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Job Status: CLOSED

Job Title: FoodService Sales Manager – Bread & Bakery Products

Location: New York

Industry: Food (Bread & Bakery products)

Market: US East Coast

Channel: Foodservice, Coffee Shops, Coffee Restaurants, Drugstores, Hotels and restaurants (foodservice), independent stores and bakeries via specialized wholesalers

Reporting to: General Manager

Direct Reports: None

Languages: English only

Salary Range: (USD) $80k to $85k base

Benefits: Bonus + Health Insurance + 401k

Visa: Require a valid US work permit (no sponsorship possible)

Job ID: JO-1504-301

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Industry(ies): Food, Food Beverages / Confectionery,

Function(s): Sales & Business Development (National),

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Job Description

Our Client

Our client゠is a very large French Group in Bread & Bakery products opening an office in NYC and focused on the East Coast. They are taking over their distributors business and already have close to 1000 points of sales.

Objective

Develop new and existing accounts in all non-retail chains channels along the East Coast: Coffee Shops, Coffee Restaurants, Drugstores, Hotels and restaurants, independent stores and bakeries via specialized wholesalers.

Ideal Profile

We need a very entrepreneurial sales manager with established connections in at least one of the sub channels to develop: Coffee Shops, Coffee Restaurants, Drugstores, Hotels and restaurants (foodservice), independent stores and bakeries via specialized wholesalers.゠Experience in Bread or bakery products would be ideal, if not frozen food or beverage.

Job Description

  • Introduce the company’s brands゠in premium quick self restaurants/ Food service
  • Recommend & adapt the portfolio for this market
  • Establish sales objectives by forecasting and developing annual sales for regions and territories; projecting expected sales volume and profit for existing and new products.
  • Evaluate゠annual unit and gross-profit plans by implementing marketing strategies; analyzing trends and results.
  • Implement national sales programs to the clients.
  • Contribute to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed.

Requirements

  • Bachelor Degree
  • 5 to 7 years relevant experience
  • Meeting Sales Goals, Negotiation, Selling to Customer Needs, Motivation for Sales, Sales Planning, Building Relationships, Managing Processes, Market Knowledge, Developing Budgets.
  • Previous experience & network in the Food Service industry (convenience stores/Drug stores/QSR…)
  • Entrepreneurial spirit / Motivated to work in a start up company
  • Appreciated previous experience: KIND, Chobani, Clif Bar, Happy Family, GogoSqueez, Popchips, Vitamin Water, Larabar, Annies
  • Appreciated previous titles:゠Logistics Manager, Supply Chain Manager, Import Manager

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