National Accounts Manager, Convenience Sales Team

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National Accounts Manager driving sales, profitability, and category growth for J.M. Smucker's convenience and drug-channel accounts. Managing brokers, customer plans, trade budgets, and multi-state relationships.

Responsibilities:

  • Deliver KPIs focused on sales revenue and market share targets for the Convenience and Drug Channel
  • Execute sales, marketing, category management, and trade spend plans
  • Direct a broker team and manage large multi-state convenience and drug chains
  • Deliver growth targets for defined J.M. Smucker product categories
  • Achieve assigned volume and margin business plan objectives
  • Support cross-functional development of sales plans, strategies, objectives, policies, and procedures
  • Identify market, industry, and competitive opportunities for profitable growth
  • Manage trade and departmental spend budgets
  • Manage P&L statements and margin targets for assigned accounts
  • Manage broker business development, customer development, and field sales execution
  • Maintain existing business and develop new business across current and new customers
  • Manage multiple categories with multiple category managers, strategies, and goals
  • Create and execute annual customer business plans
  • Develop, negotiate, and manage contracts and renewals
  • Plan and execute quarterly business reviews
  • Manage promotional activities and execute sales plans
  • Build layered relationships between accounts and the J.M. Smucker organization
  • Manage customer and broker relationships through face-to-face interactions
  • Collaborate cross-functionally with Smucker and customer teams
  • Engage customer purchasing, marketing, R&D, operations, senior executives, and field operations as needed
  • Achieve growth and profitability targets, including P&L input and review
  • Use syndicated and other data sources to manage and inform trade plans
  • Provide accurate and timely trade budget visibility
  • Analyze business opportunities to grow existing and acquire new Convenience business
  • Work internally to obtain marketing and finance support
  • Conduct ad-hoc financial and data analysis, including pre/post-event analysis
  • Own annual JBP, quarterly business reviews, and other meetings

Requirements:

  • Bachelor's degree
  • Syndicated data experience (Circana/IRI, Nielsen)
  • Preferred experience working with Sheetz/Cumberland Farms/NCD/CVS
  • 5+ years of CPG sales experience managing Convenience Chains and Convenience Warehouse Distributors
  • 3+ years of experience with broker management
  • Strong negotiation skills
  • Ability to apply strategic thinking and problem solving
  • Overall understanding of the complexity of the Convenience Channel
  • Experience presenting Top Level Business Reviews
  • Ability to present opportunities based on financial data and profitability
  • Accessible to a major airport
  • Willingness to travel as necessary, including approximately 2 nights per week or 60% of time managing face-to-face customer and broker relationships

Benefits:

  • Support for employees' physical, emotional, and financial needs
  • Equal opportunity employment