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Mondelez International

Makes cookies, chocolate, gum and candy worldwide

Director of Sales

Account ManagementUpdated on Nov 11
Full-time

About the Job

Requirements

  • At least 5 years as a retailer headquarters-specific sales lead in the food and beverage industry.
  • Direct experience managing Whole Foods and Sprouts.
  • Experience managing Amazon, Amazon Fresh, direct-to-consumer, or other pureplay/online accounts.
  • Familiarity with UNFI, KeHE, or other natural distributor relationships and cost-to-serve dynamics.
  • Experience managing a natural broker network, including business reviews and performance scorecards.
  • Excel and PowerPoint skills, including competency in managing large data sets and extracting insights.
  • Experience in sales planning, forecasting, and trade/P&L management.
  • Ability to multitask in a fast-paced, high-demand environment.
  • Strong interpersonal skills and ability to interface effectively at all levels.
  • Strong presentation skills.
  • Results-oriented and process-driven approach, with high expectations of self and team.
  • Collaborative mindset and ability to receive and communicate feedback effectively.

Responsibilities

  • Drive selling efforts for Hu Kitchen and Enjoy Life Foods across the Natural Channel, Pureplay, and Amazon business, overseeing retailers and distributors serving these channels.
  • Develop category growth strategies through customer-specific sales and marketing programs, and coordinate cross-functional teams to execute customer business strategies.
  • Manage UNFI and KeHE distributor business as the primary customer point of contact.
  • Manage the Amazon, Amazon Same Day, Amazon Fresh, and WholeFoods.com business through distribution channels and tactics.
  • Collaborate with Marketing to assess and implement the optimal operating model as Whole Foods Market and Amazon business models converge, including route-to-market, profit-and-loss model, and gross-to-net implications.
  • Cultivate customer partnerships through the Joint Business Planning process, including leading the Mondelez and Whole Foods joint business plan as primary customer contact.
  • Ensure growth at Whole Foods, Sprouts, and other natural customers.
  • Deliver objectives by leading and managing a team of two Account Managers.
  • Build customer businesses as measured by share gains, sales targets, total distribution points targets, and new item introductions.
  • Oversee channel and customer profit and loss, focusing on top-line growth, trade management, mix management, route to market, and customer profit and loss.
  • Manage team forecast deliverables.
  • Analyze display, merchandising, pricing, and assortment opportunities; develop strategies to capitalize on opportunities and implement retailer promotional plans aligned with sales and marketing plans.
  • Support cross-functional business planning in category management, supply chain efficiency, shopper marketing, and finance.
  • Manage the natural broker network as the direct point of contact, including quarterly broker business reviews, progress tracking against goals, priority development, and implementation.
  • Direct distributors, brokers, field sales, and internal resources to meet sales and distribution objectives.
  • Deliver distribution, shelf management, pricing, and promotional objectives for accounts.
  • Use syndicated data and retailer insights to guide customer strategy and develop effective storytelling.
  • Manage trade budgets for efficient return on investment and promotional efficiency, and track deductions.
  • Manage third-party teams to secure secondary placements, reduce out-of-stocks, and drive incremental volume.
  • Support team growth and development through coaching and cross-functional role play.
  • Develop the talent of two direct reports and cross-functional team members.

Desired Qualifications

  • Experience managing KeHE, NGVC, INFRA, or other natural channel retail accounts.
  • Prior people-leadership experience managing Account Managers or other direct reports.
  • Working knowledge of syndicated data tools such as SPINS, Nielsen, or IRI.

About the Company

Mondelez International

Makes cookies, chocolate, gum and candy worldwide

Mondelez International makes snack foods sold in grocery stores, convenience shops and online from North America and Europe to Latin America, Asia and Africa. Its brands include Oreo and Chips Ahoy cookies, Cadbury, Milka and Toblerone chocolate, Trident gum and Halls cough drops. The company runs factories around the world, buys large amounts of cocoa and wheat, and ships finished snacks to retailers and distributors. It earns money by selling these branded snacks at wholesale, and it grows by adding local brands and buying regional bakeries and snack makers. Mondelez took its current name in 2012, when Kraft Foods split off its North American grocery business, and is based in Chicago.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Chicago, IL
Founded
1903

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