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Key Account Manager - Chicago, IL

Job Description: 

BrightFarms is the leading urban agriculture company, attacking a large, attractive and fast-growing market opportunity with a strong leadership team and world-class investors, board members and partners.  We are exploiting a financial and environmental arbitrage opportunity by building a distributed network of local greenhouse farms. Our long-term fixed-price contracts with supermarkets are unique to the industry, reducing risk, attracting project finance and enabling scale.

We are currently looking to add a Key Account Manager to our team.

As a Key Account Manager you will be responsible for driving product sell-through to a key customer in the Mid-Atlantic region. You will work directly with clients to forecast, execute and monitor weekly sales orders.  You are also responsible for field level selling and relationship management – measured by per store volume growth.  You will also have frequent interaction at the store level, creating strong relationships with produce managers.

Compensation/Salary: 
DOE
Requirements: 
  • 3-5 years selling and customer management experience (ideally in the supermarket channel).
  • Strong organizational skills that reflect the ability to perform and prioritize multiple tasks seamlessly with excellent attention to detail.
  • Very strong interpersonal skills and the ability to build relationships with stakeholders, including staff, customers and external partners.
  • Expert level written and verbal communication skills.
  • Experience in sales analytics and reporting.
  • Forward looking thinker, who actively seeks opportunities and proposes solutions.
  • Frequent travel to customers/stores in the Northeast/Mid-Atlantic region required.

The ideal candidate must will sincerely care about leading the movement to improve the environmental impact of the food supply chain. They will be passionate about creating a healthier planet, environment and food supply. They will also be highly motivated and know for getting things done. 

Responsibilities & Duties: 
  • To provide fanatical customer service – always!
  • Lead day-to-day relationships with clients in regards to order processing, sell-through rates and order/delivery logistics.
  • Coordinate weekly forecasts with greenhouse production teams, communicate to clients and proactively manage orders to ensure 100% of greenhouse volume is sold through to client partners on a weekly basis.
  • Develop and maintain excellent store level relationships at client partners.
  • Analyze and report weekly sales trends to BrightFarms leadership team.
  • Partner with greenhouse production teams to ensure optimal planting and harvesting aligned with customer needs.

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