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Sr. Account Executive - Albertson's East

Johnsonville
Chicago, IL Full Time
POSTED ON 3/29/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 4/28/2025
Johnsonville products are available in retail stores in all 50 states. As a member of this sales team, you’ll be the link between Johnsonville and millions of consumers, who enjoy our sausage as part of a quick breakfast or an outdoor tailgate with friends, family and neighbors. Johnsonville relies on experienced and dedicated sales professionals to ensure our customers receive the products they need and want, and that their consumers are satisfied. As a member of our retail sales team, you’ll work closely with Johnsonville’s marketing and category management teams to develop and deliver consumer insights and category reviews that help our customers be successful. You’ll also work with our broker partners to make sure that sales strategies are fully and effectively executed, from headquarters to the retail stores. At Johnsonville, we call this delivering HICS -- Highest Impact On Customer Success.

Senior Account Executive – Albertson’s East

Position Overview

Johnsonville, LLC offers the highest quality products throughout the U.S. and international markets. We have a great opportunity for an account executive to join our sales organization supporting Albertson’s business. You’ll be able to impact the success of the sales team through leadership and management of Albertson’s business. This includes management of our broker network, certain division ownership and supporting the director of sales long-term strategic vision.

Responsibilities

  • Collaborate with the director of sales on the three-year vision of the business
  • Own the relationship and P&L for the eastern US Albertson’s division
  • Develop and build relationships throughout your customers’ organizations, including those in key strategic decision-making positions at headquarter level
  • Create and execute strategy with key accounts and assist in developing strategies to further develop market share at Albertson’s
  • Create and execute professional, fact-based sales presentations
  • Gain, solidify, and maintain distribution across all Johnsonville categories
  • Create innovative programs and promotions
  • Develop and manage broker relationships
  • Develop and enhance relationships within retail store accounts
  • Ensure that all authorized items are in distribution at retail stores

Education

  • Bachelor’s degree preferred

Experience

  • Minimum of five (5) years’ consumer packaged goods sales experience in the retail grocery industry in the U.S. marketplace required
    • Experience working with Albertson’s strongly preferred
  • Proven experience building new and existing relationships with key customers required
    • Including those in key strategic decision-making positions at headquarter level
  • Experience with syndicated data (Nielsen, IRI, Consumer Insights, 8451, etc.) strongly preferred
  • Experience with grass roots marketing and/or co-marketing
  • Broker Management and/or Broker experience a plus
  • Proven record of substantially building a business
  • Experience with trade management system and revenue growth management.
Skills And Competencies

  • Career motivated-open to relocate for future opportunities within the company desired
  • Superior strategic and tactical business planning skills
  • Excellent communication skills including negotiation and presentation skills
  • Team skills--ability to share ideas, work with and assist other members to ensure the success of the team
  • Proficiency in computer technologies (Excel, PowerPoint, Word; willingness to learn SAP)
  • Potential to learn, grow, and take on increased responsibility

Other Requirements

  • Ability and willingness to travel 25-30% of the time

Date: February 28, 2025

Coach for this position: Associate Director of Sales

Position Locations: Greater areas of Chicago, IL; Baltimore, MD; Philadelphia, PA; or Boston, MA

Travel: Approximately 25-30%

Member Status: Full Time, Salaried

Reason for Posting: Replacement

Compensation and Benefits: $126,046-$162,604/year; Members have potential for a monthly bonus, 401k with a company match and profit sharing. Members also have access to terrific benefits including affordable medical, dental and vision coverage; flexible spending accounts; disability and life insurance; and fertility and adoption assistance. Johnsonville also offers competitive paid time off, including paid parental time off, and tuition reimbursement. Exact compensation may vary based on skills and experience.

About Our Company

Since 1945, our family-owned band of sausage-makers has invented better ways to make, eat and prepare crave-able sausage. Today, we are 3,000 Members strong. We sell our famous sausage in all 50 United States and more than 40 countries. We have a culture built on the idea that if we make developing your talents our top priority, great business results will follow naturally. We call it The Johnsonville Way. It has been our secret sauce for decades, and we hope you get to experience it for yourself!

How To Apply

External candidates: Apply on-line only at: careers.johnsonville.com

Applicants must be authorized to work in the US without requiring sponsorship now or in the future.

We value the diversity of our workforce and we embrace the principles of Equal Opportunity Employment. M/F/Vet/Disability

Johnsonville values the service Veterans and their family members have given to our country. We support the hiring of returning service members and military spouses.

Salary : $126,046 - $162,604

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