Regional Business Manager

Imagine a Career in Business Management 

See yourself planning, directing, and coordinating operations. This would include broker business planning, sales execution, compliance management, accrual/ expense management, new production sales and coordination of pricing. Opportunities exist to administer the agreed upon department goals and strategies, meeting or exceeding projected sales goals.         

Primary Functions

•  Develop, implement, and execute annual regional business plan
• Ensure organizational capacity and capability to deliver assigned goals
• Operate the assigned team efficiently and economically
• Establish ongoing relationships with key customer decision makers, food service operators, distributers, and brokers.

Duties and Responsibilities 

• Communicate effectively: ensure thorough understanding of customer needs, marketing programs, and competition actively
• Timely follow through: gathers and analyzes information regarding customer preference, and market conditions which are required to plan sales growth
• Drives change: always strive to meet and even exceed anticipated sales goals         
• Increase skill sets: responsible for attending regional and national food shows, conferences, and seminars
• Inspire employees: ensure continuous relationships are fostered with key accounts in division
• Time management: helps to coordinate plant tours, presentations, and all activities concerning visits with the foodservice coordinator

Training 

Your initial training will include Continual Improvement Process training which will provide a common language and understanding of our commitment to meeting agreed-upon customer expectations 100% of the time.  You will also receive New Hire Orientation which will provide an introduction to:  

• Policies and procedures
• IT support
• Safety
• Communication best practices
• Benefits
• Performance reviews
• Compensation
• Accounting reporting
• Brief business unit overviews

The company also provides continued professional training opportunities that support critical thinking and decision making, communication, interpersonal, customer service and technical skills.  Courses range from Excel Advanced, Business Writing and Grammar, Dale Carnegie Leadership Training, Meat Science Training, DiSC Behavioral Styles, Presentations that Deliver, Maximizing Your Writing, Leading Purposeful and Engaging Meetings, and more.  

See yourself at Jennie-O Turkey Store 

Working together as a passionate and innovative team is an essential piece in our operations, on every level, and contributes to an enjoyable work environment. 

Based in Willmar, Minnesota, Jennie-O Turkey Store is a wholly owned subsidiary of Hormel Foods Corporations. Close to 7000 Team members contribute to the success of Jennie-O Turkey Store from accountants to engineers, food scientists to farm managers. We are built on traditions of brand strength, quality, innovation, and value, while taking advantage of new trends in technology. 

Our company provides over 125 years of combined leadership in the industry and produces over 1500 products which are distributed throughout the United States and 26 other countries. We also proficiently manage all segments of our supply chain from the consumers’ eating experience back to the egg.  

We believe in equal opportunity employment; for this reason alone we understand and appreciate diversity throughout our entire company. We offer exciting opportunities for growth to talented, capable people who share our belief that attitude, hard work, individual initiative, workplace safety and teamwork are of the utmost importance.  

So….if you crave a challenge, become a part of the empowering atmosphere that has made us a company of leaders.

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