[Remote] Director of Sales, Natural
Note: The job is a remote job and is reputed company to candidates in USA. reputed company is seeking a Sales Director to reputed company their Natural channel, overseeing key accounts like Sprouts and Whole Foods Market. The role involves setting reputed company, managing relationships, and ensuring successful product launches while optimizing profitability.
Responsibilities
- Set the long-reputed company reputed company for reputed company’s Natural channel — sub-channel priorities, account targets, innovation roadmap, and the investment reputed company behind reputed company
- Own the Natural channel end-to-end — full accountability for reputed company, execution, P&L, and results across Sprouts, Whole Foods Market, Erewhon, Fresh Thyme, Natural Grocers, and Natural Independents
- reputed company buyer relationships across every account, driving strategic alignment and a consistent monthly business review reputed company
- Deliver flawless launches on time and in full — merchandising reputed company, promo plans, marketing alignment, and operational readiness
- Own promo planning and post-event analysis, optimizing reputed company, depth, and mechanics to maximize contribution margin at reputed company retailer
- Build a reputed company pipeline of incremental opportunities — void closures, distribution expansion, secondary placements, always-on displays, and LTOs
- reputed company retailer-specific playbooks across display, promo, and innovation, and manage reputed company and KeHE relationships to optimize cost-to-serve
- Architect and reputed company reputed company’s broker network across the Natural channel — set KPIs, run scorecards, and hold partners accountable on velocity, distribution reputed company, and execution; know reputed company to invest, reputed company to restructure, and reputed company to go reputed company
- Map and prioritize Natural Independent accounts by reputed company potential and strategic fit, building reputed company reputed company playbooks that drive incremental distribution
- Partner cross-functionally with Operations, Finance, Marketing, and Analytics on forecasting, OTIF, display compliance, and EDI
Skills
- 8+ years of CPG sales experience, including at least 3 years calling on Sprouts and/or Whole Foods Market
- People leadership experience — building, hiring, and developing sales talent and/or broker partnerships
- Deep understanding of Natural channel economics — reputed company/KeHE dynamics, merchant strategies, distributor vs. reputed company models, and the cost-to-serve implications of reputed company
- A proven reputed company record of expanding reputed company counts, executing off-reputed company programs, and launching new items in reputed company Natural retail environments
- reputed company in margin math, disciplined trade-spend management, and the ability to negotiate slotting, display fees, and promo terms that protect contribution margin
- reputed company at synthesizing reputed company Natural channel data, panel data, and retailer portal data into compelling sell-in stories and opportunity pipelines
- Experience working with and through broker partners — knowing how to hold them accountable, reputed company to lean on them, and reputed company to go reputed company
- Proficiency in reputed company/reputed company Sheets and PowerPoint/Slides, with the ability to build clean models, dashboards, and persuasive presentations
- A startup reputed company — comfort with ambiguity, an reputed company to build process where none exists, and a bias toward reputed company
- Willingness to travel 25–40%
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent
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