**DESCRIPTION** Are you a dynamic leader with a passion for retail and a knack for driving sales? Join our team as a Retail Regional Manager and take charge of managing and developing a retail sales organization within an assigned territory. Represent Acosta and our principals by overseeing retail store coverage, special projects, and executing key objectives to achieve superior in-store results. Join us and lead a team to success while driving sales and enhancing customer engagement. Apply now to become a Retail Regional Manager and make a significant impact in our organization! **RESPONSIBILITIES** + **Achieve Sales Goals:** Deliver Sales Fundamentals (Distribution, Shelving, Merchandising, and Pricing) goals across all principals on agreed retail priorities. + **Enhance Sales Coverage:** Maintain continual improvement of sales coverage and productivity of the Retail Selling Organization. + **Policy Compliance:** Monitor and ensure Company policy is followed by the Retail Selling Organization. + **Collaborate and Communicate:** Pro-actively communicate and collaborate with supervisors and principals on all major detail initiatives (new product introductions, contests, etc.). + **Build Relationships:** Call on and develop relationships with key operations decision-makers to enable Business Managers to achieve the principals’ objectives. + **Lead and Train:** Act as a trainer for team-mates, lead on projects, and may be assigned to key accounts. + **Primary Operations Contact:** Serve as a primary operations contact for the Customer Business Team. + **Coordinate Events:** Coordinate theme merchandising events that cross over two or more departments. + **Expert Resource:** Be an expert resource to General Managers and Business Managers for all operations issues, and effectiveness of both full-time and part-time members. + **Support Communication:** Assist Business Managers and multi-function resources to communicate customer needs, objectives, and future plans. + **Reporting and Tracking:** Coordinate the regional reporting and tracking needs (RW3, surveys, etc.) to ensure consistency and control. + **Utilize Technology:** Effectively and properly use technology including RW3, communication of retail priorities, and coverage analyses to have effective feedback and measurement systems. + **Data Analysis:** Analyze retail condition data reports to improve in-store presence results. + **Personal Development:** Ensure personal development of Unit Managers and conduct annual Performance Agreements. Oversee the training and development of full-time and part-time reps. + **Optimize Selling Effectiveness:** Understand and optimize the selling effectiveness of the Retail Sales Organization. Identify areas for improvement. + **Recruiting and Maintenance:** Conduct recruiting of Retail Associates, maintain incident files, and personnel auto inspection. + **Additional Duties:** Perform other duties as assigned. **QUALIFICATIONS** + **Education:** High School Diploma or Equivalent. Bachelor’s degree in Business preferred. + **Experience:** Five years of prior retail management experience, food broker and set responsibility experience required. Prior supervisory experience required. + **Skills:** Strong interpersonal, organizational, and sales skills. Proficient in PowerPoint, Word, and Excel. + **Requirements:** Valid driver’s license and ability to drive a car for extended periods. Willingness to work in extremely cold environmental conditions (i.e., refrigerated and freezer sections of retail stores). **Physical Requirements:** + **Vision:** Seeing + **Travel:** Ability to Travel + **Color Perception:** Color Perception + **Hearing:** Listening \#DiscoverYourPath **ABOUT US** Acosta is a part of Acosta Group – a collective of the industry’s most trusted retail, marketing and foodservice agencies reimagining the way people connect with brands at every point in their shopping journey. Specializing in retail sales services, digital strategy, and business intelligence, Acosta empowers brands to thrive in the world of omnichannel shopping. Our sales and digital teams build lasting relationships, ensuring our client brands get the space they deserve in stores and outperform the competition online, while our merch reps make brands shine in retail locations across the world. But it’s not just about what we do – it’s about who we are. With a team of over 20,000 associates, we’re a community of forward-thinking, value-driven professionals committed to an unmatched level of trust and transparency in the industry. And, we understand the importance of work-life balance, which is why many of our field roles provide our associates with flexible scheduling options. Join us and be a part of a team that values growth and making a real impact for our clients, retail partners and their customers. Acosta Group is an equal opportunity employer and will ensure that applicants with disabilities are provided with reasonable accommodations. If reasonable accommodation is needed, please contact AskHR@acosta.com. Be sure to include "Applicant Accommodation" in the subject of your email to expedite the request. Acosta Group believes in good faith that the minimum and maximum annual salary or hourly compensation range for this opportunity is accurate and reasonable at the time of posting. By applying, you agree to our Privacy Policy and Terms and Conditions of Use. **\#DiscoverYourPath** Acosta, and its subsidiaries, is an Equal Opportunity Employer **Job Category:** Sales Support **Position Type:** Full time **Business Unit:** Sales **Salary Range:** $57,000.00 - $60,000.00 **Company:** Acosta Employee Holdco LLC **Req ID:** 6801