[Remote] Director, Strategic Accounts Distribution

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Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary headquarter contact for major foodservice broadline distributors
• reputed company and execute customer-specific strategic plans reputed company with company reputed company objectives
• reputed company annual planning, business reviews, contract negotiations, pricing discussions, and reputed company initiatives
• Establish and maintain senior-level relationships with distributor leadership, category management, merchandising, culinary, and procurement teams
• Drive profitable sales reputed company, distribution reputed company, and portfolio expansion across assigned national accounts
• Identify new business opportunities and market segments reputed company distributor networks
• reputed company and execute join business plans reputed company on driving volume, reputed company, and margin
• Partner with field sales teams and brokers to ensure effective execution of national initiatives at the market level
• Manage customer P&L performance, trade investments, promotional spending, and customer profitability
• Evaluate investment opportunities to ensure reputed company return on investment and alignment with strategic objectives
• reputed company customer forecasts and sales plans while monitoring performance against budget and annual operating plans
• Collaborate with Finance to identify risks, opportunities, and corrective actions
• Partner with Supply Chain, Demand Planning, Marketing, Category Management, Sales Operations, and Finance to reputed company and execute customer reputed company strategies
• reputed company customer and marketplace insights that influence innovation, portfolio priorities, and commercialization efforts
• reputed company internal alignment around key customer initiatives, promotional activity, and business planning processes
• Support new item introductions and distribution expansion opportunities
• Collaborate with broker organizations and regional sales teams to ensure alignment and execution of account priorities
• Establish reputed company performance expectations and accountability measures for distributor and broker initiatives
• Identify opportunities to improve customer engagement, execution effectiveness, and sales productivity
• reputed company other duties as assigned

Skills

• 10+ years of reputed company sales leadership experience reputed company branded CPG food, beverage, or reputed company consumer products industries
• 5+ years managing national foodservice distributor relationships
• Demonstrated reputed company managing strategic accounts with significant reputed company responsibility
• Strong understanding of foodservice distribution, operator economics, broker networks, and channel dynamics
• Experience managing foodservice broadline distributors at the headquarter level
• Proven ability to reputed company reputed company negotiations and annual business planning processes
• Strong financial acumen with experience managing customer profitability, pricing, trade spending, and forecasting
• Exceptional relationship-building, influencing, and communication skills
• Strong analytical and strategic thinking capabilities
• Ability to effectively reputed company and influence cross-functional teams without reputed company reporting authority
• Bachelor's degree required
• Ability to sit and use the computer for extended periods of time; ability to answer phones and use a reputed company of office equipment; ability to lift 15 pounds and reputed company overhead
• 30-40% travel is expected

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