Acosta

Operations Manager

Acosta

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: St Louis • Montana • United States

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Salary

💰 $55,000 - $65,000 per year

About the role

  • Communicate as the key contact with client and internal teams to identify best practices, creative support ideas, reporting needs, etc.
  • Meet weekly with clients to review program priorities and execution performance.
  • Partner with cross-functional team members (Senior Management, Field Operations, and Customer Service) to meet all account needs and to manage the project process from beginning to end.
  • Create instructions, reports, and analysis of data gathered to ensure all aspects of client needs are met through in-store execution and reporting avenues.
  • Partner with the sales team to identify client growth opportunities.
  • Coordinate with the operations team to review execution and address opportunities.
  • Track execution compliance and retail trends, run weekly reports and provide professional reports internally and to the customer.
  • Partner with Regional Managers to ensure that all representatives are fully trained at all times.
  • Manage frequency plans and budgets throughout the month.
  • Visit stores with and without clients as needed to plan for program needs.
  • 60/40 split hybrid WFH model with 60% being in office.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's Degree is strongly preferred, High School Diploma required.
  • Three years of retail merchandising and/or consumer packaged goods experience.
  • Understanding of Consumer Electronic (CE), Big Box, Warehouse, Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) and other selected retailer requirements.
  • Understanding of margins, revenue/cost calculations and impact, etc., is desired. Managerial accounting experience and asset.
  • Proficiency in using Microsoft Office Suite (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint) as well as PDF programs, and online meeting/communication software (Teams, Zoom, etc).
  • Valid driver's license in province of residence and proof of insurance required.
  • Ability to travel to client offices, regional offices, corporate and/or vendor offices, training or convention venues, and retail establishments when required.
Benefits
  • Acosta Group is an equal opportunity employer and will ensure that applicants with disabilities are provided with reasonable accommodations.
  • Flexible scheduling options available.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
retail merchandisingconsumer packaged goodsmanagerial accountingdata analysisexecution compliancereportingbudget managementmargins understandingrevenue/cost calculations
Soft Skills
communicationcollaborationproject managementclient relationship managementproblem-solvingorganizational skillstrainingcreativityanalytical thinking
Certifications
Bachelor's Degreevalid driver's license