Senior Account Manager - Whole Foods Market
About The Position
At C.A. Fortune, we aspire to maintain our position as the nation’s leading consumer brands agency. We offer comprehensive solutions to our clients, from sales management to marketing, insights, and e-commerce. Our boutique service model provides a breadth of services. Our people are the core of our business, and our unique model allows them to follow their passions with a purpose while delivering excellent services. We are committed to our values: fearless and curious innovators who lead with solutions, empower others, and do the right thing. We are a family-first organization that recognizes the importance of a healthy and flexible work-life balance, a positive support system, and the power of diversity and inclusion. This role is for a Senior Account Manager to call on Whole Foods Market. Success in this role requires strong organizational skills, the ability to work on projects with competing deadlines, and excellent communication. You will work with clients to build promotional plans, align strategies, present and maintain item assortment, and build connectivity with Whole Foods Market. This is a remote position, but the candidate must be local to the Austin, TX or surrounding area (within a 100-mile radius) to attend in-person meetings at Whole Foods Market HQ once a month. We are on a mission to build better brands that inspire healthier lifestyles.
Requirements
- Full understanding of all things Whole Foods, their policies, procedures, structure, requirements, etc.
- Established relationships with Whole Foods buying team
- Strong knowledge of the consumer products industry (specifically food products)
- 4-year bachelor’s degree, and/or similar industry experience
- Proficient with all necessary computer-based programs (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint)
Responsibilities
- Create and execute Whole Foods specific sales plan that meets or exceeds established sales quotas and supports company revenue and profit targets
- Meet regularly with existing customers to understand their evolving business needs and position product solutions to address those needs, provide all maintenance, new item submissions, promotional support, etc.
- Build long-term, productive, and mutually beneficial relationships with existing and new customers & clients
- Maintain consistent communication and timely follow-up with customers and clients and be available and responsive to their real-time needs.
- Work effectively/professionally with company’s internal departments (Client Development Team, Marketing, Insights, Client Services, Business Support Specialists & Accounts Receivable), assuring elite management of our clients and customers businesses
- Attend all required national trade shows, market specific sales meetings, client specific sales meetings, or any other necessary functions (established by your supervisor)
- Approach ALL aspects of the role with a winning, “can-do,” positive, progressive, solution-based mindset
Benefits
- PTO and Sick days
- 11 paid company holidays per year
- 1 Floating holiday
- 2 paid volunteer days per year
- 3 months fully paid parental leave (regardless of gender)
- Medical, dental, and vision
- Paid company life insurance
- 401k with company match
- Bonus eligible
- Summer hours (half day Fridays from Memorial Day thru Labor Day)
- Work from home flexibility
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
