Director Sales - Shoprite and Others
Description
Ultimately our success as a company is dependent upon our success as a system, and our bottler’s and consumers ability to grow and thrive in the ever-changing marketplace. As a Sales Director, you’ll be responsible for leading and building our relationship with our national accounts and expanding our partnership to drive our Beverages for Life strategy. We’re looking for candidates with a passion for sales and a proven track record of growing revenue in a fast-paced sales environment.
What You’ll Do for Us
Activate The Coca-Cola Company System (e.g., cross-functional team members, segment resources) to develop and implement business plan/solutions that meets customer needs and drives beverage category profit and volume.
Establish long term strategic vision for each customer to ensure maximum volume, profit, and value growth. Build short- and long-term plans to realize full potential of partnership for System and Partner and fully understand each customer’s business needs, issues faced and opportunities with various customer buyers to develop viable solutions.
Conduct regular business reviews with customers in order to monitor relationship, re-affirm strategies linked to needs and steward the business, operational and/or personal value created for the customer by The Coca-Cola Company System in order to maximize value to and grow value.
Meet with senior level buyers to build relationships and gain their support and commitment to various initiatives/programs.
Consulting with customer as a beverage category partner to provide K&I, share best practices, innovative beverage ideas, and influence decision making around F&B and marketing initiatives
Sell in and execute with distinction business planned initiatives while ensuring initiatives are implemented on time and to monitor performance outcome of each key initiative.
Ensure meeting Revenue and OI plan and identify levers to drive these metrics.
Work closely with customer and internal teams to identify innovative beverage incidence driving solutions and implement.
Collect information using various tools and techniques (e.g., Connecting with Customer's technology, Annual Report, customer discussions, internal contacts, cross function teams) to understand the customer's current and future objectives, strategies, business priorities and various personal wins.
Qualifications & Requirements
Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Marketing, or equivalent work experience
5-7 Years Strategic Sales Experience
Interact and lead role with a broad range of customer associates across customers concepts and other HQ key stakeholders to advance the relationship, partnership, and drive value
Consulting with customer as a beverage category partner to provide K&I, share best practices, innovative beverage ideas, and influence decision making around F&B and marketing initiatives
Conduct regular business reviews with customer to monitor relationship and performance
Sell in and execute with distinction business planned initiatives while ensuring initiatives are implemented on time and to monitor performance outcome of each key initiative
Work closely with customer and internal teams to identify innovative beverage incidence driving solutions and implement.
Travel: 25-30%Location: Remote, but must be in the Philadelphia, New Jersey, or Metro New York area.
What We Can Do For You
Iconic & Innovative Brands: In our portfolio of over 250 products we offer a variety of widely known & popular brands including Coca-Cola, Simply, Fairlife & Topo Chico.
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Expansive & Diverse Customers: We work with a diversified group of customers which range from retail & grocery outlets, theme parks, movie theatres, restaurants, and many more each day.
Base Salary: $151,400 to $207,400Base pay offered may vary depending on geography, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. A full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the position, are offered.
Skills
Leadership; Sales Process; Business Planning; Relationship Building; Account Management; Strategic Planning; Customer Relationship Management (CRM); Sales Management; Marketing; Project Management; Pitch Presentations; Consultative Sales Management; Contracts; Influencing Decisions; Sales Forecasting; Analytical Techniques; Communication; Business Development; Negotiation; Solutions Selling
Our Purpose and Growth Culture:
We are taking deliberate action to nurture an inclusive culture that is grounded in our company purpose, to refresh the world and make a difference. We act with a growth mindset, take an expansive approach to what’s possible and believe in continuous learning to improve our business and ourselves. We focus on four key behaviors – curious, empowered, inclusive and agile – and value how we work as much as what we achieve. We believe that our culture is one of the reasons our company continues to thrive after 130+ years. Visit Our Purpose and Vision to learn more about these behaviors and how you can bring them to life in your next role at Coca-Cola.
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class. When we collect your personal information as part of a job application or offer of employment, we do so in accordance with industry standards and best practices and in compliance with applicable privacy laws.