Area Credit Manager
US Foods
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: Remote • Florida • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $75,000 - $125,000 per year
Job Level
Mid-LevelSenior
About the role
- Responsible for an Accounts Receivable portfolio of 5000 customers and $50MM in annual revenue.
- Primary Credit liaison to the Area President and his/her team including the solicitation of feedback and fielding any escalations or questions.
- Collaborate and maintain strategic partnerships with an offshore management partner, ensuring seamless coordination and communication.
- Participate in monthly performance review meetings and conduct formal performance appraisal(s).
- Ensure established training protocols are delivered for cross training support work and standardized processes for absorbing new work into the shared services model.
- Coach credit leadership team member(s) ensuring they are set up for success in all aspects of their role including their development for future roles.
- Establish expectations both quantitative and qualitative, review on an ongoing basis.
- Meet with new Territory Managers to discuss credit expectations.
- Attend District and/or General Sales meetings to build trust and a collaborative network while interacting with sales.
- Build and foster a collaborative network within Credit Leadership, offshore management partner, sales and sales leadership and the Area/Markets with the purpose of strengthening alignment, sharing best practices, driving effective communication and culminating in the right results.
- Handles escalations as per matrix and best practices.
- Manage all facets of collection.
- Approve credit applications based on credit policy approval limits and matrix.
- Meet with credit leadership and Area teams to discuss credit expectations.
Requirements
- 4 years’ experience supervising, and leading onsite and remote associates (individual contributors and people managers) required.
- 5 years’ experience working in Finance or Credit/Collections is required.
- 5 years’ experience in using a variety of web based and mainframe systems to perform job activities is required.
- Experience facilitating presentations to internal and external stakeholders, i.e., sellers/customers.
- Experience developing, tracking, and utilizing KPIs to identify process improvements.
- Food service or similar distribution experience is desired.
- Intermediate MS Office skills required with highly proficient Excel skills (ability to create pivot tables, VLOOKUP required).
- Proficiency in using a variety of web based and mainframe systems to perform job activities (Data Warehouse databases, SharePoint & Salesforce preferred).
- Strong verbal/written communication and interpersonal skills; ability to effectively communicate under pressure.
- Strong negotiation and persuasion techniques; critical thinking skills to manage complex problem-resolution abilities with ability to influence others during negotiations; ability to analyze data and situations to draw appropriate conclusions.
- Ability to manage all facets of credit function for multiple Areas
- Ability to build and foster collaborative networks with the purpose of strengthening alignment and sharing best practices.
- Must possess strong emotional intelligence to build relationships with all levels of the organization.
- Ability to provide thoughtful leadership to internal customers and connect externally in the assigned Area to hear the voice of the customer.
- Ability to travel up to 10%
Benefits
- Full US Foods Benefits - DAY 1!
- medical
- dental
- vision
- 401K
- life insurance
- and much more!
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
Accounts ReceivableCredit ManagementCollectionsKPI DevelopmentData AnalysisFinancial ReportingProcess ImprovementPresentation SkillsExcel (Pivot Tables, VLOOKUP)Credit Policy Compliance
Soft skills
LeadershipCommunicationNegotiationInterpersonal SkillsCritical ThinkingEmotional IntelligenceCollaborationCoachingProblem ResolutionInfluencing