**DESCRIPTION** The Retail Business Strategy Manager is primarily responsible for the development and delivery of innovative solutions to Acosta customer and clients in the areas of strategic planning, strategy development, and business performance improvement. Build focused relationships with customers and clients to identify business challenges and arrive at the best solution. Provide consulting in areas such as process optimization, growth maximization, or execution plan design. Demonstrate proficiency in creating proposals, project plans, responding to customer/client questions or request, and being a proven thought leader with results. Create and present proposals to clients. Conduct needs analysis, determine project specifications, and identify solutions. Drive working sessions with customers/clients to ensure expectations and direction are aligned and timelines are being met. Identify additional product/service opportunities. Collaborate across multiple internal teams (e.g. Retail Sales, Operations Management & Retail Execution Teams) to ensure successful delivery of results based on scope of work. **RESPONSIBILITIES** * Proactively develop and deliver innovative solutions (Product Distribution, Shelving & Merchandise Optimization) to Acosta Clients/Customers in a mutually agreed upon retail priorities and sales objectives. * Utilizes advanced product/service knowledge and understanding of the Client/Customer's business to develop customized proposals that present creative solutions to successfully sell products and develop attractive value propositions. * Establish and maintain focused relationships with Acosta Clients/Customers and identify business challenges and develop strategic retail execution plans to optimize growth. * Use Data Analytic tools & reports to conduct a needs analysis, determine project scope and specifications, and identify solutions. Be recognized as an subject matter expert in the Retail Strategy in the CPG Industry. * Conduct needs analysis and make recommendations to the Client/Customer * Create and present Client/Customer proposals to influence revenue generation and meet individual targets/quotas. * Be a thought leadership through effective communication of vision, active coaching and personal development, while comparing retail results to goals and taking appropriate action to correct when necessary. * Proactively study retail trends, review sales initiatives, and identity competitive pressures to develop and modify retail strategies and tactics accordingly. Anticipates business challenges; recommends process, product, or service improvements. * Perform special assignments as requested. **QUALIFICATIONS** Minimum Education and Work Experience * High School Diploma/Equivalent * Bachelor’s Degree Preferred * Seven (7) years’ or more related experience and or training; or equivalent combination or education and experience required. * Some experience in Project/People Management Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Requirements: * Must demonstrate strong interpersonal, organizational and sales skills. * Ability to use advanced functions of Microsoft (Access, Excel, Word, PowerPoint and Outlook) * Demonstrate strong oral/written communication skills and strong presentation skills. * Must be able to effectively communicate with others. * Must have a valid driver’s license or have means to adequate transportation to visit multiple Clients/Customers in assigned region/territory. * Ability to build positive working relationships, both internally and externally. * Great negotiation skills 8. Ability to maintain knowledge in Competitive Retail Strategy. Physical Requirements: * Seeing * Ability to Travel * Pushing/Pulling * Color Perception * Climbing * Carrying (0 - lbs) * Lifting (0 - lbs) * Listening **ABOUT US** Acosta and Mosaic are the sales and marketing powerhouses behind the most recognized and proven brands with top retailers in the United States and Canada. We offer flexible services that maximize efficiency. Acosta has the talent and technology to build data-, reach- and relationship-driven strategies to execute those strategies, and the tools to monitor, track and optimize metrics-based results for customers and retailers. Acosta and its subsidiaries, in good faith, believes that this posted range of compensation is the accurate range for this role at the time of this posting. Acosta may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range depending on candidate qualifications and locations. This range may be modified in the future. Acosta and its subsidiaries is an Equal Opportunity Employer We are committed to providing accommodations for persons with disabilities. If you require accommodation, we will work with you to meet your needs, to the extent required by law. The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this classification. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified. Mosaic reserves the right to modify all or part of any job descriptions at its discretion in order to meet and or exceed the needs of the business. _By submitting your application you agree with and accept the Acosta Privacy Statement and Terms of Conditions._ **Acosta et Mosaic** sont les **forces motrices** en matière de **ventes et de marketing** derrière les marques les plus reconnues et éprouvées auprès des principaux détaillants aux États-Unis et au Canada. Nous proposons des services flexibles qui maximisent l’efficacité. Acosta possède le talent et la technologie nécessaires pour élaborer des stratégies axées sur les données, la portée et les relations, afin de mettre en œuvre ces stratégies, ainsi que les outils pour surveiller, suivre et optimiser les résultats basés sur les indicateurs pour les clients et les détaillants. **Acosta et ses filiales** , de bonne foi, estiment que cette fourchette de rémunération affichée est la fourchette précise pour ce poste au moment de cette publication. Acosta pourrait finalement payer plus ou moins que la fourchette affichée en fonction des qualifications des candidats et des lieux. Cette fourchette peut être modifiée à l’avenir. **Acosta et ses filiales** sont des employeurs offrant **l’égalité des chances** . Nous nous engageons à fournir des **aménagements pour les personnes handicapées** . Si vous avez besoin d’un aménagement, nous travaillerons avec vous pour répondre à vos besoins, dans la mesure requise par la loi. Les déclarations ci-dessus ont pour but de décrire la nature générale et le niveau de travail effectué par les personnes affectées à cette classification. Elles ne doivent pas être interprétées comme une liste exhaustive de toutes les responsabilités, tâches et compétences requises du personnel ainsi classé. Mosaic se réserve le droit de modifier tout ou partie des descriptions de poste à sa discrétion afin de répondre aux besoins de l’entreprise, voire de les dépasser. En soumettant votre candidature, vous acceptez et acceptez la **Déclaration de confidentialité d’Acosta et les Conditions d’utilisation** . Acosta, and its subsidiaries, is an Equal Opportunity Employer **Job Category:** Retail **Position Type:** Full time **Business Unit:** Sales **Salary Range:** $52,200.00 - $65,200.00 **Company:** Acosta Employee Holdco LLC **Req ID:** 2112