Account Manager - Sprouts

KMG is an award-winning sales representative firm providing a wealth of knowledge and trust. Our offices in Minneapolis and Bentonville support our partners at Target, Walmart, Sprouts, BestBuy, Kohl's and Sam’s Club. We deliver on our goal of consistently providing meaningful value to brands, manufactures, and retail partners. We have a unique perspective on how to best build relationships while delivering results. KMG has been named a Best Places to Work for 8 straight years!!

We are seeking a Sales Account Manager that will work with brands/ suppliers on their businesses at Sprouts. The perfect candidate will be a self-motivated, analytical, and passionate about helping companies grow their businesses at Sprouts, while conducting their work with hustle and an optimistic personality. The primary objective of this role is to a) work collaboratively with the brand/supplier to grow their business at Sprouts and fulfilling the expectations they have of us, and b) further the mission of KMG...to drive “Lasting Relationships. Remarkable Results.”

The Sales Account Manager will work with the team to manage the daily activities between Sprouts and our key supplier partners. This individual will be responsible for pro-actively managing the relationship between the Sprouts merchandising and the supplier teams. This individual will be responsible for a range of tasks that are strategic, analytical, operational, and relationship oriented. As a member of a rapidly growing company, the ability to be a team-player, have fun, wear multiple hats, and drive results will be critical to success.

Primary responsibilities:

Analytical

• Own weekly reporting, insights & analysis of the brand/manufacture's business at Sprouts, along with commentary that drives actionable business results
• Proactively recognize sales trends and identify new opportunities for vendor partners to drive business growth
• Conduct collaborative sales forecasting
• Analyze results from new items, promotions or special events
• Develop line plans that drive assortment decisions for Sprouts
• Create and analyze historical sales data, competitive information, trend information
• Monitor OTIF & out of stock position and proper supply chain execution, both on a weekly tactical basis, but also at a strategic level

Relationship

• Work as the liaison between Target and the supplier teams
• Attend regular meetings with Sprouts Buyers and Replenishment Managers to discuss opportunities/concerns
• Provide meeting recaps to vendor partners and Sprouts teams outlining action plans for all items discussed in meetings

Operations

• Pro-actively communicate replenishment suggestions to Target using fact based selling techniques
• Execute chargeback and Accounts Payable research
• Manage packaging and quality processes for private label vendors, along with other aspects that go along with private label business operations at Sprouts

Requirements

• Education: Bachelor’s Degree
• Experience: Multiple years working at and/or with Sprouts
• Other
• Detail oriented
• Confidence in working with Sprouts & vendor partners and communicate effectively with all levels
• Experience with Sprouts systems
• Analytical decision making
• Advanced ability to translate data and analysis into actionable strategy
• Relationship building success
• Like to have a ridiculous amount of fun
• Teamwork
• Communication
• Planning and organizing

Employment Type

• Full-time