Sales Planning & Area Business Manager

Role Overview

Lead sales planning team, manage regional business managers, and serve as a liaison between field sales, marketing, and operations to ensure strong communication of Gorton’s sales and marketing strategies.

What You Will Do

Shape and lead strategic direction to deliver sales volume and profit objectives, lead and develop sales planning team and regional business manager(s), and manage senior level sales agent and broker relationships.

Why It Might Be a Fit

10-15 years of CPG customer and people management experience, strong leadership, communication, and presentation skills, and ability to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines.

Requirements

• 10-15 years of successful CPG customer and people management experience
• Experience working in a corporate headquarter role
• Can demonstrate they have successfully worked cross functionally within an organization
• Have experience engaging and motivating sales agents at the senior levels
• Strong leadership, communication, and presentation skills
• Experience using third-party syndicated data (Circana/ Nielsen) to build compelling and motivating sales stories
• Outstanding organizational skills and the ability to effectively manage multiple priorities
• Assertive self-starter with ability to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines
• Ability to recognize business building opportunities and design creative programs to capture them
• Minimum of a bachelor’s degree education

Benefits

• Excellent growth potential
• Attractive benefits and compensation package