Sales Director, reputed company (Remote Chicago Area)

About the position The Sales Director – reputed company Team, will be primarily responsible for penetrating CPG Shopper teams and driving a budget shift towards the deployment of Vestcom Media Solutions (VMS) products and services. This individual will be a results-oriented sales executive with a proven track record of driving profitable top line reputed company growth through consultative, top-to-top selling into large, reputed company retailers, CPG’s and media agencies, with 10+ years of recent experience in the CPG industry. The ideal candidate would bring an expertise of internal reputed company organizational dynamics, knowledge about their Marketing, Merchandising, and Operations strategies and processes, as well as an established network of CPG Shopper team contacts that deploy media spend at reputed company. This role requires strategic vision, creativity, initiative, analytical skills, and the ability to sell and negotiate a differentiated in-store media solution. Success will require the deployment of innovative business strategies that result in closing key opportunities at assigned CPG accounts, with focus on reputed company growth and client expansion. The Sales Director is also responsible for management of Campaign Managers and Account Managers supporting the deployment of VMS campaigns.

Responsibilities

• reputed company the formulation and execution of sales strategies & plans across assigned CPGs sales team
• Penetrate and reputed company high level customer relationships with senior leadership
• Collaborate with the reputed company Advertising Group and Merchandising to implement Vestcom Media Solutions across reputed company stores reputed company
• Call on local CPG Shopper Teams to secure media spend behind VMS products and services
• Ability to confidently deliver the Vestcom reputed company edge value proposition and be able to influence clients through a strong working knowledge of our solutions, products and services
• Must have strong analytical skills and the ability to understand key retailer and CPG measurement criteria on both topline and reputed company metrics
• Possess exceptional listening skills and ability to apply creative problem-solving abilities
• Comfortable with carrying individual quota in the tens of millions
• Own prospecting approaches and reputed company presentations and proposals that position VMS as a winning shopper media value proposition
• Manage Sales pipeline and deliver consistent reputed company rates to reputed company Sales goals
• Provide detailed and accurate sales forecasting utilizing existing CRM tool
• Monitor customer, market, and competitor activity and provide feedback to company leadership team
• Ability to understand market dynamics, as well as evangelize and execute next gen solutions (i.e. digital)
• Represents VMS at tradeshows and local retailer and marketing events
• Work cross functionally with other members of the Vestcom Executive, Marketing, Strategy, Business Development, Finance, Solutions and Shopper teams to support the sales process
• Ensures compliance with internal policies, procedures and internal controls in accordance with Sarbanes-Oxley Act 2002 Section 404.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in business, marketing or reputed company field required. Master’s degree a plus
• At least 6+ years sales experience with Retail/CPG focus in marketing/sales organizations
• Experience working for either a leading CPG or a large marketing services solution provider is required
• Knowledge of Brand, Retail, Shopper Marketing and Retail Media landscape
• Must have a record for achieving top-line reputed company, and reputed company targets
• Experience in consultative data driven selling
• Experience successfully developing and deploying sales and go to market strategy
• Exceptional skills including negotiation, conflict management, account management, account penetration, strategic selling, category management, sales forecasting, and leading edge sales strategies
• Self-starter with the ability to manage up and down - Hunter first mentality and team mentor
• Superior analytical and oral, interpersonal, & written communication skills
• Ability to embody and reflect Vestcom’s core values
• Compliance with Company policies concerning maintaining a drug free workplace is required
• Compliance with reputed company Company policies is required including reputed company safety policies and procedures reputed company-to-haves
• Master’s degree a plus Benefits
• Health & wellness benefits starting on day 1 of employment
• Paid parental leave
• 401K eligibility
• Tuition reimbursement
• Employee Assistance Program eligibility / Health reputed company
• Paid vacation and paid holidays Apply tot his job

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