Associate Manager - Business Management

Job Details:

Job Summary:

The Associate Business Manager is a developing general manager within the Jimmy Dean frozen business unit responsible for supporting financial performance and strategic growth initiatives for assigned products or categories. This role blends P&L ownership at a limited scope with pricing, forecasting, category/brand marketing, and insight-driven growth execution. The Associate Business Manager leads cross-functional teams to plan, execute, and analyze business initiatives that drive volume, profit, and market share objectives. This role requires a strong working knowledge of cost structures, inventory dynamics, capacity considerations, and supply chain trade-offs to effectively influence decisions and mitigate risk.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Support achievement of volume, profit, and margin objectives for assigned product categories. Own assigned P&L responsibilities, including analysis of revenue, cost, margin, and profitability drivers. Develop situation assessment inputs for Strategic Planning processes and contribute to financial outlooks.

• Assist in managing inventory health, identifying risks, and partnering with cross-functional teams to resolve supply or demand imbalances.

• Set pricing for assigned products or categories within established governance frameworks. Analyze pricing performance and margin outcomes, recommending adjustments as needed.

• Partner with Marketing Analytics to assess category and consumer dynamics. Use data-driven insights to inform portfolio, pricing, and customer strategies.

• Influence operational and supply decisions by articulating business and financial implications.

• Execute assigned marketing campaign elements, complete draft briefs, monitor campaign performance and provide insights to inform future planning.

Education:

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in Business, Finance, Supply Chain, Marketing or related field

Work Experience:

3+ years relevant and practical experience; Prior experience with food manufacturing or CPG marketing a plus.

Special Job Competencies:

• Strong financial and P&L management capabilities

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

• Effective project management and cross-functional leadership skills

• Communicates complex analyses and recommendations clearly to senior managers and partners.

• Regularly interfaces with cross functionals to support projects.

• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint

• Ability to leverage reporting and analytics tools to support decision-making

Supervisory:

No direct people management responsibility. May provide guidance, mentoring, or project leadership to Assistant Business Managers or interns.

Travel:

10-15%

Relocation Assistance Eligible:

No

Work Shift:

1ST SHIFT (United States of America)

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