As part of this position, you will be accountable for:

The Retail Development Specialist (RDS) for Danone drives in-store sales growth by executing Danone’s strategic retail plan across Saskatchewan, including major cities like Saskatoon and Regina as well as key remote towns with large stores such as Prince Albert, Moose Jaw, and others.  The role requires efficient territory coverage and occasional overnight stays - about every two weeks - to ensure optimal visits beyond Saskatoon and Regina. By maximizing store coverage and fostering strong, win-win relationships, the successful candidate will expand Danone’s presence across all retail touchpoints—distribution, space, displays, on-shelf availability, and in-store activation—aligned with Danone’s retail priorities. The RDS will leverage advanced retail tools and data (e.g., Power BI, sales platforms) to ensure compliance and identify growth opportunities. This is a dynamic sales development role with daily shopper and customer interaction.      

More specifically:

• Deliver the Danone execution strategy and plans to ensure compliance and identify sales opportunities with customers
• Build strong mutually beneficial relationships and be able to maintain a strong business focus and shopper understanding.
• Proactively manage and negotiate product distribution, space, visibility on display and on the shelves.
• Interpret point of sales (POS) dollars and units’ data as well as market shares to identify opportunities
• Negotiate merchandising tools placement and refrigerated units.
• Conduct business reviews with customers and influence inventory management with pre-orders in store
• Train and manage a merchandiser
• Be creative, think outside the box and be a team player who is not afraid to share and learn from others.
• Plan, prioritize and organize your own work and monitor progress vs target to ensure objectives are delivered on time and in full
• Cover your territory effectively

The ideal candidate will have the following qualifications and competencies:

• University degree in business administration or another relevant field
• Minimum 2 years’ experience in a sales representative role or relevant role
• Great interest in the consumer goods market
• Communication, customer focus and problem solving
• Ability to work independently and manage time and priorities
• 30-40% travelling, with occasional overnight stays (approx. every two weeks)
• Agility, positive attitude, respect for the work ethic
• Good knowledge of sales techniques and ability to persuade with facts and figures
• Good knowledge of Microsoft Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel)
• Resides in the assigned territory
• Possesses a valid driver licence
• Bilingualism is an asset (French and English)

What are you waiting for? Join our team and enjoy these exceptional benefits!

Danone Canada is a business unit of Danone and operates from headquarter offices in Boucherville, Quebec, and Toronto, Ontario. Danone Canada is the country’s largest consumer-facing B Corporation, demonstrating that the company meets the highest standards of social and environmental performance, accountability, and transparency. From year to year, Danone is recognized as one of Canada’s Top 100 Employers for its forward-thinking work environment and was awarded the Parity Certification Women in Governance for our commitment towards gender equality in the workplace. We have 500+ employees across Canada that are engaged and energized to deliver Danone’s mission: Bringing health through to food to as many people as possible, by working on strong brands such as Activia, Oikos, Danone, Silk, International Delight and many others. Come join our movement for a healthier world: One Planet. One Health BY YOU.

Danone Canada doesn’t just welcome what makes you unique, we value it. We’re proud to provide equal opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to cultural background, religion, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression or age. Faithful to our values of openness and humanism, all our employees share the commitment to engage one another with dignity and respect.

Please note that this posting has been written in the masculine form solely to shorten the text. We promote diversity and encourage all people with the skills mentioned in this posting to apply for this position.

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