Director, Corporate Account Management - Merchandising - SYGMA

## Director, Corporate Account Management - Merchandising - SYGMAApply:
Sygma Central Office:
Full time:
Posted Today:
R267179
** Company:
** US3084 The SYGMA Network, Inc.
** Sales Territory:
** None
* * Zip Code:
** 43017
* * Travel Percentage:
** 0
* * Compensation Range:**$ - $The compensation range provided is in compliance with state specific laws.  Factors that may be used to determine your actual rate of pay include your specific skills, years of experience and other factors.

You may be eligible to participate in the Company's Incentive Plan.
** BENEFITS INFORMATION:
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** JOB SUMMARY
** The Director, Corporate Account Management works to build and maintain relationships with SYGMA customers by creating, implementing and enforcing policies and procedures needed to ensure customer satisfaction and contract compliance. Leads, coaches & develops Corporate Account Managers and Folio Maintenance team.
** Essential Functions
*** Manage daily activities of the SYGMA Corporate Account Management team.
* Hire, Coach, train, deliver performance evaluations, and develop leadership abilities and problem-solving skills of the account management group.
* Set CMP goals and ensure execution of performance reviews.
* Assist team with negotiating and strategizing with corporate customer partners regarding inventory level directions, storage ability and costs and other solutions.
* Responsible for delivering and meeting or exceeding key metric goals, such as;
Inventory DSO, out of stock service performance, obsolete inventory, shrink, freight spend, etc..
* Develop and provide value-added reporting and coordinate on future technology projects as pertaining to purchasing and account management.
* Recommend best practices that may be beneficial to customers and SYGMA business execution.
* Maintain and enhance current business relationships by managing customer needs; serve as a point of escalation for customer issues and partner with the customer to reach an amicable resolution. Communicate and present business data to high level personnel at customer corporate office.
* Manage new business start-ups & on/off-boardings to include execution of assigned responsibilities.
* Ensure the team completes accurate and timely new item/new vendor set-up activities and coordination of information requirements across departments; ensure pricing updates are completed accurately and timely.
* Provide proactive supply chain resolutions to the Customer & Merchandising Planning Group to minimize the impact on internal customers and external store level customers.
* Manage obsolete inventory and develop strategies to move excess inventory.
* Provide direction to the team on the appropriate handling of product recalls and work in conjunction with the Food Safety team regarding QA (quality assurance) issues.
* Manage the Folio Department to ensure contract compliance and accuracy for all SYGMA customers.
* Advise on a strategy to maximize inventory valuation potential.
* Work in collaboration with the Sales Leads to improve the Customer Experience and execute special requests.
* Manage contract compliance for all SYGMA Customers. Attend customer meetings and SYGMA quarterly business reviews as necessary.
* Collaborate with the other department managers, Directors, and VP in Merchandising to gain alignment, enhance best practices, and deliver business goals, and work in partnership with them to drive a positive work culture and deliver job cross functionality solutions.
* Take action on Sysco Speak results, deliver an action plan and goals to drive engagement improvements. Be a “change champion” for one area of focus related to Sysco Speaks. The topic and length of time will be determined by the…