Account Development Manager

Monster Energy•Grand Rapids, MI

7d•$57,420 - $76,560

About The Position

Forget about blending in. That's not our style. We're the risk takers, the trailblazers, the game-changers. We're not perfect and we don't pretend to be. We're raw, unfiltered, and a bit unconventional. Our drive is just like our athletes, unrivaled. The power is in your hands to define what success looks like and where you want to take your career. It's not just about what we do, but about who we become on along the way. We are much more than a brand here. We are a way of life, a mindset. Join us. As an Account Development Manager at Monster Energy, you'll be the driving force behind energizing our distributors' independent business, covering All Other Markets (AOM), Customer Marketing Agreements (CMA), and independent retail. Your role is crucial in amplifying the effectiveness of company strategies and ensuring the seamless execution of programs. By building and maintaining strong partnerships with key stakeholders within bottlers and distributors, you'll power up sales and market share, bringing the unstoppable spirit of Monster to every corner of our independent bottler-led customers!

Requirements

Between 3-5 years of experience in Sales/Marketing in Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG), beverage industry
Between 3-5 years of experience in ongoing market analysis, market intelligence, and competition assessment
Proficiency using Excel, Word and PowerPoint

Nice To Haves

Prefer a Bachelor's Degree in the field of -- Business Administration, Finance, Sales and Marketing or related field of study

Responsibilities

Develop and maintain relationships with the distributors independent business teams to ensure execution of agreed upon company and customer objectives
Conduct business reviews with customers, distribution partners, and internal personnel to identify opportunities for sales growth
Proactively collaborate and communicate with the internal market units, divisions on opportunities and execution of key programs with their AOM, independent customers
Growth driven with the ability to use and understand data trends, sales tools and technology that impact the energy category
Train employees and distribution partners on execution at store level and best practices to utilize when working with and selling to AOM, independent customers (incl. energy category, company brands, sales tools etc.)
Maintains customer focus to proactively identify opportunities to improve service to the customer, quickly and effectively responds to customer problems, partners with other functions, department to meet customer needs
Provides timely, constructive and actionable feedback to coach others to improve performance
Ability to present to large and small audiences with the customers, distributors or internal divisions and market units
Strong negotiation skills with the ability to overcome objections
Work on additional special projects as identified by their manager to grow sales and shares