Afresh is the AI platform for grocery retail. We help retailers reduce shrink, improve in-stock rates, and run smarter operations from the store to the DC. Backed by Insight.
About the role
As a Deployment Strategist at Afresh, you'll work with some of the largest grocers in the World to figure out where AI can make a real difference to their business — and then turn those ideas into reality. You'll sit at the intersection of strategy, customers, sales, and product, helping translate a grocer's biggest business problems into solutions that create real value.
What they're looking for
- Customer-facing experience. 5+ years in a customer-facing role such as strategy or technology consulting, systems integration, solutions consulting, solutions architecture, technical pre-sales, or enterprise sales
- Commercial instinct. You've worked closely with Sales to shape and win new business
- Good judgment on what to build. You can define an MVP, establish what success looks like, make trade-offs, quantify the potential value, and build a path from the first use case to a broader solution
- Business case development. Proven ability to develop data-driven business cases and ROI models that translate complex customer challenges into actionable solutions, securing executive buy-in and resource allocation
- Enterprise project and stakeholder management. You've owned or played a role in complex customer engagements. Including managing the plan, scope, stakeholders, and difficult conversations
- Executive presence. You're comfortable building relationships and driving decisions with senior executives, while also being able to get into the details with the people actually doing the work
More about this role
Afresh, the AI platform for grocery, began by tackling the most complex problem in the industry: fresh, and has evolved into the core AI platform for grocers.
By leveraging proprietary AI designed for high-volatility environments, we empower partners like Albertsons, Meijer, and Wakefern to drive smarter decisions across their entire enterprise.
Following record-breaking 70% revenue growth in 2025, we have scaled to 6 enterprise-grade solutions, with solutions live in over 10% of the U.S. grocery market. Our platform now orchestrates billions of decisions from the store floor to the distribution center and prevented over 200 million pounds of food waste last year alone.
If you're looking for a role where your work directly translates into massive scale and social good, and you want to be part of the team that defines how the world eats, there is no better time to join us.
As a Deployment Strategist at Afresh, you'll work with some of the largest grocers in the World to figure out where AI can make a real difference to their business — and then turn those ideas into reality. You'll sit at the intersection of strategy, customers, sales, and product, helping translate a grocer's...
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