Assistant Product Manager

Naturipe Farms is a grower-owned producer of fresh berries focused on sustainable farming and operations. The Assistant Product Manager executes daily sales and operations activities for assigned berry commodities, including inventory control, pack planning, product availability monitoring, order staging, transfers, claims, and performance tracking.

What you'll do:

• Execute daily short-term sales and operations activity for assigned commodities and regions within the published pack plan; escalate deviations beyond defined thresholds to the Product Manager
• Review inventories, product rotation, and carryover daily; flag aging and rotation risks
• Act as first point of contact for product claims with the sales team and Partner Operations staff
• Balance sales boards, report discrepancies, and resolve routine issues
• Coordinate re-packing and re-grading as directed to add value to returns
• Update and distribute the Daily Pack Plan to assigned growing areas and facilities
• Ensure daily orders are planned and staged to meet departure cutoffs; flagging at-risk loads
• Execute fruit transfers as planned; propose transfer adjustments to the Product Manager when demand shifts
• Perform retail store checks in the local market area and distribute the weekly summary
• Participate in the weekend coverage rotation per the department coverage model
• Develop deep product knowledge across blueberries, blackberries, and raspberries

What they're looking for:

• Associate degree minimum
• Intermediate or greater Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and Word required
• Excellent verbal and written communication; professional phone and video-call presence
• Self-starter who works independently, accepts responsibility, and thrives in a cooperative team environment
• Effective time management in a fast-paced environment; calm under pressure
• Willing to travel up to 30 days per year; valid driver's license required
• Available on call for evenings and scheduled weekend rotation
• Bachelor's degree in agriculture business, Business, Supply Chain Management, or related field preferred
• Knowledge of agriculture business, produce sales, order fulfillment, or production management preferred
• SAP experience a plus
• Bilingual English/Spanish a plus
• Strong analytical aptitude; ability to build analysis in Excel for production planning and grower returns preferred

Benefits:

• Medical insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Life benefits
• Short-term disability benefits
• Long-term disability benefits
• 401(k) plan with company match
• Generous time-off program