Manager Retail Excellence

Company

At Land O’Frost, our brands of lunchmeat and specialty sausage products are recognized as one of the nation’s best- selling and trusted brands. We have accomplished this through our incredible team of employees who are customer focused, motivated, achievers, developers, and purpose driven.

Summary

Land O'Frost is hiring a Retail Excellence Manager responsible for driving the overall retail strategy and ensuring the highest standards of retail operations. This is accomplished through owning the direction and action plan to Land O'Frost Sales and Broker Partners on the following retail in-store functions:

• Maximize distribution growth at the customer level.
• Drive speed to the shelf on new items.
• Optimize shelf position for LOF brands.
• Identify and solve out of stock issues.
• Maximize display opportunities.

Responsibilities

• Leverage capabilities of Broker retail staff and lead retail meetings.
• Participates in customer reviews as needed to gain intimate knowledge of retailer store-level.
• Works with store-level District Managers on LOF goals and objectives.
• Collaborates with Customer Business Managers in maximizing profitable net revenue growth from a retail execution perspective.
• Expertise with utilizing Nielsen syndicated data and distribution scorecard to understand store-level distribution opportunities.
• Provide best in class tools to the retail team to sell LOF initiatives and concepts.

Qualifications

• Minimum 3-5 years progressive growth experience in sales to the retail consumer food products industry.
• Experience in meat/deli industry and recent broker management experience a plus.
• Well-developed analytical, leadership and presentation skills.
• Good written and verbal communication skills.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite applications, including spreadsheets and PowerPoint.
• Must have valid driver’s license and an acceptable driving record.
• Able to operate independently and remotely.
• Must be willing to travel extensively (50%+).