Key Account Manager I

Key Account Manager I

This position works closely with internal Advantage Solutions associates such as Customer Managers and order entry, claims, category management, schematics and retail associates to increase sales volume within a market. This incumbent may be dedicated to servicing multiple clients' goals, while also encompassing customer and client relations and implementation. Clients will consist of Pioneering clients (manufacturers that do not currently have distribution in the customers the associate is responsible for), Regional clients (manufacturers not represented through a National contract but rather retain the services on a regional, market, or customer specific basis) or Tier 3 clients (manufacturers with minimal volume, sku counts, and commission revenue).

Responsibilities:

The Company is one of North America's leading sales and marketing agencies specializing in outsourced sales, merchandising, category management, and marketing services to manufacturers, suppliers, and producers of food products and consumer packaged goods. The Company services a variety of trade channels including grocery, mass merchandise, specialty, convenience, drug, dollar, club, hardware, consumer electronics, and home centers. We bridge the gap between manufacturers and retailers, providing consumers access to the best products available in the marketplace today.

Essential Job Duties and Responsibilities:

• Drive our clients' business at assigned customer. Increase distribution, grow sales dollars/units/share/other KPI's, while staying within budget guidelines.
• Responsible for ensuring retail/merchandising execution and basic eCommerce execution.
• Achieves targeted income and expense budgets by implementing promotional and marketing strategies.
• Analyzes trends and results to identify growth opportunities and makes recommendations to clients and customers.
• Monitors and drives growth through efficient management of promotional spending within guidelines on assigned clients.
• Meets budgetary goals by maintaining strict control and accounting of accrual and bill-back funds for assigned clients.
• Meets or exceeds Client's goals for sales, distribution, share, pricing, shelving, and promotional volume.
• Launches strategies to pursue new opportunities.
• Implements retailer headquarter calls and penetrate key positions at the retailer to:
• Achieve sales goals by managing and maximizing manufacturer marketing and promotional funds while staying within financial guidelines.
• Ensure that all retail pricing and indirect order guides within the division is updated by regularly correcting discrepancies.
• Secure Client approved schematics for all Clients' brands by providing direction and communication to our schematic, reset, and retail departments.
• Ensure incremental sales through distribution of new products and maintenance of existing SKU's.
• Collaborate with category management team to develop retailer presentations by using database rationale such as SKU optimization, efficient promotion causal data, and lift analysis.
• Manage accounts to achieve the targeted A