Market Manager - Austin, TX & North Houston, TX

Overview Are you looking for an opportunity to join a dynamic and evolving Sales Team where your expertise will develop and advance Sales Managers? Do you have the passion to lead teams, build innovative ideas and make a real impact in a fast-paced and continually evolving environment? If so, consider this opportunity! Altria Group Distribution Company is currently seeking a Market Manager to join our Sales Team. This role is based in Austin, TX & North Houston, TX area, candidates may also live in surrounding areas: College Station, TX or Temple, TX. Relocation is provided for this position. As the Market Manager, you will lead and develop a sales team to influence customers to create the best in-store experience for the consumer. You will develop short-term and long-term strategies to build business and organization capabilities to build our brands. What you will be doing: Assess individual and team performance, provide coaching, and connect specific assignments or experiences to build capabilities Support the section’s recruiting strategy, lead the onboarding process, and promote talent development through advocating and mentoring Utilize sales tools to analyze the marketplace and capacity of the market team to prioritize work and deploy resources Translate strategy into action by leading the team to develop and measure operational plans and processes Collaborate internally with section leadership, account teams, and peers to remove obstacles and advance results Foster external relationships with key customers to gain alignment and advocacy for brand programs, technology solutions and legislative efforts Educate and engage with your team and key stakeholders to accelerate the consumer transition to smoke free products Cultivate a culture of inclusion through authentic and accountable leadership that empowers people to work together to achieve common goals What we want you to have: Bachelor’s degree or equivalent 4+ years of experience in sales and/or marketing operations in consumer-packaged goods industry preferred Prior experience managing people and accounts Know the Business: Deep understanding of our business including supply chain & strategies; develop strong knowledge of industry and consumers and ability to apply knowledge to strategies & initiatives Builds Relationships: Demonstrates emotional intelligence, seeking to understand others POV and experiences to build rapport and trust; ability to candidly share perspective Solve Problems: Ability to use a data driven approach to make decisions; ability to draw connections across information to identify insights; collaborates & leverages different perspectives to find multiple solutions Influence Others: Ability to communicate simply, balancing logic and emotion, selling with data, insights, and empathy; ability to gain commitment and inspire action; integrate coaching a teaching Adapt & Act: Ability to identify and pursue new approaches while prioritizing the most important work; ability to measure impact and quickly respond as conditions change; demonstrate commitment to self-development Strong Microsoft Office skills and proficient use of operating systems & tools Monthly business travel will be required for meetings - potential for overnights Company Overview Altria has a leading portfolio of tobacco products for U.S. tobacco consumers age 21+. Altria’s Vision through 2030 is to responsibly lead the transition of adult smokers to a non-combustible future. Altria is Moving Beyond Smoking™, leading the way in moving adult smokers away from cigarettes by taking action to transition millions to potentially less harmful choices - believing it is a substantial opportunity for adult tobacco consumers, Altria’s businesses and society. Altria’s wholly owned subsidiaries include the most profitable tobacco companies in their categories: Philip Morris USA Inc. (PM USA), U.S. Smokeless Tobacco Company LLC (USSTC), and John Middleton Co. (Middleton). Altria’s smoke-free portfolio includes Helix Innovations LLC (Helix), the maker of on! oral nicotine pouches, exclusive U.S. commercialization rights to the IQOS Tobacco Heating System®* and Marlboro HeatSticks®*, and an equity investment in JUUL Labs, Inc. (JUUL). Altria also owns equity investments in Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV (ABI), the world’s largest brewer, and Cronos Group Inc. (Cronos), a leading Canadian cannabinoid company. At Altria, we celebrate the power of diverse teams working together to shape our future. We are inspired to bring our best because our unique strengths are valued. We believe our personal success and progress should be guided by Our Cultural Aspiration, a new articulation of what we value and who we aspire to be, collectively. Our Cultural Aspiration respects and complements individual identity, embracing each other’s unique strengths, welcoming newcomers and developing the best, most inclusive and diverse teams. Join us as we work together to shape a better future for adult tobacco consumers, our employees, and our shareholders. Each Altria company is an equal opportunity employer. Learn more about Altria at www.altria.com and follow us on Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn. *IQOS Devices and HeatSticks® are currently unavailable for sale in the United States.