Retail / CPG Sales Leader

Slalom; Texas; On-site; USD 146,000 - 234,000; Full time

Job summary

Slalom seeks a Sales Director for the Texas and Oklahoma market to partner with market, practice, and account leaders. You will expand our presence across the region by building relationships, identifying client needs, and helping organizations solve complex business and technology challenges through consulting solutions.

You will lead the sales process from outreach to deal closure, maintain a healthy pipeline, and secure MSAs.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in business development, sales, or account management.
• Experience shaping and selling consulting or professional services engagements.
• Proven ability to originate and close new business opportunities.
• Strong relationship-building skills with executive and business stakeholders.
• Experience navigating complex sales cycles and managing multiple opportunities simultaneously.
• Strong collaboration, communication, negotiation, and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work cross-functionally with consulting, delivery, and leadership teams.
• Organized and strategic mindset with strong prioritization and pipeline management capabilities.
• A passion for sales, relationship-building, technology, and business transformation.

Responsibilities

• Pursue and grow strategic client opportunities across the TOLA region.
• Build and maintain a healthy pipeline of new and existing client opportunities.
• Drive new business development, including securing new client relationships and MSAs.
• Develop trusted relationships with client stakeholders and executive decision makers.
• Lead and manage the sales process from initial outreach through deal closure.
• Collaborate with internal consulting teams to shape solutions that align to client needs and business goals.
• Maintain an activity- and relationship-focused approach with an emphasis on driving measurable results.
• Leverage Slalom sales tools and platforms to manage pipeline forecasting and opportunity tracking.
• Partner with alliance and ecosystem partners to identify and support growth opportunities.
• Represent Slalom in the local business community through networking events, marketing initiatives, and client engagements.
• Mentor and collaborate with fellow sales and account leaders across the broader Slalom organization.
• Consistently achieve or exceed annual sales targets.

Skills

Business development

Sales

Account management

Relationship-building

Executive engagement

Pipeline management

Strategic selling

Negotiation

Cross-functional collaboration

Job description

Slalom’s Texas and Oklahoma (TOLA) market are seeking a driven, collaborative, and growth-oriented Sales Director to help expand our presence across the region. This individual will partner closely with market, practice, and account leaders to identify new opportunities, strengthen client relationships, and drive business growth across our Consumer Product Goods and Retail portfolio.

We are looking for someone who is passionate about building relationships, uncovering client needs, and helping organizations solve complex business and technology challenges through consulting solutions.

What You’ll Do

• Partner with account and practice leaders to pursue and grow strategic client opportunities across the TOLA region
• Build and maintain a healthy pipeline of new and existing client opportunities
• Drive new business development efforts, including securing new client relationships and Master Service Agreements (MSAs)
• Develop trusted relationships with client stakeholders and executive decision makers
• Lead and manage the sales process from initial outreach through deal closure
• Collaborate with internal consulting teams to shape solutions that align to client needs and business goals
• Maintain an activity and relationship-focused approach with an emphasis on driving measurable results
• Leverage Slalom sales tools and platforms to manage pipeline forecasting and opportunity tracking
• Partner with alliance and ecosystem partners to identify and support growth opportunities
• Represent Slalom in the local business community through networking events, marketing initiatives, and client engagements
• Mentor and collaborate with fellow sales and account leaders across the broader Slalom organization
• Consistently achieve or exceed annual sales targets

What You’ll Bring

• 10+ years of experience in business development, sales, or account management
• Experience shaping and selling consulting or professional services engagements
• Proven ability to originate and close new business opportunities
• Strong relationship-building skills with executive and business stakeholders
• Experience navigating complex sales cycles and managing multiple opportunities simultaneously
• Strong collaboration, communication, negotiation, and interpersonal skills
• Ability to work cross-functionally with consulting, delivery, and leadership teams
• Organized and strategic mindset with strong prioritization and pipeline management capabilities
• A passion for sales, relationship-building, technology, and business transformation

About Us

Slalom is a fiercely human business and technology consulting company that leads with outcomes to bring more value, in all ways, always. From strategy through delivery, our agile teams across 52 offices in 12 countries partner with clients to co-create powerful customer experiences, modern ways of working, and meaningful impact.

What sets us apart? We believe work should be challenging and fulfilling, not perfect, but possible. That’s why we prioritize purpose, flexibility, connection, and recognition, so our people can thrive and love what they do, most days.

Compensation and Benefits

Slalom prides itself on helping team members thrive in their work and life. As a result, Slalom is proud to invest in benefits that include meaningful time off and paid holidays, parental leave, 401(k) with a match, a range of choices for highly subsidized health, dental, & vision coverage, adoption and fertility assistance, and short/long-term disability. We also offer yearly $350 reimbursement account for any well-being-related expenses, as well as discounted home, auto, and pet insurance.

Slalom is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. For this role, we are hiring at the following levels and targeted base pay salary ranges: The targeted base salary pay range for a Sales Director is $146,000 to $234,000. In addition, individuals may be eligible for an annual discretionary bonus. Actual compensation will depend upon an individual’s skills, experience, qualifications, location, and other relevant factors. The salary pay range is subject to change and may be modified at any time.

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EEO and Accommodations

Slalom is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to attracting, developing and retaining highly qualified talent who empower our innovative teams through unique perspectives and experiences. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veterans’ status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws. Slalom will also consider qualified applications with criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. Slalom welcomes and encourages applications from individuals with disabilities. Reasonable accommodations are available for candidates during all aspects of this selection process. Please advise the talent acquisition team or contact [e-mail] if you require accommodations during the interview process.