Business Manager - AWG Team

Summary: Represent Reese Group clients through Associated Wholesale Grocers headquarters in Kansas City. Understand the Reese Group client’s business goals and create a strategic plan to meet and/or exceed those goals. Evaluate and manage the client’s business and marketing funds; develop promotional plans with the client and present to the Reese Group Market Business Manager team to share with AWG-supplied retailers. Develop new business opportunities by expanding current client business with AWG and the AWG-supplied retailers. The Business Manager position is a 40-hour per week position.

Duties and Responsibilities:

1. Represent client’s products, promotions and surveys for AWG and the AWG-supplied retailers.
2. Create, present and execute client promotion plans.
3. Work with other Reese Group employees to ensure the execution of plans.
4. Analyze existing and new business opportunities.
5. Effectively communicate with AWG, the AWG-supplied retailers and internal Reese
6. Group personnel with timely follow-through.
7. Accurately complete all internal and external documentation required for the position.
8. Monitor and ensure business objectives are met and/or exceeded.

Other Duties When Required:

1. Facilitate client meetings.
2. Apply retail reports and insights to drive business (Example: AWG Partner Gateway).
3. Retail store audits to review pricing and distribution of principal and competitive items.
4. AWG and AWG-supplied retailer food show participation.
5. Entertainment of clients and customers.
6. Travel to client headquarters and AWG network locations.

Administrative Responsibility:

• Customer Service: Work through purchase order and shipment issues when there is a necessity to communicate with a client or AWG personnel beyond the customer service team.
• Records: Contracts, company forms and communication records.
• Other Employees: Teaching, training, and reviewing with Reese Group personnel.
• Supervising Responsibilities: No current direct reports for the Business Manager role.

Skills:

• Microsoft Office applications
• Proprietary technology utilized by the Reese Group AWG Partner Gateway utilization

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor’s Degree (BA) from four-year College or university, with five plus years related experience and/or training, or equivalent combination of education and experience.