Since 1869 we've connected people through food they love. Our history was created by remarkable people, ideas, and innovations. It serves as inspiration and foundation for our future success. We're proud to be stewards of amazing brands that people trust. Our portfolio includes the iconic Campbell's brand, as well as Michael Angelo's, noosa, Pace, Pacific Foods, Prego, Rao's Homemade, Swanson, and V8. In our Snacks division, we have brands like Cape Cod, Goldfish, Kettle Brand, Lance, Late July, Pepperidge Farm, Snack Factory, and Synder's of Hanover. We foster a culture of belonging where people come first, and diversity is embraced. And we live our values, always, while setting the highest standards for performance. Here, you will make a difference every day. You will be part of a dynamic, collaborative, and competitive team. You will be supported to build a rewarding career with opportunities to grow, innovate and inspire. Make history with us. The Market Sales Lead (MSL) will provide area support for the retail customer, business continuity and field sales execution team. The MSL will drive retail engagement and Independent Distribution Partner (IDP) partnership while being able to troubleshoot and own the resolution of front-line issues. Their primary focus will be retail engagement and the identification of incremental volume opportunities at retailer level to deliver our sales objectives. Retail Engagement: * Monitor, measure, and ensure compliance with retailer expectations. * Develop and maintain strong relationships with retailer management by demonstrating sales business acumen and partnership. * Identify incremental and compression selling opportunities related to display and distribution and recommend such opportunities to IDPs for execution. * Adapt to retailer and market level conditions to drive business decisions and make recommendations that will improve sales performance. * Establish and maintain a high level of retailer engagement through store frequency visits and prioritization of retailer concerns. * Apply business acumen to resolve disputes with retailers. * Leverage sales technology and data to unlock retailer opportunities and properly respond to retailer ad hoc requests. * Create monthly retailer engagement plans, set weekly calendar to manage the plan, and adjust on a weekly basis based on changing retailer priorities. * Improve retailer satisfaction by trouble shooting product supply issues and selling-in point-of-sale promotional material. * Develop metrics to identify inefficiencies and areas for improvement within assigned market. * Assist with various aspects of pre-event, main event, and post-event execution. * Communicate distribution, merchandising and promotion priorities against specific retailer targets in the market to cross functional partners. * Support retailer expected service levels within the market. * Understand, communicate, and apply the variability and uniqueness for the retailer and shopper, as well as growth potential, in different market conditions across multiple classes of trade (Convenience, Mass, Grocery and Drug, etc.). IDP Engagement: * Establish and maintain strong relationships with IDPs. * Ensure visible engagement and collaborate regularly with IDPs on problem solving related to service delivery to retailers. * Effectively communicate specific retailer expectations and opportunities to IDPs. * Support adhoc IDP requests. * Provide professional in-the-moment conflict management and resolution with IDPs when issues arise. Emergency Services: * Coordinate with local Business Development Managers, Zone Sales Managers, Market Development Leads and Warehouse teams to execute in-the-moment urgent tasks to respond to retailer demands. * Support with store resets based on retailer demand. * Provide emergency services for all retailers, primarily through tempora