Retail sales enablement and category management across North America and Europe
Acosta operates a large field sales organization (1,016 active roles, accelerating) embedded across retail networks, backed by a data and analytics layer built on Oracle, SAP, Circana, NielsenIQ, and Databricks. The hiring velocity and project focus on fresh-food operations, promotions, and category reviews signal investment in operational efficiency; the tech stack reveals a company managing legacy ERP systems (Oracle Fusion HCM, JDA) alongside newer analytics tools, indicating ongoing modernization rather than wholesale platform replacement.
Notable leadership hires: Key Accounts Director, Account Director, Retail Service Lead, Retail Director, Reset Lead
Acosta is a retail services company with 10,000+ employees across North America and Europe, headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida. Founded in 1927, the company functions as an intermediary between consumer brands and retailers, providing field sales teams, category management, space planning, business intelligence, and shopper marketing support. The operating model combines on-the-ground retail service staff (reset crews, account managers, merchandisers) with back-office functions in HCM, supply chain optimization, and analytics. Recent project work emphasizes fresh-food supply chain reliability, promotional fund management, product availability, and digital tools that enable retail service teams to execute in-store.
Core systems: Oracle Fusion HCM, SAP, Oracle; analytics: Circana, NielsenIQ, Power BI, Tableau, Databricks, Azure Analysis Services; productivity: Microsoft Office, Teams, Google Workspace. Also uses Blue Yonder (supply chain), JDA (retail planning), and ServiceNow (IT service management).
Jacksonville, Florida. The company operates across North America and Europe with hiring activity in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Brazil, and Peru.
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