Sales Account Manager

Role Overview

• Drive Sales & Market Share growth
• Create and execute quarterly market plans
• 75% of your time will be managing your current account base
• Analyzing sales trends and store inventory to consult the purchasing team on when and how much product to purchase to ensure zero stock-outs.
• Creatively influencing purchasing teams and store advocates to on-board new and additional SKU’s
• Strategically assessing stores promotional needs and implementing promotions based off of the best ROI
• Scheduling events and customer appreciation demos to educate end-consumers and budtenders.
• Scheduling budtender educations to capture advocates and help influence sales
• Review online marketing assets and assure the newest and highest quality image is being displayed.
• Influencing in-store merchandising and marketing opportunities to position ourselves as a premier partner.
• Assuring the latest media kit is being shared with the correct people
• Business Development
• 25% of your time will be spent hunting for new business and closing doors
• Prioritizing your pipeline meeting saturation targets
• Creatively solve problems and overcome objections
• Intimately understand the licenses within your territory with the goal to be on the shelf before the store opens for business.
• Power mapping the prospect to assure all decision makers and stakeholders are being influenced to become a retail partner.
• Negotiate pricing and terms
• Accounts Receivable
• Properly communicating to assigned accounts any invoices coming due, past due, setting collection dates, and aligning with the Director of Sales on any collection escalation
• Add detailed notes on a weekly cadence with an action plan on overdues, credits, or any write offs needed
• Ensure Credit Memos are successfully processed in a timely manner
• Weekly and daily administrative tasks
• Responsible for everything directly and indirectly related to sales
• Create a weekly route based on meetings scheduled/sample drops/actionable items
• Utilizing a market plan template to strategically plan sales driving initiatives on a quarterly basis, maintaining a pipeline in real-time, and updating Salesforce daily.
• Prompt responses to clients.
• Confirming orders and deliveries 48 hours in advance
• Responding to internal slack messages and external emails with a sense of urgency
• Checks on competitive activity and reports intelligence in a timely manner.
• Keeps informed of competitor products, services and other general information of internal interest
• Working with multiple departments; finance, inventory, and distribution on a daily basis ensuring proper planning and execution
• Providing internal feedback about marketing assets, competitors, and innovation to the WYLD team
• This position requires up to 80% travel within the defined territory
• Other duties, responsibilities and activities may change or be assigned at any time with or without notice

Requirements

• 3-5 years of sales and account management experience, prior sales experience in local cannabis or alcohol industry preferred
• Excellent communication skills
• Experience using Salesforce and Business Central preferred
• Highly motivated and results driven
• Possess high attention to detail, prioritization, time management and organizational skills with a positive, goal-oriented attitude
• Problem solver that thrives under pressure in a fast-paced environment
• Ability to create and deliver presentations tailored to the audience needs
• Must obtain all state required Cannabis permits, licenses, certifications
• ServSafe Food Handler’s Card preferred
• Willing to submit to a background check, including a motor vehicle report, valid driver license required
• Reliable transportation for daily in-person account visits
• State regulations require all applicants must be 21 years of age or older
• Possess basic mathematical skills: addition, subtraction, multiplication and division

Benefits

• 11 paid holidays
• 120 hours of PTO
• 401K
• fully paid health, dental and vision insurance