Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. C.A. Fortune is a leading consumer brands agency committed to delivering comprehensive solutions to clients. The Account Manager will provide essential support to the sales team by preparing sales reports, developing tailored sales plans, and maintaining strong relationships with clients to drive sales success.
Responsibilities
- Provide essential administrative, logistical, and client-facing support to the sales team
- Monitor performance metrics and prepare sales reports
- Create sales proposals and handle client inquiries via phone/email
- Drive sales success by developing and executing tailored regional or account-specific sales plans that exceed quotas and support revenue goals
- Actively engage with existing customers to understand their needs, offering tailored product solutions and comprehensive support
- Build and maintain strong, long-term relationships with both new and existing clients
- Collaborate with various internal departments to ensure exceptional client management
- Attend key industry events to stay ahead
- Coordinate with Stop & Shop, Giant Foods, and Giant Company account managers to share responsibilities
- Assist the Ahold sales team by performing key data entry duties with regards to sales figures, metrics, and other key data
- Meet regularly with client and retail partners to understand their evolving business needs and position product solutions to address those needs
- Provide all maintenance, new item submissions, promotional support, etc
- Maintain consistent communication and timely follow-up with customers and clients
- Work effectively/professionally with company’s internal departments, assuring elite management of clients and customers
- Attend all required national trade shows, market specific sales meetings, client specific sales meetings, or any other necessary functions
- Approach all aspects of the role with a winning, 'can-do,' positive, progressive, solution-based mindset
Skills
- Previous experience in sales support, customer service, or a similar administrative role
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and CRM software or other relevant data platforms
- Strong organizational, time-management, multitasking, and communication skills
- Strong knowledge of the consumer products industry (specifically food products)
- 4-year bachelor's degree, and/or similar industry experience
- Proficient with all necessary computer-based programs (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint)
- Relationships or experience with ADUSA, Stop & Shop are preferrable
- Extensive experience calling on Ahold
- Strong Excel skills
- Prior agency or food broker experience
- Prior grocery retailer experience
Benefits
- PTO + Sick Days
- 11 paid company holidays per year
- 1 Floating Holiday
- 2 paid volunteer days per year
- Bonus eligible
- 3 months fully paid parental leave (regardless of gender)
- Medical, dental, and vision
- Paid company life insurance
- 401k with company match
- Summer hours (half day Fridays from Memorial Day thru Labor Day)
- Work from home flexibility
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