Supervisory Commissary Management Specialist (Private Brand Program Manager)

Supervisory Commissary Management Specialist (Private Brand Program Manager) serves as the program manager overseeing DeCA's private brand program and is responsible for the selection, implementation, and management of private brand grocery products within DeCA's category management structure including product assortment, pricing, and promotion. Read the entire announcement before starting the application process.

Manages upstream relationships with private-brand suppliers, brokers, contractors, and other business partners. Develop private-brand plans that provide patrons with a lower cost alternative to national and regional brands. Ensure that private-brand products contribute to patron's commissary benefit, category revenue growth, and profit target collaboration with category managers. Develop merchandising strategies, program budgets, sales targets, and profit objectives. Collaborates with category managers to identify, develop, implement, and maintain private-brand programs. Analyzes sales, geographic, demographic, consumer, operational, and financial data to identify private-brand opportunities. Coordinates with contracting personnel, suppliers, and contractors; monitors performance; and assists in resolving contractual and operational issues. Manages the private-brand product lifecycle from concept development through implementation, performance evaluation, reformulation, and discontinuation. Lead private-brand product launches in coordination with the category managers responsible for national-brand portfolios. Develops private-brand policies, procedures, standards, and implementation guidance for use throughout DeCA. Supervises a team of private-brand merchandising specialists performing category management and program support work.