Sales Manager - Las Vegas

The position will manage multiple customers in various Foodservice and On-Premise channels, with a focus on gaming, both Indian gaming and gaming in Las Vegas. A critical component of this role is selling all package forms to the portfolio of customers and building strong and lasting relationships with key stakeholders. This position will also be responsible for seeking out and converting competitive chain business. The Sales responsibilities include managing all aspects of customer's businesses including strategic assessment of the business, sales forecasting, conducting regular business reviews, managing senior level relationships and effectively activating and implementing the beverage strategy.

Function Related Activities/Key Responsibilities

• Lead your portfolio of customers with clear direction and coaching to achieve your Annual Business Plan (ABP) through best-in-class consumer insights, category leading brands, globally commercialized tools, strong collaboration and creativity.
• Engage and leverage a networked organization to become a channel expert sharing your success with peers across the country while learning and deploying best practices imported from across the globe supporting delivery of your ABP.
• Lead contract negotiations/re-negotiations with customer c-suite, third party consultants and the Coca-Cola system to enhance and formalize the partnership growing both system revenue and brand availability.
• Conduct routine business reviews with customers including channel specific consumer insights, channel landscape updates, outlet level audits, contract compliance discussions, and SME recommendations to win your seat at the customers leadership table.
• Build and strengthen C-Suite and bottler relationships to unlock previously unobtainable resources enhancing the value created for the customer by The Coca-Cola Company.
• Collaborate with cross functional team members (e.g. Marketing, Finance, CAT, Operations) to jointly deliver each customer's objectives, volume and profit plan.
• Maintain organized records through multiple internal systems tracking payments, contract compliance, volume reporting and more.
• Collaborate with key stakeholders to build and execute the gaming channel plan ensuring continued share growth in Las Vegas and the gaming channel in general.

Education Requirements:

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent work experience

Related Work Experience:

• At least 3 years of successful sales account management - 5 years of experience a plus, experience in gaming in Las Vegas a plus.

Functional Skills:

• Stakeholder Engagement: Skill in building and maintaining internal and external relationships.
• Problem Solving: Strong critical thinking skills to devise solutions promptly.
• Persuasiveness/Negotiating: Influencing and persuading stakeholders effectively, while navigating complex negotiations.
• Culture Forward: Leave things better than you found them and elevate those around you.

Location: Remote (home based) in Las Vegas, NV

Travel: Approximately 10-25%

Leadership Behaviors:

• Be the Role Model: live the growth behaviors and act with a growth mindset, build an environment of trust and safety, and seek the right outcome, not the comfortable one.
• Set the Agenda: dream big and establish a compelling vision, bring the outside in by shamelessly borrowing and reapplying, and disagree then commit.
• Help People Be Their Best Selves: build and develop talent, serve as a coach and a connector, and make your passion irresistible.

Skills:

• Sales Process
• Business Planning
• Account Management
• Customer Relationship Management (CRM)
• Sales Management
• Collaborative Leadership
• Marketing
• Pitch Presentations
• Customer Insights
• Consultative Sales Management
• Contracts
• Sales Forecasting
• Communication
• National Account Sales
• Decision Making
• Business Development
• Negotiation

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