Supplier Manager

Essential Duties & Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Work with suppliers and internal sales team to build and implement brand strategies.
• Work with suppliers with flexibility and professionalism.
• Communicate clearly and consistently with suppliers, sales management, across all impacted regions and to all departments including Purchasing, Pricing, Sales, Key Accounts and any others as determined appropriate.
• Work alongside Purchasing Team on all inventory control functions, including forecasting and managing OOD and OOS.
• Proactively identifies and works to reduce inventory loss due to excess product. Methods can include increasing awareness, discounting, moving product and destroying as necessary.
• Communicate pricing strategies to/from suppliers including GPIs.
• Develop specific measurable and attainable brand programs for sales divisions.
• Compile, review, and communicated sales data results against sales goals.
• Provide timely updates and recaps to supplier representatives and key Odom employees.
• Coordinated and implement promotional brand activity as appropriate and in-line with appropriate LMF levels.
• Order and manage POS levels.
• Attend out of market conferences, meetings and supplier events as necessary.
• Assist will all functions related to new item rollouts
• Stay current with brand knowledge and training specific to the brands carried by the Odom Corporation.
• Work with and support the sales team as needed with flexibility and professionalism.

Job Requirements

• 4-year college degree preferred but not required; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Prefer knowledge of local market, customer service skills, and experience in the distribution industry.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Must be self-motivated, a self-starter, and able to work with very little direct supervision.
• Strong track record of business development.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office: PowerPoint, Publisher, SharePoint, Outlook, Word, Excel, etc.
• Demonstrates strong abilities to manage supplier-distributor relationships.
• Must have valid driver's license, good driving record, proof of auto insurance (SR-22 is not acceptable), and own means of reliable transportation.

Physical Demands

• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation will be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this job.
• Use of pallet jacks and hand carts are required to load and unload products for use in customer locations.
• Frequently lift and/or move 10-25 pounds and occasionally moving/pushing or pulling of up to 50 pounds.
• Required to regularly stand, walk, lift product floor to waist, shoulder to overhead, use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects tools or controls; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear. Occasionally required to sit, climb or balance, stoop, kneel, or crouch.

Work Environment

• * This position is a combination of work at home and office attendance.
• * The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation will be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this job.
• * The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate, occasionally high due to outside environmental noises.

Notice: The above statements are intended to describe the general nature of the environment and level of work being performed by this job. This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only tasks to be performed by the employee in this job. He or she will be required to follow any other instructions and to perform any other job-related duties requested by his or her supervisor.

Reasonable accommodation will be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

The Odom Corporation offers competitive wages, medical and dental benefits, 401k plan, and much more!

Background/Drug Screen. EOE.