Senior Sales Executive (Retail & CPG)

Slalom Build; Oregon (WI); Hybrid; USD 143,000 - 215,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) with match

Health, dental, & vision coverage

Well-being reimbursement program

Discounted insurance (home, auto, pet)

Job summary

Slalom Build is seeking a Senior Sales Executive or Sales Director to lead the Retail and CPG portfolio, driving strategic account growth and shaping client conversations into measurable business outcomes.

You will own the full sales cycle, build trusted relationships with executive sponsors, partner with delivery teams, and collaborate with alliance partners to develop joint go-to-market opportunities. This role blends strategic origination with disciplined execution in a hybrid model.

Qualifications

• Proven success driving account growth in large, complex tech organizations.
• Retail and CPG domain awareness with ability to map Slalom’s capabilities to client business issues.
• Experience managing or expanding relationships within strategic enterprise accounts.
• Executive presence and strong communication across all levels of an organization.

Responsibilities

• Drive growth across Retail and CPG by identifying, qualifying, and advancing new opportunities across business units, geographies, segments, and functions.
• Create pipeline independently by identifying new buyers, unmet needs, whitespace opportunities, and greenfield pursuits beyond known relationships.
• Build strong, trust-based relationships with client stakeholders across product, engineering, operations, marketing, and executive leadership.
• Partner closely with the Account Director, Client Service Leaders, and solution teams to create a cohesive account strategy that aligns to the client’s priorities and transformation initiatives.
• Translate Retail and CPG industry context into practical points of view, helping teams distinguish what will resonate with clients from internal noise.
• Lead the full sales process for assigned opportunities, from initial qualification through close, ensuring alignment with client needs and measurable business outcomes.
• Collaborate with Slalom delivery teams to ensure solutions are tailored, feasible, and drive lasting value.
• Engage alliance partners (e.g., AWS, Salesforce, Adobe, ServiceNow) to develop joint go-to-market opportunities within the client environment.
• Represent Slalom in client-facing forums, industry events, and executive briefings to reinforce our position as a trusted strategic partner.
• Maintain disciplined pipeline management and forecasting using CRM best practices.

Job description

Target Level: Open to hiring at Senior Sales Executive or Sales Director level

Who You’ll Work With

At Slalom, personal connection meets global scale. Our vision is to enable a world in which everyone loves their work and life. We help organizations of all kinds redefine what’s possible, give shape to the future, and get there.

This Senior Sales Executive / Sales Director will be dedicated to Slalom’s Retail and CPG industry portfolio. They will be a core member of the extended account team responsible for creating demand, expanding trusted client relationships, and translating Slalom’s capabilities into client-relevant conversations that lead to measurable outcomes.

This role is designed for a seller who combines strategic account development with strong execution discipline. The ideal candidate is a practical operator and credible advisor: someone who can originate greenfield pipeline, drive rigorous follow-through, partner effectively in a two-in-the-box client coverage model, and brings industry context that elevates the quality of Slalom’s client conversations.

What You’ll Do

• Drive growth across Retail and CPG portfolios by identifying, qualifying, and advancing new opportunities across business units, geographies, segments, and functions.
• Create pipeline independently by identifying new buyers, unmet needs, whitespace opportunities, and greenfield pursuits beyond known relationships.
• Build strong, trust-based relationships with client stakeholders across product, engineering, operations, marketing, and executive leadership.
• Partner closely with the Account Director, Client Service Leaders, and solution teams to create a cohesive account strategy that aligns to the client’s priorities and transformation initiatives.
• Translate Retail and CPG industry context into practical points of view, helping teams distinguish what will resonate with clients from internal noise.
• Understand the client’s business strategy, competitive landscape, and technology roadmap to proactively position Slalom’s consulting services, including:
  • Business strategy & transformation
  • Technology delivery & cloud modernization
  • Experience design & customer engagement
  • Data, analytics, & AI
  • Organizational effectiveness & change management
• Lead the full sales process for assigned opportunities, from initial qualification through close, ensuring alignment with client needs and measurable business outcomes.
• Collaborate with Slalom delivery teams to ensure solutions are tailored, feasible, and drive lasting value.
• Engage alliance partners (e.g., AWS, Salesforce, Adobe, ServiceNow) to develop joint go-to-market opportunities within the client environment.
• Represent Slalom in client-facing forums, industry events, and executive briefings to reinforce our position as a trusted strategic partner.
• Maintain disciplined pipeline management and forecasting using CRM best practices.

What You’ll Bring

• Proven success driving account growth and selling consulting, professional services, or digital transformation into large-scale, complex technology organizations.
• Relevant Retail and CPG domain awareness, with the ability to connect Slalom’s capabilities to client-specific business issues, operating realities, and industry trends.
• Experience managing or expanding relationships within strategic enterprise accounts.
• Deep understanding of the operating models, decision-making processes, and technology strategies of global Big Tech companies.
• Ability to translate complex client challenges into actionable, cross-functional consulting engagements that deliver measurable impact.
• Strong collaboration skills with the ability to influence without authority and work effectively across matrixed teams.
• Executive presence, exceptional communication skills, and the ability to build trust at all levels of an organization.
• Track record of meeting or exceeding sales and growth targets in enterprise technology accounts.
• Flexibility to work on a hybrid schedule with regular onsite presence at the client’s headquarters and Slalom offices.

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 includemeaningful 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: For the Senior Sales Executive position, the base salary pay range is $143,000 to $215,000