Customer Sales Manager

Customer Sales Manager

Sarasota, FL, USA Req #46019

Monday, March 10, 2025

Who We Are:


* Coca-Cola Beverages Florida, LLC (Coke Florida) is a family-owned independent Coca-Cola bottler that is the third largest privately-held and the sixth largest independent Coca-Cola bottler in the United States.


* Coke Florida sells, markets, manufactures and distributes over 600 products of The Coca-Cola Company and other partner companies including Monster Beverage Corporation and BODYARMOR.


* In 2024, for the 3rd year in a row, Coke Florida was named as a US Best Managed Company by Deloitte Private and The Wall Street Journal.

This program recognizes outstanding U.S.

private companies and the achievements of their management teams in four key areas: strategy, ability to execute, corporate culture, and governance/financial performance.

What We Offer:
Eligible full time Coke Florida Associates can participate in our Total Rewards Program which includes:


* Total Wellness Programs including health, dental and vision plans


* 401K program with healthy company match


* Supplemental Life Insurance


* Three weeks of vacation pay, and 10 company paid holidays

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* Tuition reimbursement


* Employee Assistance Programs (EAP)


* Competitive compensation

Coke Florida is looking for a Customer Sales Manager based out of our Sarasota location.

What You Will Do:

The Customer Sales Manager is a comprehensive-selling role that reports into the Territory Sales Leader.

The main objective is to penetrate the customer at multiple levels within their organization build relationships and grow our mutual businesses through the sell-in of promotional activity, displays, and local marketing programs.

Roles and Responsibilities:


* Build relationships and sell to Market Manager and store level decision makers


* Communicate effectively with multiple levels of the customer's organization


* Collaborate with internal Business Partners (Customer Account Managers, Supply Chain, Sales Execution Team) to support the development of programming that will accelerate incremental business and exceed program objectives; where applicable


* Conduct post promotional analysis measuring the success levels of for your designated customer area and provide feedback to leader on market trends


* Sell-in and implement local, regional, and national marketing programs


* Build frontline engagement with your customer


* Sell in look of success to customer and measure marketplace execution


* Ability to take initiative and manage multiple projects


* Build customer and selling capabilities within field organization

For this role, you will need:


* Direct Store Delivery (DSD) and/or Beverage category experience preferred


* Strong communication skills (Listening, Speaking, Writing, Inquiring)


* Strong collaboration skills


* Ability to create and conduct sales presentations


* Analytical thinking (St...