Account Manager

Chicago, IL

$79K/yr – $95K/yrMid Level5+ years expFull time

Posted 7 weeks ago

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Job Summary

Owns the Retail account end to end, driving profitable sales growth through analytic selling, promo planning, and cross‑functional coordination with vendors and KeHE teams.

  • Own the account's sales plan and promo execution across internal and vendor partners.
  • Coordinate with vendors, KeHE reps, and internal teams to accelerate timelines and address competitive moves.
  • Monitor credits, receivables, and account health to protect margins and carry the relationship forward.

Job Description

Responsibilities - The Account Manager is accountable to design and execute sales and marketing programs for the Retail Company's account. Key drivers for success in this position involve building and leveraging relationships with vendors, KeHE sales reps, and the Retail Company's personnel. Ultimately, the scorecard for success will be measured by the increase of profitable sales as well as deepened relationships within the account. As with all positions at KeHE we expect that all actions will be consistent with KeHE's Mission, Vision and Values. - Increase sales at the account through analytical and fact-based selling. - Increase sales by developing creative promotional plans and managing through to profitable execution. - Increase sales by finding new business opportunities and through consistent follow up. - Work with a sense of urgency towards projects, requests, and deadlines. - Coordinate activities and communications among vendors and company functional groups. - Monitor competitor activities and recommend paths forward to address these activities. - Monitor credits and account receivables. - Communicate with all departments and organizational levels regarding sales and operations. - Ability and willingness to work flexible hours, including some weekends. - Ability and willingness to travel up to 25%. - Assure that established company policies and procedures are followed in achieving the above accountabilities. Requirements - 4-year Bachelor\'s Degree in Business - Minimum five (5) years\' experience in sales of grocery products to chain accounts. - Proven track record of meeting and exceeding customer expectations. - Equivalent combination of education and work experience may be considered. - Comfort and experience utilizing Microsoft desktop and legacy enterprise software. Benefits - Health/Rx - Dental - Vision - Flexible and health spending accounts (FSA/HSA) - Supplemental life insurance - 401(k) - Paid time off - Paid sick time - Short term & long term disability coverage (STD/LTD) - Employee stock ownership (ESOP) - Holiday pay for company designated holidays
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KeHE Distributors

At KeHE, we’re all about goodness. Our mission to serve & feed America is fueled by an obsession with natural & organic, specialty, and fresh products. With more than 7,900 employee-owners & a 19-distribution center network across North America, KeHE is one of the largest & most respected pure-play grocery & natural distributors in the nation.

Founded in 1953
Naperville, Illinois, USA
4.3K employees (241 in marketing)