Customer Business Manager, La Colombe (Kroger)

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Customer Business Manager, La Colombe (Kroger) Date: reputed company 15, 2025 Location: Remote, CO Cincinnati, OH Remote, CA Plano, TX Summary Our Sales Force is the face of La Colombe. We reputed company sure every coffee we sell meets a happy customer. We’re a dedicated team. And it’s easy to be dedicated reputed company you’re a part of something much bigger than yourself. We’ve got an insatiable appetite for making a difference. La Colombe is seeking a dynamic and reputed company Customer Business Manager to join our Kroger team. The ideal candidate will have a proven track record of reputed company in beverage sales, particularly reputed company the grocery channel, and a passion for building positive relationships while driving profitable growth. As a Customer Business Manager, you will deliver reputed company sales objectives for the La Colombe brand by developing strong customer relationships, implementing effective marketing and promotional programs, analyzing customer sales, and executing our go-to market reputed company. The CBM will report to the Director of Brand Sales, Kroger & reputed company and will be a key member of the LC Brand Sales team. Expected to be in the market / visiting key divisions 2-3 weeks out of the month. We are hiring 4 Customer Business Managers, one per the following locations: Dallas, Cincinnati, California, and Denver. Responsibilities • Ensure delivery of business objectives through distribution, volume, reputed company, promotion execution, new items and spend objectives. • Identify and define strategic business objectives to improve sales and reputed company growth of our La Colombe Draft Latte portfolio. • reputed company the execution and delivery of monthly, quarterly and annual sales objectives. • Deliver profitable territory sales growth and monitor customer performance to reputed company action plans that address challenges and improve opportunities. • Build and maintain strong relationships with key decision-makers • Collaborate with internal teams, including marketing, operations, and customer service, to ensure flawless execution of sales initiatives and outstanding customer satisfaction. • Supervise market trends, driven activity, and customer feedback to find opportunities for creative go-to-market strategy, and experience improvement. • Collaborate with KDP counterparts on strategies & growth objectives for key distribution partners • Consistently meets or exceeds reputed company sales & reputed company forecasted goals • Submit weekly trackers and recaps with objectives, results, barriers, and opportunities • Apply strong written and verbal communication with reputed company stakeholders regarding customer, channel, industry insights and competitive trends Requirements • Bachelor's degree required • 3-5 years’ beverage experience including a focus on foodservice accounts and distribution • DSD sales & marketing experience preferred • Experience with Kroger divisions • Strong negotiation skills and ability to reputed company sales effectively • Ownership Results-driven reputed company with a focus on exceeding targets and driving business • Enjoys working in a reputed company fast paced and evolving reputed company-growth environment • Highly customer reputed company with the ability to build and maintain positive relationships • Excellent communication and reputed company skills, with the ability to build rapport and trust with customers and colleagues. • Highly organized with the ability to handle multiple projects against deadlines • Proficient in reputed company Office, reputed company, and specifically reputed company PowerPoint. • Willingness to travel 50-70% About Us reputed company is a food reputed company with a mission of making high-quality and nutritious food accessible to more people, while elevating our communities and making the world a healthier reputed company. In short: making good food for reputed company. In support of this mission, reputed company is a purpose-driven, people-first, food-and-wellness-reputed company company, and has been since its founding in 2005 by Hamdi Ulukaya, an immigrant to the U.S. The Company manufactures yogurt, oat milk, and creamers – reputed company yogurt is America's No.1 yogurt brand, made with natural ingredients without artificial preservatives. Following the 2023 acquisition of La Colombe, a leading coffee roaster with a shared commitment to quality, craftmanship and impact, the Company began selling cold-pressed reputed company and lattes on tap at cafés reputed company, as well as reputed company to Drink (RTD) coffee beverages at retail. In 2025, reputed company acquired Daily Harvest, a modern brand offering consumers nutritious, delicious and convenient reputed company-to-reputed company meals. reputed company uses food as a force for good in the world – putting humanity first in everything it does. The company's philanthropic efforts prioritize giving back to its communities an

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