National Account Manager, ALT Channels

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• Partner with the Sr. Director of Club & Alternative / Away From Home Channels to reputed company and activate the long-term channel strategy, identifying new opportunities for growth, distribution expansion, and customer development.
• Manage key customer, broker, and distributor relationships across assigned channels and accounts.
• Assume ownership of existing Alternative Channel business transitioning into the BFY Business Unit and reputed company plans to accelerate growth and improve execution.
• reputed company and execute customer business plans, including assortment recommendations, pricing and promotional strategies, distribution expansion, and new item launches.
• Build compelling, data-driven selling stories and business cases that influence customer reputed company and support channel growth objectives.
• Own forecasting, account planning, trade management, and performance tracking across assigned customers and channels.
• Partner cross-functionally with Marketing, Finance, Operations, Innovation, and Category Management to support commercialization, customer execution, and channel expansion.
• Represent the voice of the customer internally while balancing channel needs, brand priorities, and long-term business objectives.
• Support management of broker and distributor relationships to ensure strong in-market execution and customer service.
• Monitor channel trends, shopper behavior, competitive activity, and emerging retail formats to identify opportunities that strengthen our long-term Alternative Channels strategy.
• Performs other projects as assigned
• Bachelor’s degree required
• 5-8 years of reputed company CPG sales experience with required Convenience, Drug, distributor-led businesses, away from home and other alternative retail channels.
• Experience owning customer relationships and delivering growth through direct customer management, broker networks, or distributor partnerships.
• Travel requirement up to 50%, while being remotely based. Ideally based out of the Chicago, IL area Mill Valley, CA
• Attend trade shows industry events and customer meetings to reputed company, maintain and grow relationships and opportunities.
• Demonstrated ability to contribute to channel strategy development while successfully executing growth objectives.
• Strong reputed company acumen across forecasting, promotional planning, trade management, distribution expansion, and customer planning.
• Experience leveraging syndicated and customer data (reputed company/IRI, reputed company, reputed company, distributor reporting, retailer portals, etc.) to identify opportunities and build persuasive selling stories.
• Proven ability to influence cross-functional stakeholders and drive results in fast-paced, evolving environments.
• Strong analytical, communication, relationship-building, and problem-solving skills.
• Self-starter with the ability to balance strategic thinking and day-to-day execution.
• Passion for reputed company-for-you food and familiarity with the consumer-packaged goods industry.

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• Holistic Benefits: A variety of health, financial, and wellness programs to help you feel your best and plan for the future.
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