About the Role
This is a rare opportunity to join a breakout food brand at a pivotal stage of growth. Led by CEO Peter Rahal, Cofounder and Former CEO of RXBAR, David is working to become the leading consumer food brand focused on high-protein foods in North America and beyond.
Responsibilities
- Own relationships with key grocery retailers, both national and regional
- Drive distribution, shelf placement, promotional execution, and revenue growth across assigned customers
- Lead line reviews, annual planning processes, and customer negotiations
- Build strong relationships with buyers, category managers, brokers, and distributor partners
- Partner with the VP of Retail to develop and execute customer specific growth plans
- Identify opportunities through analysis of distribution, velocity, pricing, promotions, and competitive activity
- Drive successful product launches, assortment expansions, and retail programs
- Ensure strong execution at retail through broker and distributor management
- Own customer forecasts, sales plans, and performance reporting
- Ensure seamless execution supplying retailers with inventory by collaborating with the Supply Chain team and Sales Planning on demand forecast by SKU
- Use syndicated and retailer data to identify opportunities and build compelling selling stories
- Track key performance metrics including distribution, velocity, trade effectiveness, and revenue growth
Requirements
- 5+ years of experience in CPG sales, account management, category management, or commercial leadership
- Experience working at or managing grocery retail accounts, either directly or through broker networks
- Strong understanding of the grocery retail landscape and how decisions are made within major grocery chains
- Experience using syndicated data sources such as Circana, Nielsen, SPINS, 84.51°, or retailer-specific reporting platforms
- Excellent negotiation, communication, presentation, and relationship-building skills
- Strong analytical and financial skills with the ability to translate data into actionable business recommendations
- Highly organized and comfortable managing multiple priorities simultaneously
- A builder who thrives in ambiguity, moves quickly, and takes ownership of outcomes
- Excitement about helping build an early-stage CPG company with a mission to help people increase muscle and decrease fat
Skills
- Negotiation
- Communication
- Presentation
- Relationship-building
- Analytical skills
- Financial skills
- Data analysis
- Broker management
- Distributor management
Location
- New York City
Work Type
- Full-time
- Onsite
Experience Level
- Senior Manager/Director
Salary/Compensations
- $180-240k per year, inclusive of cash bonus based on attainment of company targets + company equity opportunity
Benefits
- 100% covered Health, Vision, Dental Insurance
- 401(k) with 4% match
- Additional perks, such as covered commuter, gym expenses and office lunches
- Substantial and required PTO
About the Company
- David creates tools to increase muscle and decrease fat. Our first product is a protein bar. More broadly, David is a platform to develop high-protein, low-calorie, blood-sugar-friendly foods that are craveable.
