Are you a results-driven professional with a passion for fresh foods and building meaningful partnerships? At Foster, we believe in creating value for our customers, driving strategic growth, and making a positive impact on our community and future. As a National Account Manager, you will lead the charge in managing key accounts, developing innovative strategies, and building a high-performing team of Account Managers in a rapidly growing company.
What You’ll Do:
- Lead and Manage Accounts: Serve as the primary contact for national accounts, ensuring customer satisfaction and long-term success.
- Drive Strategic Growth: Develop and execute strategic plans to achieve sales and profit targets on a national scale.
- Foster Relationships: Build and maintain deep connections with key stakeholders, clients, and internal teams to deliver exceptional results.
- Analyze and Innovate: Use data-driven insights to identify trends, forecast performance, and create impactful solutions.
- Collaborate Across Teams: Work with Operations, Marketing, and other departments to meet customer needs and drive business innovation.
- Ensure Excellence: Monitor account performance, address challenges, and align efforts with company goals.
- Build and Lead Teams: Guide, coach, and develop a successful team of Account Managers to achieve excellence.
- Champion the Foster Brand: Represent Foster as a trusted partner and advocate for our mission and values.
Who You Are: You are an experienced professional who thrives on creating value, driving results, and fostering high-performing partnerships. With a natural ability to collaborate and innovate, you are committed to the power of teamwork and positively impacting people.
Key Traits:
- Self-motivated and goal-oriented.
- Experienced in managing and growing national accounts.
- Skilled at fostering long-term, mutually beneficial relationships.
- Data-driven with a strategic mindset for achieving measurable results.
- Focused on leading, guiding, and coaching a successful team of Account Managers.
- Passionate about innovation, collaboration, and making a positive impact.
What You Bring to the Table:
- Proven experience in national account management or a similar role (5+ years preferred).
- Exceptional relationship-building and negotiation skills.
- Strong analytical and strategic planning abilities.
- Ability to work collaboratively across teams and functions.
- A passion for fresh foods, people, and creating positive change.
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Marketing, or a related field preferred but not required.
Location: Onsite Colfax, NC
