District Sales Manager, Multi-channel

Facility Location
- Quebec City

Work Location
- Posting Locations - Quebec City

**About This Opportunity**:
The District Sales Manager, Generalist is reponsbile for all sales priorities and initiatives within their territory for both Large and Small Format customers. The District Sales Manager is also responsible for the management, coaching, and suppot of the Sales Development Managers within their territory.

**Responsibilities**:

- Responsible for the execution of all sales priorities and initiatives for both Large and Small format customers in their territory
- Understand P&L and manage budgets
- Responsible for managing a team of Sales Development Managers
- Coach and develop the team of direct reports while ensuring a culture of learning and development exists throughout the selling organization
- Responsible for relationships with accounts serving as the connection point with Sales area leadership in operations
- Regular interaction with store level and local chain leaders. Accountable for selling in and adherence to calendar marketing agreements.
- Provide feedback to the national customer teams.
- Execute and fulfill all channel, package and pricing plans provided by the Commercial Leadership COE.
- Provide a feedback loop to the National retail sales team leads on marketplace conditions (includes competition, channel plans, pricing, architecture).
- Represent Company in local government / community forums, as needed, on issues that impact our business
- Drive Live Positively initiatives in field - Provide inspirational leadership and ensure execution of all engagement initiatives (e.g., team meetings) across the MU to drive strong employee engagement
- Builds strong relationships with key customers / suppliers that result in win-win solutions
- Leverages local knowledge to influence and leverage system strengths to drive positive results
- Seen as a key leader for Coca-Cola Bottling Limited in the local market with local municipal government and industries by business / trade / industry groups

**Qualifications**:

- Post-Secondary education, preferably in business related field
- Minimum 2-5 years progressive Sales experience
- Strong business acumen, including an understanding of budgets and operating costs
- Customer focused with proven relationship building strengths and solid experience developing workforce plans based on business goals
- Comfort and ability to thrive in a high-change, fasted paced environment
- Proven collaboration skills with the ability to gain consensus through personal influence
- Demonstrated ability to invite diverse perspectives, promote an inclusive work environment and support workforce diversity
- Accomplished team-builder, skilled at inspiring, motivating and developing people
- Ability to travel day trips to support Market Units up to 50% of the time

**About Us**:
**Proudly Canadian and Independently Owned, we are Coke Canada Bottling**

Coke Canada Bottling is Canada's premier bottling company. We are an independently owned business encompassing over 5,800 associates, more than 50 sales and distribution centres, and five production facilities nationwide.
We have a 120-year heritage of manufacturing, marketing, selling, and distributing the major branded ready-to-drink products Canadians love.
We pride ourselves on building diverse and sustainable relationships with our customers, consumers, stakeholders, and communities through our shared values: lead with an entrepreneurial mindset, collaboration, integrity, accountability, quality and safety.
Our brands include: Coca-Cola®, Diet Coke®, Coca-Cola® Zero Sugar, Sprite®, Fanta®, Barq's®, NESTEA®, POWERADE®, Minute Maid®, DASANI® and vitaminwater®; and our partner brands: Canada Dry®, Monster Energy®, and A&W®.

**Important**:
All offers of employment at Coca-Cola Canada Bottling Limited (“Coke Canada Bottling”) are conditional upon a successful background clearance obtained through our contracted third-party vendor. The standard clearance requirements depend on the position and may include some or all of the following: criminal clearance, employment verification, education verification and drivers abstract review. Please advise the Talent Acquisition team if you have any questions or concerns in regards to this once you are contacted for further consideration.