Category Space & Chain Account Manager
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Job Location:
Topeka, KS - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
18 hours ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Category Space & Chain Account Manager
Job Description
Job Classification: Exempt
Reporting Relationship:
Primary Accountabilities:
The Category Space & Chain Account Manager at Strathman Sales Company plays a pivotal role in driving strategic growth operational excellence and community engagement. This multifaceted position oversees product assortment and shelf space optimization across retail accounts manages key chain relationships to ensure alignment with sales goals and promotional strategies and develops training programs to enhance team performance and regulatory compliance. Additionally the role leads corporate social responsibility initiatives promoting responsible consumption sustainability practices and local community support in alignment with the distributors brand values and industry standards.
Major Duties and Responsibilities:
Shelf Space Management
Additional duties and responsibilities may be added to this job description at any time. The job description does not state or imply that these are the only activities to be performed by the employee(s) holding this position. Employees are required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other job-related responsibilities as requested by their supervisor.
Employee Signature Date Supervisor Signature Date
Job Description
Job Classification: Exempt
Reporting Relationship:
Primary Accountabilities:
The Category Space & Chain Account Manager at Strathman Sales Company plays a pivotal role in driving strategic growth operational excellence and community engagement. This multifaceted position oversees product assortment and shelf space optimization across retail accounts manages key chain relationships to ensure alignment with sales goals and promotional strategies and develops training programs to enhance team performance and regulatory compliance. Additionally the role leads corporate social responsibility initiatives promoting responsible consumption sustainability practices and local community support in alignment with the distributors brand values and industry standards.
Major Duties and Responsibilities:
Shelf Space Management
- Tracks and measures space (AB & Total Company).
- Executes chain resets.
- Uses IRIS to update shelf sets and to track and measure total AB space and brand space.
- Verifies chain sets.
- Schedules reset dates.
- Communicates Adds/Deletes for upcoming sets.
- Assists Team Leads and Sales Representatives with new product placement (suggested planograms).
- Follows-up on items not brought in and ensures 100% execution.
- Makes account calls.
- Identifies slow movers double facings.
- Potential shelf additions.
- Looks for space.
- Space to sales.
- Asks for resets
- Builds proposed sets for consideration sell in sets.
- Works between Key Account Manager Team Lead and Sales Representative to execute brewery initiatives.
- Relays information from Key Account Manager through emails team meetings and phone calls.
- Assists with execution in trade when needed.
- Meets with local chain managers as well as national chain managers quarterly or more as needed and asking for sets space POS specials new product placement and cooler placements (Kwik Shop Caseys Dillons Walmart Hy-Vee Haag Oil Dollar General Walmart).
- Assists NA Manager with execution of NA placement and relaying information to Team Leads and Sales Representatives and attends NA zoom calls when needed.
- Tracks and reports BrewU progress for all required positions.
- Assigns education (certifications CDL new in position curriculum).
- Attends Zoom meetings for BrewU every other week or as scheduled.
- Organizes Get Down and Get Dirty event (Keep America Beautiful).
- Orders drivers license guides.
- Orders CSR materials.
- Tracks responsibility days utilizing POS execution in market.
- Ride Withs surveys to help Team Leader with their responsibilities.
- Trains Craft/NA Manager for a backup role as Category Space Manager.
- Assists with special events.
- High school diploma or GED equivalent.
- At least five (5) years of beer distributor sales experience is preferred.
- Strong computer and word processing skills in particular Microsoft Word Excel Outlook and Access.
- General understanding and use of selling and public speaking skills.
- Ability to communicate clearly and professionally through both verbal and written skills.
- Ability to travel to assigned call points as required.
- Effective time management and organization skills.
- Ability to meet and exceed customer expectations.
- Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships across all levels of Strathman.
- Ability to exercise good judgment with a strong attention to detail.
- Ability to influence others across all levels of Strathman.
- Demonstrate poise tact and diplomacy with the ability to handle sensitive and confidential information and situations.
- Strong financial knowledge and Strathman business acumen.
- Occasional lifting and/or moving heavy objects up to 170 pounds.
- Frequent bending standing or sitting.
- Ability to read computer screens for extended period.
- Ability to work nights and weekends.
- Interaction with staff and clients.
Additional duties and responsibilities may be added to this job description at any time. The job description does not state or imply that these are the only activities to be performed by the employee(s) holding this position. Employees are required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other job-related responsibilities as requested by their supervisor.
Employee Signature Date Supervisor Signature Date
Required Experience:
Manager
Key Skills
- Abinitio
- Aerospace Engineering
- Corporate Relationship
- Business Administration
- Financial Reporting
- Avionics
About Company
Norton County Hospital is a 25-bed critical access hospital and Level IV trauma center, and along with the Norton Medical Clinic, provides medical services for residents in Norton County and surrounding northwest Kansas and southwest Nebraska communities.
