Associate Manager - Business Management

Internal Management & Management Support Applicants:

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Relocation Assistance Eligible:

No

Referral Payout Eligible:

No

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Management Level:

P4

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%

Work Shift:

1ST SHIFT (United States of America)

For Professional Management levels, internal applicants should either upload a resume to their application OR complete their application fully showing current and past work experience in the sections provided.

The successful candidate(s) must be willing and able to perform the physical requirements of the job with or without a reasonable accommodation.

Tyson is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, national origin, color, religion, age, genetics, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or veteran status.

We provide our team members and their families with paid time off; 401(k) plans; affordable health, life, dental, vision and prescription drug benefits; and more.

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