A Day In The Life Of A Foodservice Senior Key Account Sales Manager At PepsiCo
A Foodservice Senior Key Account Sales Manager at PepsiCo experiences a highly variable workday, describing it as "more of a reactive business" where unplanned customer issues frequently disrupt schedules. While Mondays and Fridays are often dedicated to meetings from home, the majority of the work week involves field work with the sales team and client visits, though the ability to execute planned activities is only about 50% due to the dynamic nature of the role.
Problem-Solving, Communication, Teamwork, Resilience, Real-World Examples
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Chris Tuzzio
Foodservice Senior Key Account Sales Manager
PepsiCo
University of Colorado Boulder
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Political Science, American Studies
Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG), Food, Beverages & Alcohol
Sales and Client Management
None Applicable
Video Highlights
1. The day-to-day work is highly dynamic and reactive, requiring adaptability to address customer issues as they arise.
2. A significant portion of the job involves working directly with customers and the sales team, requiring frequent visits and on-site interactions.
3. Work-life balance is considered, with an attempt to allocate specific days for meetings and home-based work, although the reactive nature of the job can influence this plan
Transcript
What does your day in the life look like?
Every day in this job is completely different. I'd say it's more of a reactive business.
The CPG world is definitely very reactive. You could have your full day or week planned out, but when issues arise with customers, and they do every single day, you turn into a firefighter, putting out fires.
There's no real set-in-stone day. Mondays and Fridays, I try to work from home as I'm in a lot of meetings on those days. During the week, I try to get out with my sales team or visit some of my customers.
But again, you can plan out as much as you want, and you'll likely only get to do what you planned about 50% of the time, if not less.
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