Overview

The National Grocers Association (NGA) is the national trade association for America’s 21,500 independent community grocers. NGA members include retail and wholesale grocers located in every congressional district across the country, as well as state grocers’ associations, manufacturers and service suppliers.

Position Summary

NGA is searching for an energetic and ambitious individual to Oversee the development, implementation, and execution of business development plans for current and future NGA growth platforms including membership, event sponsorships, advertising, and fundraising, as well as additional fee-based products and services.  The ideal candidate will be proactive, personable, professional, resourceful, and efficient and has association experience in the membership, sales, advertising, sponsorship, exhibits, and/or events fields.

 Essential duties and responsibilities include the following:

• Manages NGA's membership recruitment efforts across all categories of membership
• Assist current members with maximizing their membership
• Lead sponsorship sales and execution of sponsorship agreements for assigned conferences; executes all aspects of conference sponsorship agreements onsite as the key NGA contact for sponsors.
• Manage advertising sales and execution of advertising agreements, work with other NGA team members on successful execution of programs
• Work collaboratively with the NGA Foundation and the NGA Government Relations teams on fundraising for NGA's affiliated programs
• Meet or exceed annual revenue goals established in NGA's growth plans
• Develop new revenue programs that are aligned to NGA's objectives and compliment established programs
• Support the development and management of various pipeline building strategies, campaigns and programs
  

Skills and Experience

• Bachelor's degree required
• 4+ years of relevant practical business development experience, preferably within an association environment
• Proven ability to close new business opportunities and achieve sales results
• Excellent written and oral communications skills
• Strong organization skills and attention to detail
• Ability to multitask on simultaneous projects
• Team player with proven ability to collaborate on other projects
• Demonstrable strategic acumen in solving challenges
• Experience with Association Management Systems (AMS) and/or other CRM tools
• Proficiency with Microsoft Operating System

How to Apply

Interested parties should send their resume and cover letter to hr@nationalgrocers.org with the subject “Business Development Position.”

NGA is an equal opportunity employer offering generous benefits including: partial employee paid health and dental insurance, 11 paid holidays and 1 floating holiday, generous PTO, flexible virtual work schedules, and 401(k) eligibility starting on the 1^st quarter of the following 6 months of employment.