OverviewPosition Overview
The Vice President of Salesis responsible fordeveloping and executing the sales strategy for national accounts within the vitamin and supplement industry. This role involves leading a dedicated sales team, managing key national accounts, driving revenue growth, and ensuring customer satisfaction. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in sales leadership within the health and wellness sector, a deep understanding of the vitamin and supplement market, and a proventrack recordof managing and growing national accounts.
Responsibilities
Specific Responsibilities
- Sales Strategy and Execution:
- Develop and implement comprehensive sales strategies to drive revenue growth and market share with national accounts.
- Establish and monitor sales goals,customerand product KPIs, and other performance metrics to ensure targets are met or exceeded.
- Identifynew business opportunities, market trends, and competitive threats to stay ahead in the industry.
- Oversee the management and optimization of sales pipelines, ensuring consistent andaccurateforecasting.
- Collaborate with marketing to align lead generation strategies and ensure a seamless handoff of qualified leads.
- Lead contract negotiations, pricing strategies, and closing deals with high-profile or strategic clients.
- Build andmaintainstrong, long-term relationships with key accounts.
- Understand customer needs and develop tailored solutions to meet their requirements.
- Negotiate contracts and agreements to maximize profitability and ensure customer satisfaction.
- Represent the company at industry events, conferences, and networking opportunities to enhance the company27s brand and customer base.
- Cross-Functional Collaboration:
- Collaborate with marketing, product development,operations, and other departments to ensure alignment and support for sales initiativesand overall customer portfolio management.
- Work closely with the executive team to align sales efforts with overall company goals.
- Develop andmaintainsales reports, forecasts, and performance metrics.
- Analyze sales data toidentifytrends, opportunities, and areas for improvement.
- Present regular updates and strategic recommendations to senior leadership.
General Responsibilities
- Poses no direct threat to the health or safety of himself/herself, of others, or to property. Defined as a significant risk of substantial harm that cannot be eliminated or reduced to an acceptable level by reasonable accommodation.
- Requires regular attendance to perform essentialelementascontainedhereinbetween the assigned start and end times for work.
- Performs such individual assignments as management may direct.
- Other duties as assigned.
Qualifications
The Candidate
Education, Experience, and Licenses:
- Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Marketing, ora relatedfield; MBA preferred.
- 10+ years of sales leadership experience, preferably within the vitamin, supplement, or health and wellness industry.
- Proventrack recordof achieving and exceeding sales targets with national accounts.
- Strong understanding of the vitamin and supplement market, including regulatory requirements and industry trends.
- Excellent leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills.
- Strategic thinker with strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- Data analytics knowledge to interpret data, sales trends into meaningfulpresentationto support item(s) presentations.
- Excellent computer capabilities, including MS Office
- Interpersonal skills to work effectively with individuals both internally and externally.
- Excellent selling, negotiation, and communication skills.
- The ability to work with andmaintaininformation of a highly confidential and sensitive nature.
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
- Demonstrated ability to display diplomacy in day-to-day interactions with the commitment totaskwith awareness of urgency.
- Cross-functional leadership and experience presenting to Executive teams.
- Leadership experience setting and delivering organizational strategies, initiatives,objectives, and plans.