Region Margin Manager - Remote-Pacific/Mountain Time Zones

RESPONSIBILITIES 

Must be able to work Pacific and Mountain Time Zones
Partner with area leadership to create margin play meeting content and act first line auxiliary support for underperforming markets

Collaborate with Pricing Excellence and lend expertise to develop plays to be executed by the field.

Act as subject matter experts working on cross functional agile teams to bring pricing perspective

Accurate and timely delivery of the daily review and communication on margin trends and action items to assigned areas

Perform various financial analysis and review of weekly scorecard data to identify potential margin issues, adherence to defined plays etc

Identify and quantify drivers of margin erosion, while leveraging the ability to look across assigned areas for trends. Formulate and recommend strategies for addressing margin erosion or leveraging opportunities

Perform root cause analysis and partner with field stakeholders and other functional areas to drive proactive solutions through process and technology for recurring issues


Act as subject matter expert on applicable processes, plays and programs.
Assist in coaching and developing field pricing talent

Serve as back-up for the Sr Director, Region Pricing

Travel from 25% - 50% of the time

RELATIONSHIPS:

Internal:
• Region and Division staff members, Support Office Staff, RSC and Shared Service Center accounting personnel and other FSC leaders.
External:
• Interact with consultants, customers etc

QUALIFICATIONS 
 
Education/Training: 
• Bachelor’s degree in business administration, accounting, finance or in another relevant field.

Related Experience/Requirements: 
• 5 years in finance management and/or financial analysis required; experience in contract administration, pricing, and category management
• Experience in a foodservice/distribution environment preferred 
• Strong communication skills and experience influencing peers and senior leaders

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:
• Influence/Communication Skills: strong professional presence and outstanding communication skills, in order to build credibility and authority in working with senior leaders; influences up, down and across
• Capacity Planning: allocates and utilizes resources to achieve maximal efficiency of those resources to meet anticipated deadlines and program outcomes
• Adaptability: able to navigate the organization through complex and diverse situations; comfortable with ambiguity
• Coaching/Mentoring: Develops and inspires stakeholders mindsets and capabilities
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Builds strong cross-functional relationships quickly to align on actions and resources required and to mutually accomplish company goals
• Program Management: program and project coordination and planning skills in order to manage scheduling, resources, scope, budget, risks/issues and communication 

This role will also receive annual incentive plan bonus up to 20% of base salary.

​Benefits for this role may include health insurance, pre-tax spending accounts, retirement benefits, paid time off, short-term and long-term disability, employee stock purchase plan, and life insurance. To review available benefits, please click here: https://www.usfoods.com/careers/benefits.html.