Associate Customer Development Manager – Mid-West Prepared Foods

Management Level:

87

Work Shift:

1ST SHIFT (United States of America)

Summary:

As an Associate Customer Development Manager (Assoc CDM), you’ll play a key role in selling retail prepared products and increasing market share by optimizing merchandising plans and executing impactful promotions. Your efforts will help shape our market presence and drive business success. You’ll maintain strong engagement across an assigned customer base and/or geography, which will include travel to Midwest locations for customer meetings and food shows. This role offers opportunities to develop leadership skills, advance within the company, and work closely with a collaborative and supportive team.

 

Key Responsibilities:

• Drive sales of retail prepared products to two assigned customers in the Midwest.
• Optimize merchandising plans and execute actions to amplify promotions with customers.
• Maintain regular engagement with customers through travel, meetings, and food shows.
• Collaborate closely with internal teams, including Customer Strategy and Execution, Sales, and Business Units, as well as externally with Brokers on category insights.
• Meet Annual Operating Plan (AOP) sales and profitability targets.
• Manage trade fund budgets and provide weekly and annual sales forecasts.
• Present and secure innovation with customers.
• Provide weekly communication to leadership on customer outcomes.
• Support retail execution of sales plans.

 

Requirements:

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field.

Experience:

• Minimum 3 years of sales experience; CPG (Consumer Packaged Goods) sales experience preferred.

Computer Skills:

• Basic computer proficiency required.

Communication Skills:

• Excellent verbal and written communication abilities.

Special Skills:

• Project management and/or strategic planning experience required.

Travel:

• 6–12+ trips per year to Midwest locations for customer meetings and food shows.

Internal Management & Management Support Applicants:

Automatic notification to your current manager will be initiated upon selection for interview. This applies to all candidates who are level 79 or above.

All professional team members are expected to demonstrate responsible use of approved AI tools, including safeguarding sensitive information, adhering to company policies, and validating AI-generated outputs. Individual Contributors should demonstrate the ability to integrate AI into daily work, improve efficiency through AI-enabled solutions, evaluate outputs critically, and apply professional judgment when using AI. People Leaders should demonstrate the ability to drive responsible AI adoption, enable effective use of approved solutions, identify opportunities to improve team performance through AI, and ensure accountability for the quality and accuracy of AI-supported outcomes.

Relocation Assistance Eligible:

No

Referral Payout Eligible:

Yes

For Professional Management levels, internal applicants should either upload a resume to their application OR complete their application fully showing current and past work experience in the sections provided.

The successful candidate(s) must be willing and able to perform the physical requirements of the job with or without a reasonable accommodation.

We provide our team members and their families with paid time off; 401(k) plans; affordable health, life, dental, vision and prescription drug benefits; and more.

Tyson is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, national origin, color, religion, age, genetics, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or veteran status.

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