District Sales Manager II OS

Job Description

• Consulting with members/owners, addressing needs and developing marketing plans, promos and programs to ensure retail sales goals and company goals are achieved within the group.
• Regularly traveling to existing stores to ensure contact with member/retailers and to ensure marketing and merchandising plans are executed at retail, to maximize sales and growth/profitability.
• Collaborating with the group Ad Coordinator to ensure ads are developed consistent with requirements of the group owners, ensuring sales are achieved as budgeted.
• Ensure communication plan with member/owners is current and follow up to ideas, suggestions and concerns are completed and action items resolved to improve service for the CO-OP and profitabilty of the member/owner are achieved.
• Responding to daily phone, email and text requests from member/owners to rectify issues and concerns related to promotional products, programs, special event planning and special requests.

• Knowledge: Understanding of AWG programs, financial reporting, member/owner P&L’s. Comfortable with AWG terminology.
• Abilities: Ability to interpret P&L statements, including those with incomplete information. Must possess excellent negotiation skills, combined with strong communication skills.
• Experience, Education and Training: Previous experience as grocery retail Store Director or Manager and AWG Ad Coordinator. Previous vendor broker experience important. Strong competency in the use of Microsoft Office Suite. Three-five years of experience in the following areas:
  Store Director or Manager, Ad Coordinator or previous sales experience in grocery food retail.

• Perform bending, squatting, sitting, and reaching from floor level to six feet in height.
• Must be able to move throughout various buildings, conduct training at retail sites, load and unload materials and equipment.
• Must be able to lift or move at least 25 pounds and move product as needed.
• Must be able to sit in a car for long periods of time.
• Must be able to travel by car both day and night.

• On a part-time basis, standard office environment.
• Additional time spent in a grocery store environment.
• Frequent overnight travel.
• Must have the flexibility and ability to work nontraditional hours as needed (before and after normal office hours and weekends).

• Valid drivers license required.

This territory includes MT, WY, East CO, Western NE & KS, SD, ND. Preferred candidate location is Rapid City SD, Cheyenne WY or Scottsbluff NE.

Mid-Senior level

Full-time

Sales and Business Development

Wholesale