Category Analyst I

About The Chefs' Warehouse

The Chefs' Warehouse, Inc. (http://www.chefswarehouse.com) combines exceptional quality and brand building with broadline food service distribution for more than 40 years. With Protein, Specialty, Produce, and Broadline offerings, we service the most discerning chefs in a hybrid approach of convenience and superior quality. We introduce more than 4,000 artisan producers of the world’s finest ingredients from over 40 countries to the finest chefs in the world. We passionately consult, sell, and build relationships with more than 50,000 customers through the most experienced network of over 600 consultive sales associates, best-in-breed technology, rapid service, and support levels that solidify our long-standing ties to both established and up-and-coming premium restaurants.

Mission: The mission of The Chefs’ Warehouse is to provide the world’s greatest ingredients to the world’s best chefs.

Our C.H.E.F.S. Values:

Curious & Creative

Hungry For Food & Results

Entrepreneurial

Forward Thinking & Flexible

Supportive (Of Peers & Chefs)

Position Summary: The Category Manager will analyze data and insights to determine industry and consumer trends.

What you’ll do:

• Processes to enable our Sales team to understand have the best/most appropriate products available for the General Commodity Category (Fry Oils, Fries, Spices, Hors d’oeurves, Condiments, Non-Foods, Liquid Dairy, etc.).

• Introducing successful New Products nationally.
• Support Sales Training activities
• Identify successful single-region products to Lift/Shift across multiple regions.
• Activities to ensure the development of Private Labels within this category to drive competitive advantage.
• Identify innovative products and potential suppliers.
• Collaborate with Marketing and other team to maximize value to the company.
• Rationalization of like/similar and special products within the companies portfolio based on performance, velocity and customer interest.
• Regionally.
• Nationally.
• Post-acquisitions.
• Supplier Negotiations for the managed category:

• Achieving Target/Market-leading Costs
• Developing Rebate and other program development
• Securing Supplier Promotional Support
• Improving Payment/Cash Cycle Term.
• Supplier compliance activities for the managed category.

• Legal documentation.
• Specification sheets & supplier catalogs.
• Food Safety, etc.
• Cross functional collaboration with multiple departments.
  
  

About you:

• Bachelor’s degree from accredited four-year college or university.
• Previous food service distribution experience strongly preferred.
• Previous food importing experience strongly preferred.
• Extensive experience with and knowledge of the category.
  
  

The above job description is not an all-inclusive list of duties and standards of the position. Incumbents will follow any other instructions, and perform any other related duties as assigned by their supervisor.

Perks & Benefits:

• Paid Vacations, Paid Holidays
• Health, Dental and Medical Benefits
• Weekly pay
• Life Insurance
• 5% above cost for our high-quality food products
• Employee discounts for travel and events
• 401k
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan
  
  

The Chefs' Warehouse is an Equal Opportunity Employer that does not discriminate based on actual or perceived race, creed, color, religion, alienage or national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, disability or handicap, sex, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation, pregnancy, gender identity or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law. Our management team is dedicated to this policy with respect to recruitment, hiring, placement, promotion, transfer, training, compensation, benefits, employee activities and general treatment during employment. We are dedicated to building an inclusive and diverse workforce.