Hybrid Manager Sr, Business Planning at Reiter Affiliated Companies (RAC)
Reiter Affiliated Companies (RAC) · Oxnard, United States Of America · Hybrid
- Senior
- Office in Oxnard
Job Contributions and Key Responsibilities
Strategic Supply Planning and Business Portfolio Strategy
- Define the crop strategy based on best practices, business segment, and business model for the short and long term.
- Design the annual application program for each zone in coordination with Driscoll’s and Operations.
- Consolidate and maintain the official version of the business unit’s 5-year acreage plan.
- Manage the business unit’s plant supply planning.
- Lead and facilitate the validation process for new varieties (OFTs) and their commercial incorporation.
- Plan and forecast the necessary resources to ensure the program’s operational effectiveness and meet the company’s objectives.
- Analyze supply curves and planting programs in coordination with Driscoll’s and quantify the impact on supply.
- Facilitate the transfer and adoption of variety and application knowledge among districts within the business unit.
Relationship with Driscoll's
- Serve as a liaison between the business unit entities and Driscoll’s to align drivers and financial indicators for the RAC entities.
- Lead the alignment with Driscoll’s production strategy to meet short- and long-term market demand by defining the application program and acreage by business segment.
- Manage and facilitate the evaluation of deviations from the application program.
- Plan and manage trials for the business unit entities in collaboration with Driscoll’s monitoring new varieties and/or applications with grower, partners, and commercial operations.
- Provide the information required by Driscoll’s to better understand and provide insight into agricultural operations, aligning key indicators and grower priorities.
- Periodically evaluate the business model. Support Driscoll’s on assessing the impact on growers of potential changes to the current model.
- Monitor the timely supply of plants according to applications programs.
Investment Evaluations and Operational Analysis
- Generate investment assessments for business segments and new opportunities in the short, medium, and long term.
- Analyze and model different supply scenarios to meet pre-established commitments with Driscoll’s and optimize production curves.
- Manage and lead multi-regional and functional projects that impact the districts’ strategic and supply plans
Supply Forecast
- Manage and facilitate the supply forecasting process.
- Document changes in planting programs versus Budget and reflect the impact on projected volume.
- Ensure the Flow of information between departments for accurate forecast documentation.
- Identify opportunities and risks of potential Budget deviations.
- Leverage Driscoll’s and RAC resources and align forecasts, optimizing resources and time allocations and achieving the established deviation target.
Other
Other duties as assigned
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
- Financial Analysis - Advanced
- Project Management - Intermediate
- Supply Analysis- Intermediate
- Process Design - Intermediate
- Project Assessment - Advanced
- Agronomy - Intermediate
- Strategic thinking
- Systems Vision
- Organizational awareness
- Initiative
- Leadership for change
Education Level: Bachelor’s Degree
Field/s of Education:
- Business Administration
- Finance
- Industrial Engineering
- Agribusiness
Years of Experience:
8 years of Experience in related field
Languages:
English & Spanish >95%
Necessary Software:
- Excel – Advanced
- Microsoft Project – Intermediate
Travel Requirements:
Ability to travel 70% of the time – domestic and international
Pay Scale: $166,300 - $191,100
About Company
Total Rewards Package:
At Reiter Affiliated Companies, base pay is one component of our Total Rewards Package. RAC provides you the opportunity to progress as you grow and develop within a role. The actual compensation offered to the successful candidate will depend on the experience, skills, education, work location, internal pay equity and other factors.
In addition to the base salary, RAC offers a Total Rewards Package comprising health and welfare plans for employees and eligible dependents, financial plans with opportunities to save towards retirement or other goals, work/life balance, and career development opportunities including:
Compensation:
- Annual Incentive Plan Bonus
Healthcare Benefits:
- Medical Plans
- Cedar Wellness Clinics
- Dental Insurance
- Vision Insurance
- Flexible Spending Accounts
- HRA Accounts
Future Planning
- 401K
- 401K Company Matching
Financial Protection
- Basic Life Insurance
- Accidental Death & Dismemberment
- Short-Term Disability Insurance
- Long-Term Disability Insurance
- Pre-Paid Legal Services
- Voluntary Life Insurance for employees and dependents
Work/Life Balance
- Flexible Vacation Plans
- Holiday Pay
- Floating Holiday
- Paid Sick Leave
- Bereavement Pay
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
