C-Store Retail Account Executive

Join America’s favorite family bakery since 1934—home of Little Debbie®, Drake’s® Cakes, and Sunbelt Bakery® Granola Bars. Work with legacy brands that bring smiles to faces nationwide, including yours. You’ll experience a culture committed to work-life balance, guaranteed time off, and supportive health and wellness offerings. Enjoy profit sharing, long‑term job security, and a range of exciting career paths. When you join McKee Foods, you’ll discover a better way to live and work.

Salaried grade 8 or 9. $79,500–$98,000 / year, depending on experience and qualifications. Actual salaries may vary and in some cases may be higher with extensive experience and strong performance. Exempt. This position is part of a career ladder that includes grades 8, 9, 11, indicating potential for advancement.

1st Shift (Monday – Friday, 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. other hours as needed)

Remote

McKee Foods is seeking a C‑Store Retail Account Executive to join our Retail Account team. A C‑Store Retail Account Executive identifies and develops strategies that create opportunities for distributors to grow sales of McKee products to retailers.

• Develop and maintain strong business relationships with C‑store retail headquarters and key decision‑makers.
• Manage and grow existing C‑store retail accounts while initiating contact and acquiring new business within the channel.
• Increase distribution, ACV, and overall brand presence for the Little Debbie brand in C‑stores.
• Develop and implement strategic business plans for major C‑store retailers to drive category and product growth.
• Partner with the Field Sales Organization (FSO) to support retail execution, alternative distribution methods, and overall channel growth.
• Assist the FSO with preparation for retail meetings and participate in joint calls with major accounts as needed.
• Serve as a liaison between C‑store accounts and the FSO by communicating service requests and account needs.
• Analyze market, sales, and category data to identify trends, uncover insights, and maximize product and category performance.
• Provide C‑store‑specific market and category performance analysis to both external retailers and internal McKee field sales teams.
• Develop, maintain, and enhance tools, reports, and data applications that support the C‑store business.
• Conduct research to identify growth opportunities and new applications for existing data at key C‑store retailers.
• Prepare and deliver professional sales presentations, formal analyses, and sales aids for internal and external audiences such as McKee, FSO and retailers.
• Collaborate with retailers and internal teams to develop strategic, data‑driven growth plans by retailer and category.

• One to two years of college (>31 hours).
• 2 years of experience preferably in marketing or sales, or equivalent combination of education and experience (1 year of education = 2 years of experience).
• Experience calling on retail headquarters and / or retail field management for the c‑store industry.
• Proven leadership ability.
• Demonstrated ability to develop sales by identifying and following up on opportunities for new sales and additional sales by Wholesale Distributors into c‑store accounts.
• Demonstrated ability to maintain account specific information including pricing, new item authorizations, promotion authorizations, authorization lists, and other essential information.
• Demonstrated ability in the preparing and maintaining of sales reports.
• Demonstrated ability in the development and making of sales presentations.
• Proven ability to develop good business relationships at retail headquarters.
• Excellent sales skills and a high level of initiative and self‑motivation.
• Ability to handle challenging selling situations using persuasion skills.
• Ability to gather, analyze, and interpret data into actionable insights.
• Ability to handle multiple tasks, stay organized, and follow‑through to completion.
• Good people skills.
• Ability to work effectively both independently and as part of a team.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Skilled at using the computer including Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Gmail.
• Thorough understanding…