Customer Development Manager - Chicago Area

Southern Glazer's Wine & Spirits; Bolingbrook (IL); On-site; USD 80,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage

Dental & vision plans

401(k) plan

Tuition assistance

Wellness program

Parental leave

Vacation accrual

Paid sick leave

Job summary

Southern Glazer's Wine & Spirits in Bolingbrook, IL seeks a Customer Development Manager to provide Insight & Analytics to our retail customers, suppliers and account teams, identifying opportunities and recommending actions that drive category and customer growth.

The role emphasizes hands-on analytics with POS and syndicated data, delivering reports and recommendations to improve sales, margin, and market development through cross-functional collaboration.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required; three years of experience or equivalent education and related experience.
• Experience with category management principles, syndicated data, shopper/consumer insights, and space management software.
• Ability to analyze data to identify issues and drive improvements and solutions.
• Understanding of Customer Development/Category Management processes and cross-functional collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Provide analytics support to retail customers, suppliers, and account teams to identify opportunities and drive growth.
• Monitor category performance: sales, profits, margins, market share.
• Develop and track performance metrics for regular business reviews.
• Create reports using POS data, Nielsen/IRI data, and account data in presentation-ready formats.
• Identify opportunities through consumer and shopper data to improve category sales.

Skills

Category management

Syndicated data

Shopper/consumer insights

Data analysis

Performance metrics

Education

Bachelor’s Degree

Tools

Nielsen/IRI data tools

Job description

What You Need To Know

Shape a remarkable future with us. Build a career working for an industry leader that truly invests in their people – and equips them with leading technology, continuous learning, and the ability to bring their best selves to work. As North America's largest total beverage distributor, Southern Glazer’s isn't just one of Forbes’ Top Private Companies; it's a family-owned business with deep roots dating back to 1933.

Southern Glazer’s offers a competitive compensation package with expected first year total earnings of $79700 - $95000 / year. In determining a final offer, the company will evaluate a specific candidate's education, skills and experience and will make an offer appropriately.

Southern Glazer’s is proud of its well-earned positive reputation, continually achieving accolades for our outstanding workplace culture. We take pride in creating a culture where our people are valued, supported, and provided opportunities for growth and belonging.

As a full-time employee, you can choose from a wide-ranging menu of our Top Shelf Benefits, including comprehensive medical and prescription drug coverage, dental and vision plans, tax-saving Flexible Spending Accounts, disability coverage, life insurance plans, and a 401(k) plan. We also offer tuition assistance, a wellness program, parental leave, vacation accrual, paid sick leave, and more.

By joining Southern Glazer’s, you would be part of a team that values excellence, innovation, and community. This is more than just a job – it's an opportunity to build the future of beverage distribution and grow with a company that truly cares about its people.

Overview

The Customer Development Manager provides Insight & Analytic support to our retail customers, suppliers and account teams and will assist in identifying opportunities and making recommendations that deliver category and customer growth.

Primary Responsibilities

• Work with teams to ensure superior client satisfaction by providing hands-on deep analytics and contribute to team problem solving through findings
• Stay informed of analytic best practices across the industry and provide effective information for assigned commodities in the pursuit to deliver sales, margin, and market development goals
• Track category performance, including but not limited to: sales, profits, margins, market share
• Develop, communicate, execute, and monitor specific performance metrics and goals relevant to each business as part of regular, scheduled business reviews (including the supplier's role in continuous improvement tied to product portfolio management, cost reductions, supply chain improvements, etc.)
• Create and deliver effective reports using POS data, Syndicated Data (Nielsen/IRI), and account-specific database information to the key managers in presentation-ready formats
• Gather category, consumer, and shopper data to help identify opportunities at the customer level to improve category sales through optimal assortment and shelving
• Analyze appropriate supply chain to evaluate and make recommendations on supplier performance to enhance the company's inventory logistics objectives
• Understand and apply customer, consumer and industry insights using market research data to deliver category growth
• Create and deliver analytic excellence by providing advanced analytics using a variety of techniques and available data sources and managing data sources to monitor the field execution of vendor programs
• Operate as the single point of contact for customers, with an understanding of category strategies and overall business objectives, enabling on-going credible customer interaction
• Perform other job-related duties as assigned

Additional Primary Responsibilities

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree and three years of experience or equivalent education and related experience
• Experience with category management principles, syndicated data, shopper/consumer insights, and space management principles and software
• Demonstrated experience with analyzing and reporting data to identify issues, trends, or exceptions to drive improvement of results and find solutions
• A demonstrated high-level understanding of Customer Development / Category Management processes and practices along with the ability to collaborate with external retail customers, key suppliers and internal teams to deliver insights and recommendations within six key domains: Macro Level, Retailer & Market, Consumer, Shopper, 4 P’s (Product/Assortment, Placement/Merchandising, Promotion, Pricing) and Operational

Physical Demands

• Physical demands include a considerable amount of time sitting and typing/keyboarding, using a computer (e.g., keyboard, mouse, and monitor), or adding machine
• Physical demands with activity or condition may occasionally include walking, bending, reaching, standing, and stooping
• May require occasional lifting/lowering, pushing, carrying, or pulling up to 20lbs

EEO Statement

Southern Glazer's Wine and Spirits, an affirmative Action/EEO employer, prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type and provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state and local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training. SGWS complies with all federal, state and local laws concerning consideration of a qualified applicant's arrest and/or criminal conviction records. Southern Glazer's Wine and Spirits provides competitive compensation based on estimated performance level consistent with the past relevant experience, knowledge, skills, abilities and education of employees. Unless otherwise expressly stated, any pay ranges posted here are estimates from outside of Southern Glazer's Wine and Spirits and do not reflect Southern Glazer's pay bands or ranges.

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