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This role keeps cross-functional teams informed and aligned, ensures sales support platforms effectively meet commercial needs, and manages the resources and processes that enable consistent field execution.\nThe manager serves as a central connection point across Sales, Marketing, Trade, Supply Chain, Finance, Customer Service, IT, external vendors, and technology partners.\nTop Responsibilities\nLead sales communications and field engagement Develop and execute a comprehensive communication strategy that keeps the Foodservice sales organization informed, aligned, and focused on execution priorities. Lead bi-weekly sales update calls and manage recurring field communications, including “What’s New” updates and newsletters.\nDevelop leadership and sales meeting content Create meeting agendas, presentations, and action-item follow-up for field communication meetings. Support leadership presentations and sales meeting content development while maintaining communication calendars and execution timelines.\nCoordinate cross-functional commercial updates and calendarization Consolidate information from Sales, Marketing, Trade, Supply Chain, Finance, and Customer Service. Ensure consistent communication of sales initiatives, product launches, programs, priorities, and process changes across the organization.\nOwn sales support technology and platform strategy Serve as the business owner for commercial technology and sales support platforms. Develop technology roadmaps, prioritize enhancements and issue resolution, facilitate requirements gathering and testing, and monitor platform adoption, utilization, and effectiveness. Platform responsibilities include Telus email functionality, Scanbuy, Nvision, reporting and analytics tools, sample management platforms, and future sales enablement and AI solutions.\nManage technology and vendor partnerships Build productive relationships with technology providers and external vendors. Partner with IT on integrations, upgrades, governance, user access, and system support. Vendor relationships include Racks Inc., Great Northern, Siffron, and Kubik.\nLead merchandiser program administration Create, maintain, and track Foodservice merchandiser resources. Manage field assignments, deployment processes, sales team requests, activity reporting, and communication. Monitor utilization and execution effectiveness while supporting annual planning and budgeting for merchandising initiatives.\nQualifications\nMust-Have Qualifications.\nDemonstrated experience in sales operations, commercial enablement, field communications, technology ownership, or a related business function.\nStrong written, verbal, presentation, and meeting-facilitation skills, with the ability to translate cross-functional information into clear, actionable sales communications.\nExperience gathering business requirements, prioritizing technology enhancements, coordinating user testing, and partnering with IT or technology vendors.\nExperience supporting Foodservice, Away From Home, consumer packaged goods, or another field-based selling organization.\nNice-to-Have Qualifications\nBachelor’s degree in business, communications, marketing, sales operations, information systems, or a related field, or equivalent relevant professional experience\nExperience managing merchandising programs, external vendors, budgets, or field resource deployment.\nFamiliarity with sales enablement, reporting and analytics, QR-code solutions, sample management platforms, SharePoint, or emerging AI-enabled commercial tools.\nKey Capabilities for Success\nCross-functional leadership and stakeholder management\nCommercial communication and executive storytelling\nTechnology roadmap and platform ownership\nVendor and partner management\nProject management and implementation discipline\nAnalytical thinking and adoption measurement\nContinuous improvement and field-service orientation\nThe base pay range for this position at commencement of employment is between the range listed below, however, base pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including but not limited to job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. 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