complex issues to appropriate staff.
- Other duties as assigned
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelors degree in a related field or equivalent experience
- Minimum of four years of related work experience
- Travel up to 20%
PeferredQualifications
- Strong knowledge of ground beef businesses
- Experience developing and leading the strategy for premium product lines or brands
- Profit and Loss experience
- Sales Pricing or operations experience
- Project management experience
- Understanding of food industry market sales and channels
Relocation assistance will be provided for the Kansas area.
Location: Wichita KS
Equal Opportunity Employer including Disability/Vet
Required Experience:
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About Company
Cargill, Incorporated is an American privately held global corporation based in Minnetonka, Minnesota, and incorporated in Wilmington, Delaware. Founded in 1865, it is the largest privately held corporation in the United States in terms of revenue.
