Description
Trident Seafoods is the largest vertically integrated seafood harvesting and processing company in North America. Trident is a privately held, 100 percent USA-owned company with primary seafood processing operations and fleet support in twelve Alaska communities. Trident’s global operations produce finished wild Alaska seafood products in 6 countries and its sales teams serve customers in over 50 countries. Trident employs approximately 9,000 people worldwide each year and partners with over 5,400 independent fishermen and crewmembers. Species harvested and processed by Trident include virtually every commercial species of salmon, whitefish, and crab harvested in the North Pacific and Alaska. The global supply chain also includes cultured and wild species from a network of trusted sources worldwide.
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Summary:
The Global Species Senior Product Manager plans, organizes, and controls an assigned product line while providing support to the Director of the group in their duties. This role is responsible for planning, inventory management, pricing, and third-party sales to optimize profit and meet growth objectives by performing the following duties:
This hybrid position will be a combination of remote and onsite at the Trident Support Center office in Seattle, WA. Our hybrid work environment includes remote on Monday and Friday and in the Support Center on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday.
Key Responsibilities:
- Drives sales through sales/commercial group by continually informing managers of product availability and opportunities.
- Prepares product development objectives and schedules for all phases of product development and introduction to market, including attending plant tests and first production runs.
- Partners with the Director in setting species strategy through coordination with Operations/S&OE teams to align supply with demand.
- Maintains communications and contacts to collect and analyze technical, financial, schedule, and sales information for product line.
- Manages Sales and internal demand fulfillment by tracking production and shipment
- Coordinates with supply and demand planning team on overall production needs to ensure optimum inventory level based on customer’s demand.
- Maintains allocation and sales plan by customer and item.
- Owns Shipping/Logistic planning/Instruction/adjustment with AK operations, Global support, and logistic team
- Prepares periodic sales reports showing sales volumes, potential sales, and areas of opportunity.
- Assists with analysis of volume/ profit for assigned specie(s), coming up with action plans and recommendations to maximize profit
- Provides analysis on performance vs budget to identify areas where improvement and/or focus is required.
Additional Responsibilities:
- Provides technical expertise and training to other departments in support of product development.
- Conducts market research and identifies and tracks market trends to make recommendations on global commodity pricing.
- Engages and communicates with sales/commercial management regarding availability and price.
- Liaise with and present product related or production related initiatives to leadership and or executive team
- May independently prospect and conduct Commodity sales to third party customers
- Providing support to sales group to drive their commodity/value added sales
- Develops and maintains a prioritized list of customer and market requirements for product.
- Provide product training and presentation to internal and external customers as needed.
- Acquires knowledge of Trident’s Environmental and Safety Policies by completing required training programs and performing designated work activities in accordance with training and procedures/work instructions.
- Notifies designated personnel of any environmental or safety incidents or risks not previously documented, in accordance with Environmental Awareness and/or safety trainings.
Minimum Requirements
Minimum Qualifications:
- 8 years of experience in product management or related field
- A bachelor’s degree in business administration or a related field; or equivalent combination of education and experience
- Ability to collaborate with a wide variety of functional areas such as sales, engineering, marketing, research, and development, purchasing, manufacturing, and operations to develop and provide product definitions responsive to customer needs and market opportunities.
- Ability to engage with Sales/Commercial groups regarding availability and price and any additional information required by customers.
- Highly detail-oriented, with strong analytical critical thinking, and problem-solving skills.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to analyze, organize, and simplify complex problems to develop practical solutions.
- Strong understanding of project management practices
Preferred Qualifications:
- Seafood industry experience
This is a salaried exempt position with an annualized salary range of $100,000 to $125,000.
Trident Seafoods offers a comprehensive and quality benefits package. Full time employees may be eligible for discretionary/performance-based incentives, medical, dental and vision insurance plans, optional HRA/HSA, telemedicine, employee assistance and wellness programs, long-term disability, basic life and AD&D, and 401(k) with a company match, vacation, sick time, 10 paid holidays each year, and paid parental leave. For full-time employees, the initial vacation benefit starts at 10 days per year, adjusted commensurate with relevant experience, and 7 days of sick leave per year (9 in Seattle), accrued bi-weekly. Commuter and transit programs are also available.