Area Sales Manager

2 days ago

Johannesburg, South Africa RCL FOODS Careers Full time

RCL FOODS is on the hunt for an **Area Sales Manager to join the Food Partners Division**. This individual will need to effectively drive the profitable growth of **TRADE DISTRIBUTOR Accounts** in the Region, ensuring effective accounts management and professional customer relationship management that achieve customer and Channel objectives, KPIs, and targets and maintain and grow the commercial and supply relationships with the Regional Independent Distributor, Bidfood Regional Branches, Super Group Regional Branches, and Regional Key Accounts that translate into increased sales volumes and expanded product lines. Service the strategy of the development of the Customers in line with company and Channel Objectives.

**This role offers a company vehicle and fuel card**

**Duties & Responsibilities**:
**Regional Strategy Formulation and Implementation**

Formulate short and medium-term trade relationship customer strategies to deliver sustainable, profitable growth by key customers in your Region.

Ensure alignment across plans and with National key accounts and Regional Operational Strategy in your Region.

Participate in the S&OP product forecast process to drive improved forecast accuracy for the business in line with the National Trade Account Managers.

Drive the achievement of targeted sales growth for all your Route-to-market partners.

Evaluate and monitor competitors and their activities and formulate proactive responses when required.

Perform rigorous investment analysis and allocate budget accordingly.

Participate in the Food Partners commercial planning process through the development of an annual customer business plan in conjunction with the National Trade Account Managers that support brand and channel plans in the assigned accounts.

Penetrate Regional accounts at all levels, and develop senior and junior level relationships that enable the achievement of customer plans.

**Manage Regional Trade Account Relationships**

Grow business by delivering the joint business planning process (JBP) agreed agenda with key regional partners that delivers clear achievable plans to service end-use key accounts.

Ensure that all accounts are profitably serviced for the company to achieve sales and revenue goals by working cohesively with the Outlet Operations, Channel National Account, and Marketing Teams

Ensure availability to key account end users via the agreed route to market partners and/or free trade outlets, at depo and outlet level by working closely with Distributor Telesales and Key Accounts Teams and personally controlling all depot orders.

Execute all Depot sales force communications and briefings.

Source data from all partners to best feed RCL data insight needs

Build and maintain a reputation as RCL Foods’s leading expert on your Regional Account Customers and their operational needs.

Analyze sales statistics and market trends to determine business growth potential and opportunities.

Coordinate internal and external teams to ensure smooth and efficient operations and delivery of all services to our Channel and National Account Team’s customers. This includes Advertising/Activity Plans, delivery, and availability.

Review key account performance, set targets, and develop joint business plans to improve effectiveness and set maximum profit margins in line with National Trade Account managers for National Accounts and alone for Regional partners.

Plot the annual and long-term objectives for responsible accounts and ensure all volume, distribution, and profit targets are met working with sole responsibility on free trade outlets and joint responsibility for Channel National Account Managers for their customers.

TRADE DISTRIBUTOR customers often have strong Operations Teams and Sales Teams and you will need to leverage their strengths to deliver your Regional Account objectives, providing all necessary communication and tools as required.

**New Product Development**

Input into Food Partners divisiondecision-makingg process around new product launches.A keyy area of input: Local Trade considerations

**Marketing and Promotion**

Manage Point of Sale Material Deployment through your Region via coordination with local and national service providers such as Super Group and Regional depots, ensuring local availability and deployment, POS and bags for pies as an example.

Manage the Regional requirements for, deployment, recording, maintenanc,e and servicing of Pie Warmers or other merchandising hardware.

Drive and assess trade promotions investment in your customers to ensure maximum profitable growth.

**Market and Customer Insight Maintenance**

Analyse and track market, customer,r and channel trends and in-market measures at the customer and channellevelsl, such as distribution, share, price, and merchandising performance.

Identify business implications and make recommendations.

Act as the TRADE DISTRIBUTOR customer and free trade, HORECA expert for your region, understanding what d

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