Hiring Now: Team Leader Sales- Target & Club
Let's build something amazing together. We're looking for a Team Leader Sales- Target & Club! Based in our vibrant Remote office, this role is available now. This position requires a strong and diverse skillset in relevant areas to drive success. In recognition of your expertise, this position offers a salary of a competitive salary. Â Â At Russell Stover, not only do we love chocolate, but we love our jobs! Every day we go to work exhibiting our values of excellence, innovation, entrepreneurship, responsibility, and collaboration. Working at Russell Stover you'll be part of the leading manufacturer of boxed, seasonal, and sugar-free chocolates. For over 100 years, Russell Stover Chocolates, Whitman's, and Pangburn's have been crafted with the finest ingredients to bring happiness to generations. Today, we produce over 55 million pounds of chocolate annually, and our legacy brands can be found in 13 company-owned stores and over 9,000 wholesale accounts. Join our team and let's continue making chocolate lovers happy!
A day in the life...
Russell Stover is looking for a Team Leader, Sales to lead the strategic development at Target and BJ's Wholesale. You will need a CPG background to champion Russell Stover Chocolates and be responsible for creating and executing customer solutions for RSC's Every day and Seasonal offerings. As the Team Leader, you will be instrumental in hiring broker support and managing a cross functional team to create growth by leveraging appropriate mix, promotion and pricing activities. This position reports to the Senior Director of Wholesale Sales and can be located remotely in Minneapolis, MN, or in our Corporate office in Kansas City, MO.
What you will be doing...
 Building the day-to-day relationship with Target buyers, analysts, and item specialists
 Managing new item strategy/projects through broker management
 Customer expert capable of driving growth and meeting company objectives
 Aggressive results-oriented individual with a winning attitude to grow revenue and brand relevance with strategic customers.
 Negotiating promotional plan using performance analysis, forecasting and planning insight on seasonal and everyday categories
 Leverage trade or budget experience to optimize trade spend to obtain the best ROI
 Excellent project and time management skills set to proactively lead corporate cross functional groups to meet established timelines and expectations
 Clear customer objectives and strategic business plan to obtain distribution and Category dollar share
 Develop and execute assortment reviews for key customers
 Develop and execute new item presentations to meet current and future objectives.
 Responsible for Building an annual budget, managing monthly revenue expectations and confirming customer commitments
 Leveraging consumption data with a clear understanding of the customer strategy and landscape
Do you have what it takes?
(Basic Qualifications)
 7-10 years of experience in a combination of sales, category and analysis
 Accomplished account management experience with Target
 Experience using Microsoft Excel, Word and PowerPoint
 Experience navigating and searching on the Internet
Do you stand above the rest?
(Preferred Qualifications)
 Bachelor's degree
 Direct experience in confection or salty snacks
 Extensive knowledge and expertise with channel and/or customers is highly desired
 Broker management experience
 Demonstrated leadership internally and externally.
 Strong forecast accuracy and business planning acumen
 Experience with promotional planning/deduction management systems or proven experience with financial management related to promotional product spending, travel and entertainment expense management and creating financial recommendations utilizing basic ROI analysis.
 High level of follow-up, availability and responsiveness to internal and external partners.
 Good organizational and time management skills
 Strong analytical and computer skills
 Exhibit high level of focus and account penetration using sophisticated analysis and presentation skills.
 Demonstrated ability in public speaking and making effective customer presentations
At Russell Stover Chocolates, we don't just accept difference - we celebrate it, we support it, and we thrive on it for the benefit of our employees, our products, and our community. Russell Stover Chocolates is proud to be an equal-opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer.
We provide equal employment opportunities to all people without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, age, religion, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, pregnancy, physical or mental disability, protected medical condition, genetic information, military service, veteran status, or any other status or characteristic protected by law.
Employment by Russell Stover Chocolates is contingent upon I-9 Employment Eligibility Verification, passing the urinalysis drug screen, education verification, and satisfactory reference and background checks.
Make Happy. Work Happy. Apply Job! Ready to Apply?If you are a motivated individual ready to contribute to a thriving team, we encourage you to apply now! We are excited to review your application.
Apply Now
A day in the life...
Russell Stover is looking for a Team Leader, Sales to lead the strategic development at Target and BJ's Wholesale. You will need a CPG background to champion Russell Stover Chocolates and be responsible for creating and executing customer solutions for RSC's Every day and Seasonal offerings. As the Team Leader, you will be instrumental in hiring broker support and managing a cross functional team to create growth by leveraging appropriate mix, promotion and pricing activities. This position reports to the Senior Director of Wholesale Sales and can be located remotely in Minneapolis, MN, or in our Corporate office in Kansas City, MO.
What you will be doing...
 Building the day-to-day relationship with Target buyers, analysts, and item specialists
 Managing new item strategy/projects through broker management
 Customer expert capable of driving growth and meeting company objectives
 Aggressive results-oriented individual with a winning attitude to grow revenue and brand relevance with strategic customers.
 Negotiating promotional plan using performance analysis, forecasting and planning insight on seasonal and everyday categories
 Leverage trade or budget experience to optimize trade spend to obtain the best ROI
 Excellent project and time management skills set to proactively lead corporate cross functional groups to meet established timelines and expectations
 Clear customer objectives and strategic business plan to obtain distribution and Category dollar share
 Develop and execute assortment reviews for key customers
 Develop and execute new item presentations to meet current and future objectives.
 Responsible for Building an annual budget, managing monthly revenue expectations and confirming customer commitments
 Leveraging consumption data with a clear understanding of the customer strategy and landscape
Do you have what it takes?
(Basic Qualifications)
 7-10 years of experience in a combination of sales, category and analysis
 Accomplished account management experience with Target
 Experience using Microsoft Excel, Word and PowerPoint
 Experience navigating and searching on the Internet
Do you stand above the rest?
(Preferred Qualifications)
 Bachelor's degree
 Direct experience in confection or salty snacks
 Extensive knowledge and expertise with channel and/or customers is highly desired
 Broker management experience
 Demonstrated leadership internally and externally.
 Strong forecast accuracy and business planning acumen
 Experience with promotional planning/deduction management systems or proven experience with financial management related to promotional product spending, travel and entertainment expense management and creating financial recommendations utilizing basic ROI analysis.
 High level of follow-up, availability and responsiveness to internal and external partners.
 Good organizational and time management skills
 Strong analytical and computer skills
 Exhibit high level of focus and account penetration using sophisticated analysis and presentation skills.
 Demonstrated ability in public speaking and making effective customer presentations
At Russell Stover Chocolates, we don't just accept difference - we celebrate it, we support it, and we thrive on it for the benefit of our employees, our products, and our community. Russell Stover Chocolates is proud to be an equal-opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer.
We provide equal employment opportunities to all people without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, age, religion, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, pregnancy, physical or mental disability, protected medical condition, genetic information, military service, veteran status, or any other status or characteristic protected by law.
Employment by Russell Stover Chocolates is contingent upon I-9 Employment Eligibility Verification, passing the urinalysis drug screen, education verification, and satisfactory reference and background checks.
Make Happy. Work Happy. Apply Job! Ready to Apply?If you are a motivated individual ready to contribute to a thriving team, we encourage you to apply now! We are excited to review your application.
Apply Now