National Account Manager Convenience

Volpi Foods; St. Louis (MO); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Volpi Foods seeks a National Account Manager to achieve revenue goals across convenience, travel, and military channels. You will lead new national accounts, manage distributor partners, forecast demand, and develop trade promotions to hit growth metrics.

The NAM will oversee select existing accounts, collaborate with customer service, marketing, and operations, and forecast monthly demands while maintaining pricing models within margins. Reports to the Director of Sales and Marketing.

Qualifications

• Five+ years in the food industry.
• Three+ years in sales or business development.
• Bachelor's degree required; economics, business, marketing, or supply chain preferred.

Responsibilities

• Achieve revenue growth and onboard new accounts via consultative selling.
• Strategize growth initiatives for current customers and lead selling efforts.
• Manage broker partners to drive goals and plan trade spend programs.
• Prepare annual sales plans by customer/channel and forecast monthly demands.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with customer service, marketing and operations.

Skills

Forecasting

Account management

Sales

CRM

Communication

Time management

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

CRM software

MS Office

Job description

The National Account Manager (NAM) reports directly to the Director of Sales and Marketing and is primarily responsible for achieving and exceeding the budgeted annual revenue goals for the convenience, travel, and military channels. Among the areas of focus are hunting and winning new national accounts, distributor partners, demand forecasting, and developing effective trade promotions to meet growth metrics. In addition, the NAM will be charged with managing select existing customer accounts to reach revenue growth goals.

Duties/Responsibilities:

• Achieve annualized revenue growth plan through a consultative selling approach, prepare Requests for Proposals (RFP), and onboard new accounts.
• Strategize and execute growth initiatives for current customers.
• Lead the selling effort and manage current business.
• Manage and motivate broker partners to drive business goals.
• Plan, execute, and evaluate trade spend programs that drive incremental growth.
• Prepare annual sales plan and budgets by customer/channel and develop account strategies.
• Calculate and accurately forecast monthly account demands.
• Prepare and execute pricing models within specified margin thresholds.
• Consistently utilize the Customer Relationship Management (CRM) tool.
• Develop and execute successful sales plans for new product launches.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with customer service, marketing, and operations.
• Complete other duties as assigned.

Required Skills/Abilities:

• A minimum of five years' work experience in the food industry.
• A minimum of three (3) years sales or business development experience is required. Experience in national account selling is a plus.
• A minimum of a Bachelor's degree is required. A degree in economics, business, marketing, supply chain management or a related field of study is preferred.
• Demonstrated experience with accurate forecasting and a history of partnering with the operations team.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Excellent organizational skills, ability to multi-task with attention to detail.
• Excellent time management skills with a proven ability to meet deadlines.
• Strong problem-solving and collaboration skills.
• Ability to function well in a fast-paced environment.
• Intermediate proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite.
• General Knowledge of transportation/logistics for the US.
• Practice and demonstrate The Volpi Way Fundamental Behaviors.