Customer Development Director

Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc.

$108K — $156K *
Retail & Consumer Goods
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree required, preferably in Business Administration, Marketing, Communications, Liberal Arts, Sociology, or Psychology
  • 5-7 years of relevant work experience in customer development or sales
  • Advanced skills in developing and executing strategic joint business plans
  • Proven negotiation and persuasion abilities with a customer-focused approach
  • Strong organizational and leadership skills to manage cross-functional collaborations
  • Excellent analytical and critical thinking skills for data-driven decision making
  • Exceptional communication skills, both oral and written

Responsibilities

  • Develop and negotiate strategic partnerships with key customers
  • Establish and lead cross-functional relationships for strategic alignment
  • Coaching and training field operations teams on sales plans and best practices
  • Maintain and update sales correspondence for operational clarity
  • Cultivate and sustain relationships with external business partners
  • Collaborate to compile and report key business results to senior leadership
  • Analyze business data to identify opportunities and implement tactical responses

Benefits

  • Career development opportunities through coaching and training
  • Collaborative work environment with cross-functional teams
  • Dynamic role at the intersection of strategy and operations
  • Impactful position influencing revenue growth and market expansion
  • Engagement with leadership across various functions and external partners
Full Job Description
Requisition ID: 266902

Locations: Charlotte

Pay Range: $108,000.00 - $156,000.00 Salaried, depending on experience

Job Overview

The Customer Development Director possesses a deep knowledge of the retailer, the competition, and the marketplace. This position will serve as the "go-to" person by the retailer's leadership team for best practices, innovation, and engagement while maintaining a bias for growth by driving sales and constantly exploring additional opportunities for incremental revenue and margin results. The Customer Development Director II is deeply connected with CCCI's field operations and leadership teams to ensure that business plans are efficiently executed as agreed upon.

Duties & Responsibilities

  • Develop, negotiate, and maintain a strategic partnership status with the customer to ensure joint business plans are achieved
  • Establish and lead cross-functional relationships with field operations, product supply, marketing, and revenue generation management to ensure alignment to respective strategic objectives
  • Coach, teach, and train (instructs) the field operations teams on alignment to customers sales plans, best practices, and expectations
  • Create, maintain, and update critical sales correspondence to ensure the operations teams have the most up to date execution plans for assigned customer
  • Cultivate, sustain and maintain ongoing relationships and attends meetings, as needed with key external business partners (NRS, brand, bottler, and other relevant partners) to drive incremental growth to objectives
  • Collaborate with Revenue Generation colleague to compile and report key business results to CCCI's Sr. Leadership team
  • Analyze data to determine opportunities and implement tactics to reverse or sustain trends
  • Develop and execute sales programs and conduct post-analysis reviews, to gain an understanding of the effectiveness
  • Make adjustments as needed to sustain or reverse trends


Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities

  • Advanced ability to develop, negotiate and execute complex and strategic joint business plans with the assigned customer
  • Strong ability to quickly bond and rapport to achieve a strategic partnership status throughout customers organization
  • Must have strong negotiation and persuasion skills
  • Responsive customer service skills with a proactive mindset
  • Strong organizational management skills required with the ability to collaborate with all facets of the business including field operations, marketing, product supply, revenue generation management, and the National Retail Sales Team
  • Ability to partner cross-functionally with other department leaders to accomplish goals and objectives
  • Advanced analytical and critical thinking skills preferred
  • Excellent organizational, time management, attention to detail, and team-building skills are required
  • Ability to work independently
  • Strong leadership, coaching, and presentation abilities
  • Excellent oral and written communication skills required
  • Ability to prioritize multiple assignments with time-sensitive and critical deadlines
  • Continuous improvement mindset
  • Adept in handling ambiguity
  • Computer proficiency in MS Office particularly MS Excel and MS PowerPoint


Minimum Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree four (4) years
  • Knowledge acquired through five (5) to seven (7) years of work experience


Preferred Qualifications

Bachelors in Business Administration, Marketing, Communications, Liberal Arts, Sociology, or Psychology

Work Environment

Office Environment

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