Vice President Adw

2 weeks ago

Burnaby, Canada Mosaic North America Full time

:
The VP, ADW is a leadership management position. The VP must have proven leadership as a Senior Director. The VP is responsible for maximizing the efficiency and effectiveness of the company in personnel development, financial results and operations while balancing the needs of ADW Acosta client and customer relationships. The VP shares responsibility for ensuring the consistent profitable growth of sales revenues through positive planning, deployment and management of regional personnel. The VP will exhibit the propensity to identify objectives, strategies and action plans for improving short and long term sales.

**Essential Functions**:

- Develops and maintains trusting and ethical relationships with ADW associates, vendors, and Costco’s buying staff.
- Utilizes system reports, customer feedback and communication to monitor the performance of all Business Managers and Client Service Representatives.
- Assists in formulating and enforcing regional policies, practices and procedures. Relates with the HRA assigned to the business as required.
- Proactively identifies potential issues and implement timely corrective actions.
- Assists in establishing regional sales objectives by forecasting, analysing results and recognizing trends.
- Sales budgets vary by region from $1B+
- Monitors sales, costs competition and performance to budget.
- Drives toward new business development goals for region
- Works with existing clients on packaging, pricing, formulation and new item trends to develop items specifically for Costco
- Conducts plant audits and inspections around the world to ensure compliance with Costco food safety and social responsibility standards
- Translates national sales programs into regional action plans
- Provides the Costco Buyers with up-to-date market trends and industry information.
- Leads and shares responsibility for developing, maintaining, evaluating and motivating staff performance; participate in the assigning and scheduling of workloads, responsibilities and projects corrective action process when necessary. Includes but not limited to: Interview, hires and performs mid-year and year-end performance evaluations
- Participates in preparing the weekly sales meeting agenda.
- Become an expert; constantly expand product, vendor, and category and industry knowledge.
- Develops new and innovative items for Costco in partnership with existing vendors.
- Controls and manages Expense/Office/Travel budget-based company policy
- Is a Key contact on limited accounts for the company
- Manages landlord policies and procedures consistent with lease agreement and oversees IT/Phone requirements within the office
- Other duties as assigned

**Qualifications**:
**Requirements**:

- Bachelor’s Degree
- 2+ Years Senior Director, ADW experience
- 10+ years of work experience in the food industry
- At least 5 years of direct selling experience calling on buyers (preferably Costco)
- Must possess excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- Have consistent follow-through, and be organized
- Ability to successfully work on numerous projects at the same time and be able to work cohesively in a team environment
- Must demonstrate a proven track record of generating incremental sales
- Moderate travel is required when necessary.

**Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Requirements**:

- Ability to assist in managing the sales administration function and operational performance reporting; streamlining processes and systems wherever possible.
- Creating an environment where customer service can flourish.
- Ability to develop and maintain top-level management relationships with Costco, our vendors and within ADW.
- Ability to prepare and facilitate meetings with Costco and ADW vendors. Follow up each meeting with an informative, concise and thorough meeting recap.
- Ability to add value to all calls, presentations and meetings; always be prepared to participate.
- Provide insight to all vendors relative to Costco and the generation of sales.
- Ability to consult with assigned vendors to determine the appropriate product formulation and packaging prior to presenting products to the Buyers.
- Understand, evaluate, execute and manage marketing programs for all assigned vendors.
- Ability to ensure the timely resolution of issues involving deliveries, product quality, packaging, billing, etc
- Resolve any political conflicts that arise. Proactively provide solutions
- Ability to create opportunities for our vendors and a demand for their products.
- Possess a comprehensive knowledge of Costco’s operation and key competitors
- Possess a comprehensive knowledge of each vendor’s operation, capabilities, capacities, products, logistics, business strategies and key competitors

**DISCLAIMER: Acosta Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer**
- The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this classification. They are not intended to be constr

  • Vice President, Collaboration

    4 weeks ago

    Burnaby, Canada Metro Vancouver Full time

    **Position Status**: Full-Time Temporary (This position to last not later than December 31, 2024) **Department**:Invest Vancouver **Employee Group**: Exempt **Location**: 4515 Central Boulevard, Burnaby **Invest Vancouver is seeking a Vice President, Collaboration who will lead strategic initiatives to enhance the Metro Vancouver region’s global brand as...

  • Associate Vice-president, Facilities and Campus

    4 weeks ago

    Burnaby, Canada Simon Fraser University Full time

    Union/Affiliation: **Administrative Professional Excluded Staff** - Pay range: - SFU Department Descr: **Office of the VPFA and Facilities Services** - Position Grade: - # of openings: **1** - Biweekly Hours: **72** With an annual budget of $859million, and a $471 million endowment fund, SFU has campuses in British Columbia’s three largest cities -...

  • Executive Assistant to The President

    7 days ago

    Burnaby, Canada Simon Fraser University Full time

    Union/Affiliation: **Administrative Professional Excluded Staff** - Pay range: **$60,836 to $80,125 annually** - SFU Department Descr: **President's Office** - Position Grade: **6** - # of openings: **1** - Biweekly Hours: **72** **Who We Are** The President's office provides operational and strategic support to the President and Vice-Chancellor. **About...

  • Executive Vice President

    6 days ago

    Burnaby, Canada HUB International Full time

    HUB International is continuously GROWING, and we are looking for individuals with an ENTREPRENEUR mindset to join our team! We are the 5th largest insurance brokerage in the world with 16,000+ employees across North America. Our culture is renowned within the industry, and we value our people and their development! We invest our time in helping highly...

  • Coordinator, Strategic Initiatives

    4 weeks ago

    Burnaby, Canada Simon Fraser University Full time

    Union/Affiliation: **Administrative and Professional Staff (APSA)** - Pay range: **$69,903 to $83,473 annually** - SFU Department Descr: **Vice President Academic** - Position Grade: **9** - # of openings: **1** - Biweekly Hours: **72** **Who We Are** The Office of the Provost and Vice-President Academic works with faculties and service units across the...

  • Administrative Coordinator

    6 days ago

    Burnaby, Canada Simon Fraser University Full time

    Union/Affiliation: **Administrative and Professional Staff (APSA)** - Pay range: **$60,405 to $72,137 annually** - SFU Department Descr: **Vice President Academic** - Position Grade: **7** - # of openings: **1** - Biweekly Hours: **72** **Who We Are** The Office of the Provost and Vice-President Academic works with faculties and service units across the...

  • Executive Assistant

    3 weeks ago

    Burnaby, Canada BC Housing Full time

    POSITION SUMMARY Reporting to the Vice President of Finance, the Executive Assistant manages the smooth and efficient operation of the Office of the Vice President of Finance. He/she/they facilitates the flow of information between the Vice President of Finance, CEO, Executive Committee, Financial Services Branch Directors and external stakeholders,...

  • Budget Coordinator

    3 days ago

    Burnaby, Canada Simon Fraser University Full time

    Union/Affiliation: **Administrative and Professional Staff (APSA)** - Pay range: **$60,405 to $72,137 annually** - SFU Department Descr: **Office of the Provost & Vice-President Academic** - Position Grade: **7** - # of openings: **1** - Biweekly Hours: **72** **Who We Are** The Office of the Provost and Vice-President Academic works with faculties and...

  • Faculty Relations Advisor

    4 weeks ago

    Burnaby, Canada Simon Fraser University Full time

    Union/Affiliation: **Administrative Professional Excluded Staff** - Pay range: **$75,795 to $99,827 annually** - SFU Department Descr: **Faculty Relations** - Position Grade: **9** - # of openings: **1** - Biweekly Hours: **72** **Who We Are** Faculty Relations serves as the planning, policy advising, and administration office for teaching, research and...

  • Executive Assistant, Vice Provost Students and

    6 days ago

    Burnaby, Canada Simon Fraser University Full time

    Union/Affiliation: **Administrative and Professional Staff (APSA)** - Pay range: **$56,108 to $67,004 annually** - SFU Department Descr: **Student Services - Administration** - Position Grade: **6** - # of openings: **1** - Biweekly Hours: **72** The Executive Assistant provides support to the Vice-President (VP) in setting a positive, collaborative, and...

  • Budget Coordinator

    18 hours ago

    Burnaby, Canada Simon Fraser University Full time

    Union/Affiliation: **Administrative and Professional Staff (APSA)** - Pay range: **$67,089 to $80,019 annually** - SFU Department Descr: **Student Services - Administration** - Position Grade: **7** - # of openings: **1** - Biweekly Hours: **72** **Who We Are** The Finance Department within Student Services provides oversight to the processes related to...

  • Project Coordinator

    4 weeks ago

    Burnaby, Canada Metro Vancouver Full time

    **Department**:Invest Vancouver **Employee Group**: Exempt **Location**: 4515 Central Boulevard, Burnaby **Invest Vancouver, the Metro Vancouver region’s economic development leadership service, is seeking a Project Coordinator. Leveraging strengths in project management, research, and organization, the Project Coordinator will support Invest Vancouver as...

  • System Administrator

    6 days ago

    Burnaby, Canada Simon Fraser University Full time

    Union/Affiliation: **Administrative and Professional Staff (APSA)** - Pay range: **$87,505 to $104,493 annually** - SFU Department Descr: **IT Services - Servers and Storage** - Position Grade: **12** - # of openings: **1** - Biweekly Hours: **72** **Who We Are** Serving students, staff, faculty and our wider community across all three campuses, the VPFA...

  • Executive/administrative Assistant

    6 days ago

    Burnaby, Canada Simon Fraser University Full time

    Union/Affiliation: **C.U.P.E. Local 3338** - Pay range: **$1,759.88 to $1,994.54 bi-weekly** - SFU Department Descr: **Faculty of Environment - Office of the Dean** - Position Grade: **7** - # of openings: **1** - Biweekly Hours: **70** Provides confidential senior level administrative and secretarial support to the Faculty of Environment (FENV) Dean...

  • Learning Manager

    7 days ago

    Burnaby, Canada Kandor Management Corporation Full time

    **Kandor Management Corporation** is a fast-growing leading security and facility maintenance firm in the Lower Mainland offering a refreshingly positive approach to a broad spectrum of custodian, facility management services and skilled trades. Reporting to the Vice President Human Resources, the Learning Manager will be responsible for overseeing Learning...

  • Budget Coordinator

    1 week ago

    Burnaby, Canada Simon Fraser University Full time

    Administrative and Professional Staff (APSA) Pay range: $67,089 to $80,019 annually SFU Department Descr: Position Grade: 7 # of openings: 1 Biweekly Hours: 72 Who We AreThe Office of the Provost and Vice-President Academic works with faculties and service units across the university to provide an outstanding education for SFU students and a...

  • Budget Coordinator

    1 week ago

    Burnaby, Canada Simon Fraser University Full time

    Administrative and Professional Staff (APSA) Pay range: $67,089 to $80,019 annually SFU Department Descr: Position Grade: 7 # of openings: 1 Biweekly Hours: 72 Who We AreThe Office of the Provost and Vice-President Academic works with faculties and service units across the university to provide an outstanding education for SFU students and a...

  • Budget Coordinator

    1 week ago

    Burnaby, Canada Simon Fraser University Full time

    Administrative and Professional Staff (APSA) Pay range: $67,089 to $80,019 annually SFU Department Descr: Position Grade: 7 # of openings: 1 Biweekly Hours: 72 Who We AreThe Office of the Provost and Vice-President Academic works with faculties and service units across the university to provide an outstanding education for SFU students and a...

  • Budget Coordinator

    7 days ago

    Burnaby, Canada Simon Fraser University Full time

    Administrative and Professional Staff (APSA) Pay range: $67,089 to $80,019 annually SFU Department Descr: Position Grade: 7 # of openings: 1 Biweekly Hours: 72 Who We AreThe Office of the Provost and Vice-President Academic works with faculties and service units across the university to provide an outstanding education for SFU students and a...

  • Budget Coordinator

    23 hours ago

    Burnaby, Canada Simon Fraser University Full time

    Union/Affiliation: Administrative and Professional Staff (APSA) Pay range: $67,089 to $80,019 annually SFU Department Descr: Student Services - Administration Position Grade: 7 # of openings: 1 Biweekly Hours: 72 Who We Are The Finance Department within Student Services provides oversight to the processes related to short and long-term...