Job Overview

Maximise your chances of a successful application to this job by ensuring your CV and skills are a good match. The Retail Director is responsible for the coordination and development of the Retail Sales and Merchandising Organization for the market/team. They must lead, manage and coach Retail Sales Managers and Unit Managers to ensure sales and merchandising objectives are achieved.

The Retail Director is responsible for managing Retail Sales Managers so that retail teams are achieving the goals and objectives set by the clients. The measure of success for the Retail Director is the ability to efficiently manage Retail Sales Managers and their teams while positively impacting sales within their region. Manages direct reports.

Responsibilities

Provide leadership to District Sales Managers and sales representatives in meeting or exceeding client goal

Develops strategic territory coverage plans and manages sales activity standards and reporting procedures

Ensures product distribution of all authorized manufacturer products

Maintains retail reporting platform for retail sales team and enters objectives at client request

Qualifications The Skills You Need to Succeed:

Fostering Teamwork - As a team member, the ability and desire to work cooperatively with others on a team; as a team leader, interest, skill, and success in getting groups to work together cooperatively

Managing Performance - Taking responsibility for one's own or one's employees' performance, by setting clear goals and expectations, tracking progress against the goals, ensuring feedback, and addressing performance problems and issues promptly

Analyze sales trend reports

Ability to develop and implement sales strategy, goals and objectives

Attention to Communication - Ensuring that information is passed on to others who should be kept informed

Results Orientation - Focusing on the desired end result of one's own or one's units work; setting challenging goals, focusing effort on the goals, and meeting or exceeding them.

Strong leadership, training, and coaching skills

Effectively present information to principals, managers, employee teams as well as customers

Well organized, effective problem solver and detail oriented

Core Qualifications:

Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience.

5 years of consumer-packaged goods experience, including essential account management.

Sales, Marketing, Merchandising and Administration experience required.

Good office management and time management skills.

Ability to exercise influence over people.

Be able to prioritize multiple demands simultaneously.

Strong interpersonal and written communication skills, including ability to conduct presentations.

Proven analytical ability with strong attention to detail.

Assertive, decisive, creative, team player and with proven sense of urgency.

Negotiation skills and ability to delegate.

Proficient in PowerPoint, Word and Excel.

Valid driver’s license

Compensation $80,000.00 - $85,000.00

Job Details

Position Type: Full time

Business Unit: Sales

Seniority level: Director

Company: Acosta Employee Holdco LLC

Req ID: 14416

Salary Range: $80,000.00 - $85,000.00

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