Sales Manager, C-Store

About this role

At 1440 Foods, we're on a mission to energize people to unleash their full potential with a portfolio of great-tasting, high-protein snacks and supplements. Our brands Pure Protein®, Body Fortress®, MET-Rx®, and FITCrunch® make better nutrition accessible, enjoyable, and part of an active lifestyle.

As a fast-growing sports and active nutrition company, we are shaping the future of health and wellness in CPG. If you're looking to make a big impact in a high-growth, entrepreneurial environment, we'd love to have you on board!

Position Overview:

The Sales Manager, C-Store owns profitable growth for the U.S. Convenience channel — executing channel strategy across national retailers, distributors, and brokers; serving as the primary commercial contact for key accounts; and driving disciplined forecasting, trade-spend management, and commercial processes across the 1440 Foods portfolio.

If you're a results-driven sales professional who thrives on building distributor and retailer relationships in a fast-paced environment, we'd love to talk to you.

Job Responsibilities:

Accelerate Convenience & Small Format Channel Growth

• Execute the U.S. Convenience channel strategy to drive profitable sales growth across national retailers and distributor partners.

• Identify growth opportunities through distribution expansion, void closure, assortment optimization, and market analysis.

• Develop customer-specific promotional plans and commercialization strategies, and support innovation launches to gain distribution.

• Partner cross-functionally with Marketing, Supply Chain, Finance, and Category Management to support channel objectives.

• Represent 1440 Foods at industry trade shows, distributor shows, and customer events (i.e. NACS).

Key Account Management

• Manage relationships with national convenience retailers and distributor headquarters as the primary vendor contact.

• Lead joint business planning, assortment and planogram reviews, promotional planning, and pricing discussions with broker coordination to ensure executional excellence.

• Own sales forecasting, customer communications, new item setup, issue resolution, and day-to-day account management.

• Collaborate with distributor partners and direct the broker network to drive execution, distribution, in-stock availability, and promotional performance.

Commercial Excellence

• Manage and optimize trade spend in line with budget, including post-promotion reconciliation and quarterly promotion ROI analysis.

• Monitor business performance, promotional effectiveness, and key sales metrics — leveraging syndicated data, sales and order trends, and distributor inventory — to identify opportunities and risks.

• Improve forecasting accuracy and reporting through data analysis and cross-functional collaboration.

• Develop and maintain standardized SOPs, reporting tools, and sales tracking processes that increase efficiency, visibility, and execution across the channel.

Qualifications and Skills:

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Marketing, or a related field.

• 5+ years of CPG sales, customer development, or key account management experience.

• Working knowledge of the convenience landscape, including wholesale distributors, retailers, and broker network.

• Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to build compelling sell-in materials and collaborate cross-functionally.

• Results-driven, organized self-starter with a track record of exceeding sales goals in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment.

• Strong analytical skills with experience in syndicated data (Circana) and Power BI or similar; experience managing trade spend and promotion ROI.

Why Join Us?

• Opportunity to lead a growing, high-visibility channel for a fast-growing CPG company.

• Collaborative and entrepreneurial work culture.

• Competitive compensation and benefits package.

• Career development and growth opportunities.

If you're a sales professional who thrives in a fast-paced environment and wants to make a real impact across the convenience channel, we'd love to hear from you.

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