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Salary Range: $102,000 - $142,800

Comprehensive Benefits Package

Annual Bonus Eligibility

401k & Company Match

Position Summary:

This regional Customer Executive role will have responsibility for regional grocery customers. The position is responsible for executing strategic/tactical annual and trimester plans developed by Customer Team Sales, Planners, Category and Shopper business leads. Additional expectations include developing relationships with Customer Leadership via store operations to advance brand initiatives in conjunction with sales / customer strategies or in direct support of BBU objectives. This position is responsible for the communication of customer plans and results; both internal and external.

Key Job Responsibilities Externally:

• Establish trusted partnership with key decision makers across appropriate functional groups at all customers to the advancement of BBU Brands Share Growth.
• Identify opportunities for growth via internal and external data and partner with customers to develop action plans.
• Time in market cultivating Mid-Level Relationships with store operations to Grow BBU Brand Share.
• Share category consumer insights with key decision makers at all customers to the advancement of BBU Brands.
• Execute programming communication with key decision makers at all customers.
• Gain display authorization and secondary display support for all new products, sales programs, seasonal support etc...
• Maintain and regularly update analysis of key competitors' activities and their impact on BBU categories on a market-by-market basis. (Market Intelligence Frequency a must)
• Leverage market relationships to stay informed about Customer Competitive landscape - predominantly food, but total box and e-commerce as well.

Key Job Responsibilities Internally:

• Partner with Sales Planning, Category Management, and Consumer Insights teams to develop plans that drive Volume, Sales, Profit and Share for BBU Brands.
• Partner with Sales Operations, Order Forecasting, and Logistics Teams to ensure executional excellence for BBU Brands.
• Develop & publish regular scorecarding for execution.
• Learn and educate BBU DSD teams specific to continuing advancement of various e-commerce programs.

Key Behavioral Competencies:

• Ability to establish and maintain trusted professional relationships (Internal/External).
• Demonstrates analytical proficiency.
• Demonstrates strong organizational skills, resourcefulness, and ability to deliver against timelines.
• Ability to influence people - customer and company using IRI, other 3rd party data.
• Understands and can effectively communicate Category Management principles.

Education and Work History:

Bachelor's Degree in Sales, Marketing or Business-related field preferred. A combination of education, training and experience that results in demonstrated competency to perform the work may be substituted.

Ideal candidate will possess:

• 5 or more years' consumer product account experience.
• Direct customer leadership experience.
• Requires excellent presentation and written/oral communication skills, as well as the ability to effectively negotiate and influence others.
• Excellent organizational, analytical, and planning skills.
• Computer skills and proficiency, specifically PowerPoint, Excel, and Word are required, as well as high proficiency with Margin Minder.
• Travel is required: >50 %.

Physical Demands:

The physical and mental demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an associate to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be requested to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Able to use a variety of communication methods on frequent basis.
• Use a notebook computer and standard office equipment printers, fax, phone etc.
• Able to sit, stand, stoop and have use of hand motor coordination regularly.
• Use various forms of transportation for extended periods of time on periodic basis.