Chain Manager

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Ideal candidate for this position will be responsible for the business development of major chain customers, analyzing current and potential account business. Candidate will have demonstrated a proven track record of business opportunity development, maintaining top-to-top account relationships, and creating, presenting and selling-in value-added beverage marketing programs and initiatives. The Chain Manager must also provide timely, accurate and complete program information, monitor inventories with operations, verify pricing, drive compliance, provide superior customer service as a top priority.

Job Description:

Job Responsibility Specific Duties:

Develop working relationships with major Chain customers layers for each Chain assigned

Be point of customer contact and provide timely and superior customer service

Understand customer needs and goals and sell business solutions accordingly

Maintain close working relationships with Brand Manager counterparts, communicating account goals and direction and guiding them to business opportunities

Prioritize corporate and national supplier efforts within each Corporate Customer account to ensure Johnson Brothers is their National Account distributor of choice: 1) brand priorities; 2) attend joint planning sessions to understand corporate supplier objectives and goals for each chain

Maintain account profile and customer data base

Develop and maintain working relationships with key personnel from the branch to the buyers

Introduce and present new items to buyers for placement

Submit new item forms to all buyers in a timely manner

Assemble presentations for effective sales calls to key buyers

Assist in attaining sales and distribution goals that pertain to the Johnson Brothers yearly business plan

Report all activities to managers in a timely manner for execution in the trade

Ensure all pricing is current in all chains

Provide updates and recaps of ad activities and summaries of meetings to the general managers

Review and check all pricing and pricing forms submitted by Johnson Brothers to accounts for accuracy

Present and close programs to buyers

Follow up in the trade to make sure programs are executed

Develop, maintain and provide buyers with sales numbers, pricing programs and opportunities·

Handle state issues of assigned accounts sales, operations and compliance

Conduct semi-annual business reviews

Administration duties including, but not limited to: 1) reviewing with management activity to determine progress in attaining objectives; 2) Eliminate inefficiencies and costly errors when implementing programs

Position Requirements:

Bachelors degree in Business or related field

Proven track record of creating and presenting successful marketing platforms and concepts that drive incremental business across the enterprise

Previous experience with presenting presentations to groups, senior management, etc is preferred

Demonstrated ability to be able to become a consultative partner to ensure Corporate Customers that Johnson Brothers is their distributor of choice

Self- starter and driven personality to be able to achieve corporate account objectives.

Understand account level P&L's and ROI

Proven written and verbal communication skills

Must be proficient in Microsoft office and have the ability to learn new technical programs as assigned

Candidate must pass criminal background and MVR

Equal Opportunity Employer

Johnson Brothers is committed to providing equal employment opportunity and equal treatment in employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, religion, gender/gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, national origin or ancestry, physical or mental disability, military status or any other basis in protected by applicable federal, state and local law. Johnson Brothers makes employment decisions based solely on the basis of qualifications for the job.

Worker Sub-Type:

Regular

Time Type:

Full time