Collaborate with some of the best people in the food manufacturing industry!

As a subsidiary of Savencia Fromage and Dairy, a $5 billion global cheese & dairy group headquartered in Paris, France, AFP advanced food products llc, is the world’s foremost manufacturer of aseptically packed sauces, spreads, dips and puddings.  We provide delicious products to global markets. Our three manufacturing facilities, strategically positioned within the United States, provide optimum accessibility to the full line of AFP product offerings.

We are in search of a self-motivated creative person to fill a marketing position of Business Development Manager - Foodservice & Export!

 MAJOR DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

 Strategy Planning

• Contribute to creation of marketing strategies for business units
• Support market research execution and analysis for business units

Brand Management

• Build and maintain relationships with potential and existing partners, suppliers, and stakeholders
• Prepare regular reports on business development activities, including progress, results, and insights through CRM systems.
• Responsible for creating business reviews including market insights and product set recommendations for customers.
• Contribute to organizing industry events, specific internal events, trade shows.

Vendor Management

• Build and maintain strong relationships with vendors/agency of record to ensure product availability, quality, negotiate contract terms.

Product Development/ Innovation

• Collaborate with product development teams to ensure alignment between marketing strategies and product offerings.
• Contribute to innovation sessions and presentation creation with key customers with supporting market research.
• Responsible for supporting sales team with customer-specific databases and identifying insights and opportunities for expansion.
• Responsible for customer portal compliance and data inputs for GDSN.
• Responsible for supporting export processes, regulations updates and communication and documentation for new items and tradeshows

Budget Management

• Responsible for entering, processing and validating estimates, purchase orders and invoices related to all marketing and internal event activities

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE

• Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Business Administration, or related field
• 3+ years in progressive experience of foodservice marketing or sales roles
• 1+ years with international marketing or sales role
• Bi-lingual speaking preferred