Mosaic Sales Solutions

The Project Manager, Meat/Seafood, primary responsibility will be to assist in the oversight and management of projects which directly relate to Store Operations and Merchandising, ensuring store associate impact, cost awareness, and resource efficiency is top of mind in execution. This role will work with various departments within the company to lead and drive key initiatives to successful, on-time deployment. These project activities are of varying types including fixture/marketing implementations, macro and micro assortment management & revisions, new formats, special field support programs, and other projects aimed at increasing productivity, gross margin, and top line sales. 

• Lead the implementation of various projects collaboration with Category Managers, merchandise vendors and third-party services providers
• Define project scope, goals, timeline, project plan, communications and deliverables that support the project goals
• Effectively communicate project expectations to team members and stakeholders in a timely and clear fashion
• Build, develop and grow business relationships vital to the success of the project with both internal and external resources
• Manage cross-functional teams made up of internal members and vendor partners to solve problems, remove roadblocks and successfully implement initiatives
• Set and continually manage project expectations with team members and other stakeholders
• Identify and manage project dependencies and critical path
• Plan, schedule, track and report project timelines and milestones using appropriate tools
• Develop and deliver progress reports, proposals, requirements documentation and presentations
• Proactively manage changes in project scope, identify potential crises and devise contingency plans
• Develop operational processes and procedures to support program and project deployment
• Develop best practices and tools for project execution and management
• Other project management duties as assigned

Education Requirements: 

• Bachelor’s Degree preferred.
• PMP certification preferred. Not required
• 3 years’ experience in retail sales, category management, vendor merchandising with third party services providers or other related fields.
• Management experience required to effectively perform the job’s responsibilities.
• Microsoft Office Application Proficiency (Word, Excel, Power-point, Visio) a must; MS Project experience preferred.

Knowledge, Skill, and Ability Requirements:

• Minimum of three years project management experience with a focus in Operations and Merchandising project management/deployment; experience in medium to large size, multi-location companies
• Knowledge of retail functions and processes
• GENERAL: Understands the importance of communications and relationship building to influence both internal and external groups; comfortable in an unstructured, fast-paced environment; demonstrated skills in prioritization, multi-tasking, and success in adapting to change in a fast-paced environment; brings fresh thinking, identifies and recommends new ideas and develops new approaches and processes to improve team and project performance; presents a can-do attitude and prioritizes other’s needs above own; takes initiative and invites responsibility; demonstrated effective written, verbal presentation and analytical skills.

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Acosta and Mosaic are the sales and marketing powerhouses behind the most recognized and proven brands with top retailers in the United States and Canada. We offer flexible services that maximize efficiency. Acosta has the talent and technology to build data-, reach- and relationship-driven strategies to execute those strategies, and the tools to monitor, track and optimize metrics-based results for customers and retailers.

The Acosta Group, in good faith, believes that this posted range of compensation is the accurate range for this role at the time of this posting. The Acosta Group may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range depending on candidate qualifications and locations. This range may be modified in the future.

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The Acosta Group, in good faith, believes that this posted range of compensation is the accurate range for this role at the time of this posting. The Acosta Group may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range depending on candidate qualifications and locations. This range may be modified in the future.

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