WIC Business Manager

WIC Business Manager

Advantage Solution is one of North America’s leading sales and marketing agencies specializing in outsourced sales, merchandising, category management, and marketing services to manufacturers, suppliers, and producers of food products and consumer packaged goods. The Company services a variety of trade channels, including grocery, mass merchandise, specialty, convenience, drug, dollar, club, hardware, consumer electronics, and home centers. We bridge the gap between manufacturers and retailers, providing consumers with access to the best products available in the marketplace today.

Summary

WIC Business Manager

Advantage Solution is one of North America’s leading sales and marketing agencies specializing in outsourced sales, merchandising, category management, and marketing services to manufacturers, suppliers, and producers of food products and consumer packaged goods. The Company services a variety of trade channels, including grocery, mass merchandise, specialty, convenience, drug, dollar, club, hardware, consumer electronics, and home centers. We bridge the gap between manufacturers and retailers, providing consumers with access to the best products available in the marketplace today.

The WIC Business Manager is responsible for the overall management and execution of the Women, Infants and Children (WIC) program at a single customer account. This includes acquiring resources and coordinating the efforts of the project team members, cross-functional teams, external vendors, and other stakeholders.



What We Offer :

• Full-Time Benefits (Medical, Dental, Vision, Life)
• 401(k) with company match
• Training and Career Development
• Generous Paid Time-Off

• Perform, coordinate and lead the execution of the WIC project from planning through implementation.
• Define and manage project scope, goals, and deliverables that support business strategy including appropriate resource allocation.
• Provide direction and support to project team members, cross-functional teams, external vendors, and other stakeholders. Ensure deliverables, requirements, schedules, costs, and meeting plans are communicated and executed consistently with company goals.
• Plan and facilitate project meetings to align the project team to methods and goals and to track project tasks. Prepare agendas, meeting notes, and project summaries.
• Perform increasingly complex interactions with taking ownership and achieve shared business targets.
• Utilize appropriate tools systems and analytics to identify and mitigate risks as well as plan project timelines, tasks, milestones, and deadlines.
• Ensure execution of the LAMP framework to identify the most critical initiatives and relationships and work with the team to layout short- and long-term plans to achieve relationships at the appropriate level for the account or assigned category business unit.

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
• 3 to 5+ years’ experience in project management or business role with responsibility for achieving targeted sales outcomes.
• Track record of building and maintaining customer/client relationships
• Ability to visualize and plan objectives and goals strategically