Area Route Manager

Area Route Manager oversees a team of Route Sales Representatives and Route Sales Associates in the assigned market to drive sales growth, maintain customer relationships, and execute pricing actions. Responsibilities include developing and executing a business plan, managing costs to grow operating income, leading the route sales team to ensure optimal service, maintaining direct relationships with key accounts, planning for top customers, presenting new product portfolios, executing marketing calendar activities, driving customer retention, coaching RSRs through regular ride-alongs, facilitating team meetings, maintaining delivery schedules to minimize inventory issues, providing issue escalation to ensure customer satisfaction, and ensuring compliance with safety and DOT policies. Travel up to 25% is required.