Director, Corporate Accounts
Smithfield Foods
full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: Colorado • New Jersey • United States
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Job Level
About the role
- Introducing and placing new products with customers
- Executing organizational initiatives and driving sales on key items
- Responsible for the overall strategic direction to grow the business with PFG and IMA and National Brands
- Achieving volume and gross margin goals and objectives
- Collaborating in a complex matrix organization with Divisional Sales Directors, Regional Sales Managers, Area Sales Managers, and Foodservice Brokers
- Focusing on sales and marketing
- Responsible for category management, innovation, business development, logistics, forecasting, and finance
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree from an accredited four-year college or university in Business or related field
- 10+ years of relevant sales or business management experience, or equivalent combination of education and experience
- 5+ years of demonstrated experience in team management/development or project leadership
- Knowledge of the US Foods organization and established working relationships with leadership
- Understanding of product cuttings – comfort and knowledge of product attributes
- Meat (protein) sales experience, strongly preferred
- Demonstrated sales planning, forecasting and sales execution experience required
- Knowledge and experience with Apple software, Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint
- SAP experience, preferred
- Strong critical thinking and problem solving skills
- Ability to build and maintain effective relationships with customers and functional support groups
- Ability to work well with others in a fast-paced, dynamic environment
Benefits
- Robust, flexible and affordable benefit plans
- Medical plans
- Be Well programs with tools and resources for elective surgeries, weight loss, mental health, cancer, kidney disease, diabetes, smoking cessation, asthma, maternity management
- Comprehensive training and professional development programs
- On-demand courses, professional certificates, and skill-based training
- Tuition assistance covering English language learning, high school completion, and degree programs
- Smithfield Scholarship Program for employees’ children
- Education Reimbursement Program for obtaining a GED/High School Equivalency Diploma or pursuing an academic degree
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
sales managementbusiness developmentcategory managementforecastingsales planningsales executionlogisticsteam managementproject leadershipmeat sales
Soft Skills
critical thinkingproblem solvingrelationship buildingcollaborationcommunicationleadershiporganizational skillsadaptabilityteamworkcustomer focus