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JOB FILLED - Region Customer Manager - Greater NY Metro Area

Job Description: 

Fresh Express Brand is the U.S. market leader of the Value Added Salads category. We deliver great tasting, nutritious, convenient healthy snacks and ready-to-eat salads to health-conscious consumers.  Our Company is a passionate group of professionals that care about quality of life, quality of work, and quality of people.

We're building the processes, tools and people needed to fuel our continued growth in the North American Market. We are currently looking for a talented individual preferably based in the Greater NY Metro area to manage the customer base throughout the region as well as lead experienced produce specific partners.

Position Summary:
The RCM (Region Customer Manager) is responsible for managing and executing all retail sales initiatives within all of assigned area, i.e. volume, revenue, market share and corporate initiatives.  The RCM works in a collaborative manner with all functions within the company such as Business Management, Customer Service, Operations, Marketing and Revenue Finance to exceed volume and revenue targets.

  • Position reports to Head of Sales, Northeast & Eastern Canada.

Primary Responsibilities:

  • Develop and execute sales plan and budgets that aligns company strategies/tactics to achieve Business Targets: Volume, Revenue, Profit, Market Share and ACV.
  • Analyze customer volume by product and DC to determine areas for improvement.
  • Present category management data to customers
  • Assist in development of customer pricing protocols
  • Identify, develop, recommend, implement and measure Customer trade up plans of Fresh Express products carried at retail accounts to improve volume and profitability.
  • Influence account activities in all areas to support company objective
  • Manage Marketing Development Funds/ Budgets
  • Manage, coordinate, modify and tailor forecasting/planning processes to customers (distributors) in order to maximize production and customer service to minimize costs.
  • Work and collaborate with in-store personnel and retail operations to improve in-store practices, handling / merchandising.
  • Review new business proposals and develop pricing recommendations.
  • Assist with product pricing strategy and P&L development
  • Develop accurate monthly volume and sales forecast
  • Fulfill Sales Dept. requests for product information and develop sales presentations
  • Resolve pricing issues

Required Education:
Bachelor's Degree is preferred

Required Experience:

  • 5+ years of direct and/or indirect selling experience within a Consumer Packaged Goods Company, with an emphasis in Perishables.
  • Strong knowledge of retailers as well as, Distributors in the assigned area
  • Experience with Broker Management and Category Management

Required Skills:

  • Strong communication, selling and negotiating skills.
  • Understanding of value selling, promoting and selling products and services. This includes tactics; presentation skits, sales & negotiating techniques
  • Excellent communication, relationship building skill's and problem solving.
  • Strong technical and organizational skills
  • Collaborative & results/goal oriented
  • Understands the important role of Category Management and implementing the strategic management of product groups through retailer partnerships, which aims by satisfying consumer and shopper needs

Travel Required: Overnight travel required - Based on need

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