KeHE Distributors®, LLC (KeHE) is the largest, pure-play distributor of natural & organic, specialty, and fresh products to more than 30,000 natural food stores, chain and independent grocery stores, e-commerce retailers, and other specialty products retailers throughout North America. With over 5,500 employee-owners, KeHE, a Certified B Corporation, drives its mission of serving to make lives better and bringing the next level of goodness, crazy GOOD™, throughout all aspects of its operation. For more about KeHE, visit KeHE.com or check out our social media channels: LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook,& Twitter.

KeHE’s multiple lines of exclusive brand products offer private label solutions to retailers seeking to offer compelling natural foods items to the communities they serve. The Operations Specialist will have an integral role in this effort, responsible for the compilation, processing and analysis of data as related to the sales, marketing and operations of Exclusive Brands.  This position supports the Exclusive Brands mission to ensure sales excellence and operational efficiency.   The role also acts as a partner on key initiatives and leverages cross-functional and organizational resources to achieve sales goals.  As with all positions at KeHE, we expect all actions to be consistent with KeHE’s Mission, Vision and Values.

Essential Functions

• Provide technical and analytical support to marketing, sales and operations.
• Build & maintain PowerBI reports tracking sales, inventory, trade spend and KPI dashboards.
• Enhance and evolve existing reporting tools to improve inventory management, increase efficiencies, minimize out of stocks, and reduce spoils.
• Engage with our supplier partners through participating in regular vendor meetings to strengthen relationships, capitalize on opportunities, and anticipate and troubleshoot challenges.
• Spearhead the creation of a supplier scorecard ranking system to identify performance gaps, opportunities, and define best-in-class partnerships.
• Ensure brand assets, sell sheets, and sales decks are compelling, relevant, and solution-forward, with data-driven selling stories.
• Maintain SharePoint library of selling tools and resources for the sales team.
• Ownership of keeping price lists and turnover forms updated & accurate.
• Track and report on promotional budgets and spending.
• Cross-functional engagement with KeHE Quality Assurance and Legal teams, helping maintain document compliance, verifying submissions, and responding to special requests.
• Project management of supplier agreement paperwork.
• Other duties and special projects as requested

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business or related field.
• Experience in relevant brand management, manufacturing, supply chain, or consumer product industry role.
• Strong quantitative, analytical and computer skills. Working knowledge of and literacy in computer software, including but not limited to word processing, spreadsheet, and presentation applications.
• Advanced Excel skills. This includes advanced formulas, tables and formatting, conditional formatting, charting, pivot tables and reporting.

Additional Skills / Aptitude:

• Ability to coordinate and prioritize a high volume of work and meet pressing time requirements. Demonstrated willingness to take responsibility for personal actions, decisions, and results.
• Mindset of continuous improvement, with curiosity and motivation to always be asking how we could do better.
• Strong organizational skills as well as interpersonal skills.
• Ability to interact with a diverse group of individuals and contribute to a collaborative work environment - must be a team player.
• Demonstrated ability to effectively manage a variety of tasks simultaneously, focusing on those with the highest business impact, including anticipating problems and taking appropriate preventive action to avoid problems whenever possible.
• Demonstrated ability to identify long-term issues, effectively communicate those to the broader team, and help identify possible short-term and long-term solutions.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Power BI and SharePoint is a plus.