Associate Account Executive

Position Overview

Johnsonville offers the highest quality products throughout the U.S. and international markets. We have a great opportunity to join our sales organization as an Associate Account Executive supporting management of our broker network and key retail customer Albertson’s. This role will be a vital contributor in developing selling strategies and delivering actionable insights to maximize customer sales.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for a West Albertson's Division; with opportunity to expand to multiple divisions
• Selling and managing sales of multiple product lines
• Developing and building relationships throughout customers' organizations, including those in key strategic decision-making positions at headquarter level
• Building and maintaining relationships with retail partners through merchandising, sourcing, replenishment, and private label teams, along with other strategic decision-makers
• Ensuring that all authorized Johnsonville items are in distribution at retail stores
• Working cross-functionally with Johnsonville’s Category Insights, Marketing, and Innovation teams to deliver actionable, data-driven, and consumer-relevant content for use in sales solicitation
• Growing market share by using fact-based selling, and innovative programs and promotions

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree required
• Consumer packaged goods sales experience in the retail grocery industry, preferred
• Sales experience in Albertsons Enterprise preferred
• Proven experience building new and existing relationships with key customers, including those in key strategic decision-making positions at headquarter level, preferred
• Experience with syndicated data (Nielsen, IRI, Spectra, Consumer Insights, etc.) preferred
• Experience with grass roots marketing and/or co-marketing Broker Management and/or Broker experience, preferred

Skills

• Career motivated—open to relocate for future opportunities within the company desired
• Career motivated—open to relocate for future opportunities within the company desired
• Career motivated—open to relocate for future opportunities within the company desired
• Career motivated—open to relocate for future opportunities within the company desired
• Career motivated—open to relocate for future opportunities within the company desired
• Career motivated—open to relocate for future opportunities within the company desired
• Career motivated—open to relocate for future opportunities within the company desired
• Career motivated—open to relocate for future opportunities within the company desired
• Career motivated—open to relocate for future opportunities within the company desired
• Career motivated—open to relocate for future opportunities within the company desired

Benefits and Compensation

$87,597.00 - $110,798.00 per year. Members have potential for a monthly bonus and 401k with a company match. Members also have access to terrific benefits including affordable medical, dental and vision coverage; flexible spending accounts; disability and life insurance; and fertility and adoption assistance. Johnsonville also offers competitive paid time off, including paid parental time off, as well as access to the 24/7 onsite fitness center, and onsite medical clinic!

About Our Company

Since 1945, our family-owned band of sausage-makers has invented better ways to make, eat and prepare crave-able sausage. Today, we are 4,000+ Members strong. We sell our famous sausage in all 50 United States and more than 40 countries. We have a culture built on the idea that if we make developing your talents our top priority, great business results will follow naturally. We call it The Johnsonville Way. It has been our secret sauce for decades, and we hope you get to experience it for yourself!

Johnsonville is an equal opportunity employer, including Vet/Disability. We embrace the principles of Equal Opportunity Employment and do not discriminate on the basis of any protected characteristic, including protected veteran and disability status.