Job Description
Overview
The Area Sales Manager (ASM) will report into the Director/Sr Sales Market Director and will lead a team of TSLs, SDLs, MTLs and frontline employees in their area to become Faster, Stronger and Better. This role will drive activities to achieve selling targets and improve performance in the areas of market share, net revenue, volume, cost/labor management and profitability. The Area Sales Manager will oversee a sales team inclusive of 2 direct and 4 indirect reports and 75 frontline employees, in 2 location(s) within the Pacific Northwest market. They will influence and partner with key stakeholders in various functions such as Commercial, GTM, Delivery and Warehouse to ensure their team executes against key sales and merchandising performance indicators such as waste, overtime, 2:1 labor targets, and Accounts Merchandised As Scheduled (AMAS) and Accounts Serviced as Scheduled (ASAS).
Responsibilities
Direct and support all sales and merchandising activities within a specific geographic area to deliver against key performance goals
Lead and coach your team on selling and display execution and merchandising standards by conducting in market work withs
Drive consistent and clear communication with your team by establishing weekly 1:1s and executing standing team meetings
Establish clear performance and behavioral expectations for all employees, build people capability through effective employee relations, hiring, training and communication for front-line hourly and salaried personnel
Set clear, achievable objectives, using data and tools to guide sales / service team.
Implement training, coaching and developmental programs for sales / service team.
Proactively support a healthy labor environment, safety culture and mentorship
Translate Area and National priorities into effective territory level activity plans solving required volume objectives.
Build and maintain strategic partnerships with customers and drive customer satisfaction through superior service and execution.
Execute target number of store calls and/or customer visits per week
Lead collaboration between GTM, Warehouse, and Delivery functions and act as Commercial team\'s escalation point to resolve sales and service challenges.
Activate local and national marketplace initiatives and promotions to build brand development and maximize brand performance.
Actively prepare for and participate in area and market team planning process.
Set productivity, service targets, and measure performance to drive accountability through Frontline Leaders
Develop strategic solutions to drive towards short term performance goals.
Shape and lead Pod culture, collaboration and teaming
Execute capability agenda and drive a culture of selling excellence,
inclusion, and engagement across market
Compensation & Benefits:
The expected compensation range for this position is between $64,300 - $107,650.
Location, confirmed job-related skills, experience, and education will be considered in setting actual starting salary. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range during the hiring process.
Bonus based on performance and eligibility target payout is 15% of annual salary paid out annually.
Paid time off in accordance with policy is subject to eligibility and includes vacation, holiday, sick, bereavement and parental leave.
Vacation: for eligible full-time employees, a minimum of 15 paid vacation days.
Holidays: for eligible full-time employees, the company provides 10 paid holidays annually.
Sick Leave: for eligible full- time employees, 10 days (80 hours) of paid sick leave benefits are available for absences related to non-job-related injury. Sick leave benefit will be accrued during your first year at 1 day for each month worked in that calendar year.
Bereavement Leave: In the event of a death of an
