Flowers Foods

Accounts Manager

Flowers Foods$82K — $85K *
US-AnywhereRemote in Minnesota, US
Retail & Consumer Goods
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration, Marketing, Sales, Supply Chain, or a related field
  • MBA preferred
  • Minimum of 2 years' experience in sales/marketing
  • Strong communication skills
  • Ability to travel 50% and overnight as needed

Responsibilities

  • Develop and manage strategic customer relationships in the CPG industry
  • Communicate sales-related information between plants and retail stores
  • Collaborate with plants on plans and reporting to enhance sales
  • Visit stores to assess program execution levels
  • Report on sales and manage pricing accuracy
  • Prepare promotional sales planners for retail stores
  • Attend National Accounts meetings and strategic discussions

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health and medical benefits
  • 401(k) Retirement savings plan
  • Professional growth and leadership training
  • Paid vacation, holidays, and parental leave
Full Job Description
Full-time employees are offered the following benefits:
  • Comprehensive health and medical benefits
  • 401(k) Retirement savings plan
  • Professional growth and leadership training
  • Paid vacation, holidays, and parental leave


Benefits may vary depending on your work location.

Bringing Home the Dough

The Accounts Manager is responsbile for developing and managing strategic customer relationships within the CPG industry ot drive profitable revenue growth, increase market share, and ensure exceptional customer satisfaction. This role serves as the primary point of contact for assigned retail, grocery, foodservice, or distributor accounts. The Accounts Manager collaborates cross-functionally with work groups and other departments to execute customer business plans.

Rising to the Challenge: Position Responsibilities
• Communicate customer sales related information between plants and retail stores.
• Work with plants on specific plans and reporting that benefit their sales areas.
• Visit stores to determine execution levels on programs.
• Report on sales to plants, upcoming display information, and upcoming store and bread rack reset information.
• Meet with retail store management to discuss previous period results and look ahead at cur-rent and upcoming periods.
• Prepare/Collect proper DSD forms for price changes, promotions, new items, etc.
• Distribute newly published price sheets to plants for HHC pricing accuracy.
• Spend time in the market with a Key Accounts Director from one or more of the plants.
• Meet with DSD department to confirm pricing on upcoming features.
• Prepare a feature confirmation report for all upcoming period features in retail stores.
• Contact category manager to discuss opportunities relating to our business.
• Prepare promotional sales planner for retail stores for the purpose of giving them an advance review of our anticipated features.
• Contact regional SVP for discussion on sales plans for future promotions and specific events relative to business with retail stores.
• Attend meetings with National Accounts teams.
• Practice and comply with all Company policies and procedures (EEO, Harassment, Safety, Sarbanes Oxley, etc.)
• Perform other duties which are deemed by management to be an integral part of the job, in-cluding but not limited to fulfillment of work schedules, adherence to attendance policies, and other applicable operating rules, policies and procedures.

Knead to Know: Preferred Qualifications

  • Minimum of 2 years' experience in sales/marketing.
  • Ability to travel 50% and overnight as needed


Additional Ingredients: Essential Job Requirements

  • Bachelors Degree in Business Administration, Marketing, Sales, Supply Chain, or a related field
  • Masters of Business Administration preferred

Salary Range- 82700 -85000

We offer a competitive salary up to $85k and an excellent total rewards package. Interested job seekers who successfully complete the series of pre-screening questions and who appear to possess the basic qualifications for this position may be contacted for a telephone interview.

About Flowers Foods

Flowers Foods, Inc. is a producer and marketer of packaged bakery products. The company operates in two segments: Direct-Store-Delivery (DSD) and Warehouse Delivery. The DSD segment produces fresh breads, buns, rolls, tortillas, and snack cakes that are delivered to retail and foodservice customers directly. The Warehouse Delivery segment produces frozen breads, rolls, and snack cakes that are sold through customers' warehouse channels. The company's brands include Nature's Own, Wonder, Tastykake, Dave's Killer Bread, and others. Flowers Foods was founded in 1919 and is headquartered in Thomasville, Georgia.
Learn more about Flowers Foods
Size
8,900 employees
Market Cap
$6.1 billion
Industry
Net Income
$152.3 million
Founded
1919
5 Year Trend
+2%
Revenue
$4.3 billion
NASDAQ

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