This role of the VP (Vice President), National Accounts has the following essential functions, duties, and responsibilities. This role includes the leadership of VP, National Accounts, and management of Directors of National Accounts, National Account Managers, and all Sales support positions to include cross-functional collaboration. This leadership position will be accountable for the daily management & execution of all national account customers under their sales teams. The role will require effectively managing customers as they transition from the Business Development team over to the national account management teams. Responsible for the creation and delivery of disciplined customer business planning integration, strategy and execution plans. Accountable for customer P&L management, profitable volume growth, execution of corporate strategic imperatives and cross-functional alignment. Owns the development of the required communication framework to effectively cascade information and initiatives to appropriate stakeholders.
The role will require an individual skillset development capabilities and effective team building leadership and skills. The position will require excellent customer management skills, with the ability to act as a business consultant, communicator, coach, facilitator, and one Sysco alignment capabilities
Must demonstrate strong contract management skills with the ability to effectively communicated customer execution plans across the Sysco system. This role will require the ability to build & manage a customer wiring model that effectively connects Sysco at all levels & functions within all customers under their reasonability. A high level of executive maturity is required to manage customers at all levels of leadership. Ability to effectively communicate and align Sysco field operations to national customer execution and business growth strategies.
The role will require the ability to be the liaison between corporate departments: Merchandising, Finance, Marketing, Category management, Sales operations, Supply chain, Revenue management, Sysco Technology, and sustainability.
The position will require the ability to train and develop direct reports on the skills of business planning, customer business reviews, P&L (profit & loss) management, customer wiring, and all corporate development initiatives.
Develop and lead sales strategy for customer base and direct reports.
Team development to include on-going customer meeting & business reviews
Achieve Sales, Gross Profit, and Delivered-Margin Financial Plan for their group of customers.
Gaining new market share, improving gross profit on existing business, and managing service levels and MDA (master distribution agreement) commitments to drive bottom line profits.
Build customer partnerships that allow us to align our Category Management and our Revenue Management teams and opportunities that will create value for both – Sysco and Customer
Manage contracts, terms, and conditions including the customer MDA (Master Distribution Agreement), Amendments, extensions, renewals, letters of intent, limited time offers.
Responsible for cross-functional customer alignment, customer wiring, top-to-tops (drive bi-annual/annual customer meetings with C suite executives of customer and Sysco).
Responsible for leading a team of sales and support professionals, which includes coaching and development and holding the team accountable to National Accounts Selling Standards.
Bachelor's in Business/Sales/Marketing or equivalent experience
10+ years of National Sales experience. 5+ years of leadership experience
Professional Skills
Proficient in MS Office - Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint
Proficient in using Salesforce.com
Strong financial acumen
Professional engagement
Proven leadership skills
Physical Demands
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, stand, walk and use hands and fingers to operate a computer keyboard, mouse, and telephone to talk and hear.
The employee is frequently required to sit and reach with hands and arms.
The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 20 pounds.
Sysco is the global leader in selling, marketing and distributing food products to restaurants, healthcare and educational facilities, lodging establishments and other customers who prepare meals away from home. Its family of products also includes equipment and supplies for the foodservice and hospitality industries. With more than 74,000 colleagues, the company operates 334 distribution facilities worldwide and serves approximately 725,000 customer locations. For fiscal year 2023 that ended July 1, 2023, the company generated sales of more than $76 billion. Information about our Sustainability program, including Sysco’s 2022 Sustainability Report and 2022 Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Report, can be found at www.sysco.com.
