Value Added Business Manager - Iowa Premium Beef

Find your future with National Beef! 

National Beef of Kansas City, Missouri, is looking for a qualified professional to join our Team as Value Added Business Manager for Iowa Premium Beef.  With competitive pay and benefits, stable work, and an environment that is caring and supportive, National Beef could become your next career move.

Competitive Pay and Benefits:

• Competitive pay and comprehensive benefits package

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage

• 401(k) with company match

• Paid time off and employee programs

Value Added Business Manager for Iowa Premium Beef responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Responsible for brand/program complex that includes:

  • Work with pricing manager to deliver the annual plan and manage objectives including:

    • Yearly business plan that will meet tonnage and margin benchmarks

    • Pricing strategy and price list

    • Product mix offering and program’s box inventory

  • Lead management of brand/program customer relationships in all channels

    • Serve as an internal and external resource for product and brand information

    • Develop and execute tactics to build and retain brand partners

    • Perform brand trainings, customer calls and business reviews

    • Collaborate with Field Managers and Account Managers on account opportunities

    • Understand customer needs and key drivers of their business including best-food-day ad, food shows, merchandising needs, training and planning assistance

  • Drive new program growth through new and current customers

    • Work closely with Field Managers and Account Managers to maintain an on-going list of target prospects and generate new customer leads across all channels

    • Participate as a lead resource in the program and brand sell-ins to key target accounts

    • Increase current customer penetration; identify and propose new cuts/items for the program and customers

    • Build a committed customer base for under-utilized items.   

  • Other duties as assigned

This is an on-site position.  This position reports to the Vice President of Marketing.

Qualified Candidates for the Value Added Business Manager for Iowa Premium Beef position should possess the following:

• Meat business knowledge and experience

  • Live cattle and boxed beef markets, movements, and trends

  • Possess awareness of pricing, margin, and optimization strategies

• Understanding of business channel dynamics – retail, food-service, and further processing

• Understand given cattle sort production capabilities, product specifications, packaging, and yields

• Identify brand positioning opportunities against commodity beef and competitive brands and programs

• Ability to effectively organize and handle multiple tasks simultaneously. Strong communication skills

• Hold strategic mindset with reasoning and problem-solving ability

Must be at least 18 years of age or older.

Applicants must be authorized to work for ANY employer in the U.S. We are unable to provide visa sponsorship at this time.

National Beef is a leader in producing fresh, chilled and further processed beef products for customers in the U.S. and worldwide. We offer a variety of employment opportunities in our production, packaging, and hide tanning facilities that stretch from the western plains to the east coast. We strive to be the preferred employer in every one of those communities, whether it’s measured by the number of people employed or the good we do in the area. We invite you to join our family, wherever you call home.

National Beef is an equal opportunity employer committed to workplace diversity. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, natural origin, age, gender identity, protected veterans status, or status as a disabled individual.