Utz Brands, Inc. · 3 weeks ago
Sales Operations Director
Utz Quality Foods is currently seeking a Sales Operations Director. The primary responsibilities of this position include providing analytic and strategic direction, developing proactive communications between zones, customers, and senior sales management, and maintaining appropriate talent levels to ensure strong sales growth and loyalty to the Utz Brand of products.
Food and BeverageFood ProcessingManufacturingSnack Food
Responsibilities
Assists Market Development Leaders with interviews and hires and helps to maintain a fully staffed region
Proactively communicates and coaches Market Development Leaders to drive sales and marketing efforts to ensure sales growth, employment stability and product promotions
Assists with process and makes recommendations to ensure effective and efficient region coverage through sales route optimization
Communicates promotional sales activities and initiatives. Participates in regional meetings to advance the understanding and adoption of such programs
Conducts frequent and interactive team sales meetings with Market Development Leaders building collaborative and effective sales group. Relays and provides vision for direction of corporate sales goals and objectives
Works in collaboration with the Human Resources Department to resolve and manage personnel concerns in order to minimize front-line issues. Ensures policies and standards are appropriately in place throughout each sales region
Qualification
Required
Proven leadership and management skills that deliver teamwork and results
Strong communication skills that drive execution and support the company's mission and vision
Exceptional selling skills with a minimum of five years' experience in consumer packaged goods
Must possess a valid driver's license and maintain a safe driving record
Requires the ability to lift, bend, rotate and carry items including operating small carts and equipment
Five plus years of management and DSD sales experience related to the retail grocery/snack food environment
Hands-on working knowledge of the internal functions of regional management
Effective presentation and communication skills
Willingness to actively participate and work along-side your team
Willingness to travel weekly, including overnight accommodations, throughout a sizeable territory
Preferred
Direct Store Delivery (DSD) experience involving route and warehouse operations preferred
Experience with the Independent Operator (I/O) model
Experience working in the Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) industry
Benefits
Medical, dental, and vision plans
Employer match 401k
Profit sharing plan
Employee stock purchase plan
Company
Utz Brands, Inc.
Utz Brands, Inc.
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$28M2022-05-09Post Ipo Equity· $28M
2020-08-31IPO
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