**DESCRIPTION** Responsible for the management of the clients’ portfolio and go to market strategy in a defined marketing area. Primary responsibility includes increasing sales and market share of the brands represented, while earning a profit for our manufacturers and Acosta. Executes the goals assigned through fact-based selling, strategic planning and new business development. **RESPONSIBILITIES** Essential Functions: + Deliver clients’ volume, share and sales fundamental goals (merchandising, assortment, pricing, and shelving) while maximizing profitability, trade management, and ROI. + Understand clients’ priorities/budget and communicate to appropriate cross functional internal and external teams. + Demonstrates strategic planning in order to maintain client's business and volume objectives. + Demonstrate business development (pioneering) skills to result in new and increased business. + Serve as the primary point of contact on principal/customer specific issues + Deliver Corporate revenue goals on the agreed upon timing while operating within the Corporate Budget. + Effectively use knowledge of customer, market, and client to successfully create selling stories for client specific programs and initiatives. + Provide formal business reviews with all stakeholders throughout the fiscal year. + Effectively function as a team player, creating successful working relationship with internal associates, clients and customers + Maintain all client/customer specific information, including but not limited to costing, distribution, KPIs, etc. + Review relevant market information to understand current trends and competitive activity. + Coordinate client/customer market visits and key account calls. + Pro-actively share best practices and relevant customer/manufacturer information with other team members to help build organization efficiency. + Pro-actively manage personal skill and career development plan. + May be required to achieve client proprietary system expertise in order to manage promotional plans and fund balances. + Other duties as assigned. **QUALIFICATIONS** Education Requirements: + Bachelor's Degree Required Work Experience Requirements: + Preferred candidate would have a proven track record in a client sales capacity with a food broker or a major national company. Prior experience must demonstrate sales, analytical skills, and critical thinking. + Five years experience in consumer packaged goods (CPG) related experience in sales or analytical roles. Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Requirements: + Must have the ability to take complex data and create solutions where there may be different goals from the customers and clients. + Must be capable of building rapport with all stakeholders. + Negotiation skills to include strategy development and tactical technique. + Must be able to effectively communicate with others, function as a team player, demonstrate committment to serving clients and customers, have a strong work ethic, and proactively assess client/customer needs. + Must be proficient in Microsoft Suite. + Must have a valid driver’s license and have access to a car. + Must possess strong interpersonal, organizational, presentation, negotiation, and sales skills. **ABOUT US** Acosta and Mosaic are the sales and marketing powerhouses behind the most recognized and proven brands with top retailers in the United States and Canada. We offer flexible services that maximize efficiency. Acosta has the talent and technology to build data-, reach- and relationship-driven strategies to execute those strategies, and the tools to monitor, track and optimize metrics-based results for customers and retailers. Acosta and its subsidiaries, in good faith, believes that this posted range of compensation is the accurate range for this role at the time of this posting. Acosta may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range depending on candidate qualifications and locations. This range may be modified in the future. Acosta and its subsidiaries is an Equal Opportunity Employer We are committed to providing accommodations for persons with disabilities. If you require accommodation, we will work with you to meet your needs, to the extent required by law. The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this classification. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified. Mosaic reserves the right to modify all or part of any job descriptions at its discretion in order to meet and or exceed the needs of the business. _By submitting your application you agree with and accept the Acosta Privacy Statement and Terms of Conditions._ Acosta, and its subsidiaries, is an Equal Opportunity Employer **Job Category:** Wholesale **Position Type:** Full time **Business Unit:** Sales **Salary Range:** $72,600.00 - $96,000.00 **Company:** Acosta Canada Corporation **Req ID:** 4652