National Account Manager, Kroger

Kroger National Account Manager

Harvest Group is an integrated commerce agency that helps high-growth consumer brands win in today's complex retail landscape. Since 2006, we've partnered with some of the world's most recognized brands to navigate the intersection of in-store and digital commerce, retail media, and social platforms across leading retailers including Walmart, Sam's Club, Target, Amazon, Costco, and Kroger. What sets Harvest Group apart is our connected approach. By aligning strategy, execution, and insights across every stage of the retail journeyand powering that work through our proprietary technology platformwe help brands create sustainable growth in an increasingly dynamic marketplace. But our success starts with our people. At Harvest Group, our culture and values shape how we work, serve our clients, and support one another. We believe in building meaningful relationships, pursuing excellence with humility, and creating an environment where talented individuals can do their best work while continuing to grow professionally and personally. Our commitment to our people has earned recognition as one of the nation's best workplaces, including:

• Inc. Best Places to Work (2025, 2026)
• Great Place to Work Certified (2024)
• Fortune Best Workplaces for Women (2024)
• Fortune Best Medium Workplaces (2024)
• Fortune Best Consulting & Professional Services Workplaces (2024)
• Business Intelligence Group Best Places to Work (2023)

Our Values

• Integrity Doing what is right in all things
• Relationship Pursuing depth, trust, and collaboration
• Service Laboring for others with humility and care
• Excellence Delivering extraordinary performance and results with humility
• Journey Embracing our past and planning for our future with faith

The Kroger National Account Manager is responsible for developing strong omni-channel relationships, providing strategic direction, and executing best-in-class practices to drive sales and meet profitability goals for our client partners. This role is also responsible for maintaining close communication with key retailer partners and client contacts to determine their needs while executing company goals and strategies. Our approach to client service is grounded in our values. To deliver exceptional excellence for our clients with Kroger, we do require that this role is based in Cincinnati, OH. If you are applying but do not currently reside in this area, please note that Harvest Group does not cover relocation.

Responsibilities

• Align the client and company strategy with the retail account's direction and goals
• Build new relationships and maintain current relationships with all levels of the retail customer
• Oversee and manage the current product listing, opportunities for new business, and new product launches
• Develop strategies for profitably growing this customer and categories
• Develop monthly sales and demand forecasts
• Work cross-functionally within the organization
• Create sales presentations for Kroger
• Maintain an awareness of trends in the industry, competition, and account changes
• Perform all other duties as assigned

Requirements

• At least 3-5 years of current consumer packaged goods account management experience working with Kroger
• Experience leveraging data into actionable insights
• Current experience with item level forecasting
• Trained in strategic negotiations
• Radical curiosity of retail and the constantly changing marketplace
• Detail-oriented with an ability to juggle multiple projects in a fast-paced environment
• Proven ownership mindset
• Excellent written & verbal communication skills
• Ability to proactively and creatively problem solve
• Strong leadership skills
• Strong presentation skills
• Willingness to travel
• Strong Word, Excel, and PowerPoint skills

Preferred

• Experience developing digital advertising strategies on Kroger.com

Our heart at Harvest is to provide and maintain a work environment that fosters diversity, inclusivity, authenticity, mutual respect, professionalism, and growth. Harvest Group is an equal opportunity employer that does not discriminate on the basis of race, creed, color, religion, age, marital status, familial status, national origin, ancestry, disability or handicap, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, and any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. We encourage all interested candidates to apply.