Job description
NOW HIRING: DUAL STATE DIRECTOR OF CHAIN OPERATIONS (ME/NH)
We're growing fast, and we're looking for a hard-working, independent person to join our team!
We will need this person to:
- Passionately and authentically represent our brands and our company culture
- Build and maintain constant communication and positive relationships with the Vacationland team and key chain retailers
- Responsible for chain account management and planning
- Develop and Maintain relationship and sales process with chain account and key chain store buyers
- Establish a buyer call/meeting cadence with key positions in the chain accounts
- Manage buying process and calendar timeline for refreshes and resets
- Develops buyer presentations for all new items
- Work with willing suppliers to develop programming and drops for chain accounts
- Must understand how to interpret data and use data analytics to drive the decision making process
- Identify chain assortment and programming opportunities, developing goals, and strategies for growth
- Collaborates with chain managers to design strategies and selling approaches to influence buying decisions
- Share market insights and activities, accomplishments, and opportunities with an action plan to leadership
- Maintain relationships with wholesaler and supplier partners. Push information to our supplier partners ahead of resets to establish plans on which products to pitch
- Lead and manage all aspects of the merchandising team
- Act in a supporting role helping to develop on-premise account sales through a focus on increasing draft sales at key or difficult accounts
- Work with logistics heads from both states on pricing and PTC strategies
- Cooperative meetings with Sales Reps to develop smaller local and chain accounts and try to maximize and develop planograms
- Work with the Sales team to help develop regional on premise chain placements and programs.
- Work directly with the Sales team to identify restaurant group sales opportunities
- Build Vacationland exclusive door sets in larger independent accounts in collaboration with Sales Reps
- Become a trusted member of our Vacationland family
QuickBooks, Google suite & Excel software proficiency preferred
Proficiency understanding how to read and use data from IRI and/or Nielsens is required
This is a salaried, full-time position and company benefits include: Health insurance, Dental, Vision, matching 401K, & many other benefits.
If you meet the criteria above, please send a resume and cover letter to employment@vacationlanddistributors with "Director Of Chain Operations" in the subject line. We will review every package we receive, and will be in touch if we want to move forward.
We will begin reviewing packages as soon as we receive them
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $85,000.00 - $115,000.00 per year, plus bonus
Benefits:
- 401(k) matching
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
- Vision insurance
Experience:
- Business development: 2+ years (Preferred)
- Sales: 2+ years (Preferred)
Willingness to travel:
Work Location: Work from home & office meeting hours
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $85,000.00 - $115,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- 401(k) matching
- Dental insurance
- Employee discount
- Flexible schedule
- Health insurance
- Health savings account
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Retirement plan
- Vision insurance
Schedule:
Supplemental Pay:
Experience:
- Business development: 1 year (Preferred)
- Sales: 1 year (Preferred)
Willingness to travel:
Work Location: On the road
