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Overview

The Large Format Sales District Leader (SDL) Designate will report directly into the Area Sales manager and will learn about our business model, our processes and gain the experience of how to influence cross functionally, interact with our teams and develop and lead a strategic agenda to drive results. In this role you will benefit from a program which begins with a structured onboarding allowing you the opportunity to acclimate to PepsiCo's fast paced environment. This will build strong foundational knowledge while also increasing ownership and responsibility within this role to set you up for success as you will be responsible for leading execution and managing the customer relationships in large format accounts. You will lead a team of frontline employees to merchandise orders for key customers in a fast-paced direct store delivery environment. Position is directly responsible for full-time Merchandisers, whose primary set of responsibilities is to service large volume stores, such as supermarkets, Mass Merchants, etc.

This role also indirectly leads Large Format Presell Representatives and Territory Sales Representatives (in Geo Model) through a dotted line reporting relationship, providing guidance, leveraging influential leadership to ensure cohesive performance across the broader large format team... This role will drive superior marketplace execution and customer service, share growth and profit performance. As the manager of full-time Merchandisers, this role will have the authority to interview, hire, train, promote, and manage all aspects of the performance of the full-time Merchandising team.

Specific management duties, include but are not limited to, interviewing, selecting, training, and scheduling Merchandisers, assessing performance against performance metrics, and providing feedback on performance on a regular basis.

Responsibilities

• Serve as an Executional Leader in large format for Pods, providing a second layer of sales and service support for the Territory Sales Leader

• Coach and lead a team of full-time merchandisers on selling, display execution, and merchandising standards. Via dotted line reporting relationship, provide guidance, influential leadership and support to Large Format Presell Representatives with key selling initiatives

• Ownership over large format customer relationships, flagging any potential risks or concerns

• Support large format overall business development, including crafting pitch strategies and materials

• Assign full-time merchandisers to a consistent set of large format and high-volume accounts to service on a regular basis; as needed, adjust store assignments to ensure proper service coverage for any fill-ins or backup

• Conduct 'work-withs/route rides' with frontline employees to develop their merchandising and customer service skills

• Apply knowledge of merchandising principles to drive productivity

• Brief frontline employees on scheduling and meeting productivity goals

• Anticipate potential customer issues; apply contingency planning to avoid customer dissatisfaction

• Train frontline employees and utilize processes and tools

• Interview, train, and onboard any newly hired merchandisers

• Track and monitor key performance metrics (KPIs) including review volume and waste targets and action against opportunities

• Oversee Pod compliance including conducting audits of merchandiser and LF PSR in-store huddles and daily digests

• Supervise daily operations, delegate tasks and monitor progress

• Work closely with the Territory Sales Leader and Sales Representatives to execute sales strategy across the merchandising team

• Solicit feedback and input from the Sales Representatives working alongside the Merchandising Team as part of the regular performance review process

• Set productivity and service targets