Assistant Sales Development Manager (Lincoln, RI)

C.a.-Ferolie; Lincoln (RI); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid Holidays

Medical/Dental/Vision/VTL

Flexible Spending Account

Company-paid Life/AD&D Insurance

401k match

Generous PTO

Job summary

C.A. Ferolie, a family-owned sales and marketing solutions provider, is seeking an Assistant Sales Development Manager in Rhode Island.

You will support the Team Lead in managing the Hannaford relationship, optimize assortment, pricing, and promotions, and handle analytical and administrative tasks to grow the client’s category and market share. Ideal candidates have 1–2 years of experience and a degree in Food Marketing, Marketing, or Communications, with strong MS Office skills and the ability

Qualifications

• Associate or Bachelor’s degree in Food Marketing, Marketing, or Communications; 1–2 years experience.
• Ability to present information effectively to groups of managers, clients, and associates.
• Strong arithmetic skills for budgets, net sales, margins, promotional percentages, discounts, and commissions.

Responsibilities

• Develop objectives and strategies for building the client’s business in the category (short- and long-term plans).
• Manage the client’s trade funds system and ensure accurate posting of trade expenditures.
• Monitor spending rates to keep promotional plans within guardrails.
• Analyze market trends, promotional activity, and consumer behavior to inform decisions.
• Communicate client priorities to the Retail Sales Organization to deliver in-store presence.
• Collaborate with Customer Service to ensure order procedures are followed and resolve deductions.
• Maintain records and review performance against objectives.
• Prepare and deliver professional presentations to clients and customers.
• Be a team player and uphold the Code of Business Conduct.

Skills

Communication skills

Analytical thinking

Problem-solving

Team collaboration

Education

Associate or Bachelor’s degree in Food Marketing, Marketing, or Communications

Tools

Microsoft Office

Excel

PowerPoint

Outlook

Word

Job description

Description

Who We Are

At C.A. Ferolie, we pride ourselves on maintaining strong traditions of excellence, providing our valued clients with tailored sales and marketing solutions since 1947. Our teams are enthusiastic, experienced, and knowledgeable people who consistently exceed expectations. We are family-owned and operated, giving us unparalleled flexibility to invest locally in talent and development that delivers industry-leading results.

As the Assistant Sales Development Manager, you will support the Team Lead and SDM (Sales Development Manager) in managing the business relationship at Hannaford with our clients to achieve their objectives for assortment, merchandising, pricing, and promotion, leading to increased market share, volume, and profitability. You will also support the customers’ category growth goals by effectively handling assigned analytical, trade planning, promotional scheduling, and administrative tasks. You will also support the customers’ category growth goals by effectively handling assigned analytical, trade planning, promotional scheduling, and administrative tasks.

What You Will Do

• Demonstrate knowledge of the clients’ products, policies and personnel, and work with the client and the Sales Development Manager to develop realistic objectives and strategies for building its business in the category (including developing successful short - and long-term marketing plans which both conform to customer needs and achieve principal objectives).
• Effectively manage clients’ proprietary trade funds management system. Responsible for ensuring accurate and timely posting of all trade expenditures.
• Monitor spending rates by brand and customer to ensure promotional plans are within approved guardrails.
• Demonstrate knowledge of the product category and keep that knowledge current and complete by continually monitoring and analyzing market and customer trends (using syndicated data), promotional activity, consumer behaviors, and demographic trends.
• Communicate clients' priorities to the Retail Sales Organization to deliver in-store presence and business objectives.
• Work with the Customer Service Team to ensure the clients’ order procedures are followed and resolve trade deductions and credit issues.
• Maintain appropriate records and review performance against objectives.
• Participate in creating and delivering professional, effective presentations to clients and customers.
• Is a "team player"; honest and forthright with all parties; works well with peers; trains and develops subordinates; adheres to the Code of Business Conduct.

Requirements

• Associate or Bachelor’s degree, preferably with a major or minor concentration in Food Marketing, Marketing, or Communications. 1-2 years of experience, or a combination of education and experience.
• Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and associates. Adapting to the various forms of communication: verbal, non-verbal, written, visual, mass, group, and individual.
• Must know basic arithmetic operations such as addition, subtraction, division, and multiplication to accurately calculate budgets, net sales, margins, promotional percentages, discounts, and commissions. Ability to calculate figures and apply concepts to sales velocity ratios, days of supply, pallet configurations, and sales forecasting. And proportions to practical situations.
• Possess critical thinking skills such as analysis, evaluation, synthesis, abstract thinking, creative thinking, information processing, and problem-solving—the ability to prioritize workload and set goals.
• Familiarity with working with the ADUSA Banners, particularly the Hannaford banner.
• Have a working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite, including but not limited to Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.

Perks:

• Paid Holidays
• Medical/Dental/Vision/VTL
• Flexible Spending Account
• Company-paid Life/AD&D Insurance
• 401k match
• Generous PTO