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Director of Sales
Bimbo Bakeries USA
Chicago, IL, United States
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Have you ever enjoyed Arnold®, Brownberry® or Oroweat® bread? A Thomas’® English muffin or bagel? Or perhaps snacked on a Sara Lee®, Entenmann’s® or Marinela® cake or donut? If the answer is yes, then you know Bimbo Bakeries USA!
Bimbo Bakeries USA is part of Grupo Bimbo, the world’s largest baking company with operations in 32 countries. Bimbo Bakeries USA (“BBUSA”) includes BBUSA and its subsidiaries and affiliated entities, including, but not limited to, Wholesome Harvest Baking, East Balt, and Acelerada. BBUSA employs 20,000 associates across the U.S. in bakeries, sales centers, corporate offices and on sales routes to ensure our consumers have the freshest products to feed their families at every meal. But our associates come to work for much more – the chance to feed their own lives through exciting work that offers the opportunity to make a real difference in their professional and personal lives every day.
Description:
Under general direction, this position is responsible for developing strong business relationships our large format customers, focused on the perimeter departments of Deli and In Store Bakery. The purpose of this position is to maximize profitability, sales potential and sales support with our local customers.
The location is open to Chicago, IL ; Atlanta, GA ; Denver, CO ; and Dallas / Fort Worth, TX.
PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTABILITIES
• Provide action-oriented market intelligence.
• Represent the company in trade and community relations.
• Develop BBU’s Acelerada business through key contacts including our customer’s buying office teams, internal national account, brokers, marketing teams and store and region management.
• Assist in the preparation and implementation of business development plans to maximize space, position, distribution and promotion of BBU/Acelerada products.
• Assist, coordinate and implement the development of channel specific items and strategies to grow sales and market share.
• Provide category management expertise in all product categories and conduct business reviews.
• Act as a liaison between brokers, distributors and Acelerada management in communicating new programs, accounting and practicing issues, developing and implementing product schematics.
• Conduct store retail price surveys, customer satisfaction surveys and collect competitive trade information.
• Efficiently manage the customer accounts Trade and marketing budget.
• Perform other duties as assigned.
Position Requirements:
• Bachelor’s Degree required plus 3+ years of related CPG sales/analytical responsibility, brand management and/or comparable experience or related experience within BBU or the baking industry.
• This position requires the incumbent to have experience working in a sales setting and have working knowledge of warehouse sales operations and broker management.
• Requires excellent organizational, planning, negotiating and people skills.
• Excellent organizational and communication (written and oral) skills.
• Advanced computer skills, specifically PowerPoint, Excel, and Word.
Bimbo Bakeries USA is an equal opportunity employer with a policy that provides equal employment opportunity for applicants and employees regardless of race, color, religion, disability, gender, age, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy, veteran status, or any other classification protected by law. This policy applies to all aspects of employment, including recruitment, hiring, promotion, compensation, reassignment, layoff, discharge, education, training and all other working conditions. To further the principle of equal employment opportunity, Bimbo Bakeries USA has developed affirmative action plans for minorities and women, qualified individuals with disabilities, and Vietnam-era and special disabled veterans and other protected veterans.