Director, Retail Sales - DSD Giant Eagle

Job Description Summary:

Job Location: REMOTE: Pittsburgh, PA OR Cleveland, OH

The Director, Retail Sales is a key leadership role responsible for driving growth across Coca-Cola’s beverage portfolio, encompassing multiple brands and categories, both in-store and online. This position focuses on accelerating beverage category growth by developing and executing customer-centric plans that align with Giant Eagle, Bottler, and Coca-Cola Company objectives. The role requires strategic vision, collaborative execution, and a results-driven approach to deliver revenue, profit, and volume targets.

Key Responsibilities:

Strategic Planning:

• Develop customized business plans addressing the critical needs of Giant Eagle and Bottlers while achieving Coca-Cola system profit, revenue, and volume targets.

• Collaboratively create strategic price/package plans that deliver mutual results for Giant Eagle and the Coca-Cola system.

Operational Excellence:

• Ensure data accuracy in Giant Eagle and Bottler systems, resolving billing discrepancies and post-audit issues.

• Partner with Revenue Growth Management to conduct post-promotional analysis, refining price/package plans based on performance insights.

• Work closely with the Finance Manager to ensure forecast accuracy and achieve plan targets.

Marketing & Execution:

• Develop and implement marketing programs that drive growth across in-store and omnichannel platforms.

• Communicate weekly with Bottlers to ensure flawless execution of promotional plans, display commitments, and marketing programs.

• Sell-in and execute promotional strategies for new brand and package launches.

Data-Driven Insights:

• Collaborate with Category Management to leverage market insights (Nielsen) and customer data (Symphony EYC) for informed decision-making.

Education Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree required.

Related Work Experience:

• Minimum 3 years of experience in the consumer packaged goods (CPG) industry; beverage experience preferred.

Key Skills & Competencies:

• Proven track record of progressive responsibility in account management within large consumer goods organizations.

• Expertise in complex selling, with the ability to develop and sell customer-specific promotional programs and initiatives.

• Strong knowledge of bottler environments, systems, and business development planning.

• Proficiency in trade fund management and business analytics.

• General management experience with a strategic mindset.

• Familiarity with Nielsen and Symphony EYC data for market and customer insights.

• Demonstrated ability to manage diverse stakeholder needs across multiple business systems.

Leadership Behaviors:

• Drive Innovation: Generate unique solutions and embrace new ideas to sustain and grow the business, including product and package innovation.

• Collaborate with Systems, Customers, and Stakeholders: Build and leverage relationships to drive impact across the Coca-Cola System.

• Act Like an Owner: Deliver results and create value for Coca-Cola’s brands, customers, and stakeholders.

• Inspire Others: Motivate teams to achieve Coca-Cola’s mission and instill passion for the business.

• Develop Self and Others: Foster personal growth and support the development of others to reach their full potential.

Growth Behaviors:

• Growth Mindset: Demonstrates curiosity and embraces failure as a learning opportunity.

• Smart Risk: Makes bold decisions and recommendations.

• Externally Focused: Understands the broader implications of work and shares external trends and best practices.

• Performance Driven & Accountable: Sets high performance standards and consistently delivers results.

• Fast/Agile: Removes barriers to progress, adapts quickly, and thrives under pressure.

• Empowered: Brings solutions, challenges the status quo, and takes courageous stances when necessary.

The Coca-Cola Company will not offer sponsorship for employment status (including, but not limited to, H1-B visa status and other employment-based nonimmigrant visas) for this position. Accordingly, all applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis and must not require The Coca-Cola Company's sponsorship to continue to work legally in the United States.

Skills:

Business, Business Development Planning, Business Objectives, Leadership, Long Term Planning, Performance Driven, Personal Initiative, Relationship Building, Revenue Growth

Pay Range:

$141,000 - $165,200

Base pay offered may vary depending on geography, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. A full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the position, is offered.

Annual Incentive Reference Value Percentage:

30

Annual Incentive reference value is a market-based competitive value for your role. It falls in the middle of the range for your role, indicating performance at target.

Location(s):

United States of America

City/Cities:

Remote

Travel Required:

26% - 50%

Relocation Provided:

No

Job Posting End Date:

April 17, 2026

Our Purpose and Growth Culture:

We are taking deliberate action to nurture an inclusive culture that is grounded in our company purpose, to refresh the world and make a difference. We act with a growth mindset, take an expansive approach to what’s possible and believe in continuous learning to improve our business and ourselves. We focus on four key behaviors – curious, empowered, inclusive and agile – and value how we work as much as what we achieve. We believe that our culture is one of the reasons our company continues to thrive after 130+ years. Visit Our Purpose and Vision to learn more about these behaviors and how you can bring them to life in your next role at Coca-Cola.

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