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Unilever · 6 hours ago

Territory Development Manager CLV / Columbus

United States

Full-time

Remote

Mid, Senior Level

$69K/yr - $104K/yr

Unilever Food Solutions is a leading foodservice division of Unilever focused on driving sustainable business growth. The Territory Development Manager will engage with Operators, Chains, and Trade Partners to deliver business targets and enhance customer experiences through data-driven strategies and CRM tools.

ConsumerFast-Moving Consumer GoodsFood and BeverageManufacturingPersonal Care and Hygiene

Culture & Values

Responsibilities

Driving sustainable business growth via Operators, Chains and Trade Partner engagement

Using Data to convert Business Insights into Activation Solution Selling

Utilize Market Trends to create Concept Solution Selling

Gain insight and lead customers to the right solution

Network to key customer stakeholders to engage the right decision makers

Prepare visits with solution recommendation and utilize CRM Salesforce system to manage workflow and overall market funnel

Conduct F2F and Virtual Sampling, Ideation, Cooking Demo using culinary knowledge to secure new opportunities or increase volume usage by new menu applications or into existing dishes

Follow up on previous calls to ensure opportunities progress to the sale close

Secure and coordinate customer Orders each month to ensure growth is on target

Meet with Distributors/Trade Partners to expand assortment, align on priorities and source leads for customer follow through

Build & Nurture relationships with local Distributor Sales Rep’s (DSRs)

Implement Contact Matrix for Key Trade customers with a Squad approach for more effective customer management

Engage trade customers to gain alignment for Secondary Sales Data (SSD)

Implement Promotions with customer related to key seasons and events

Ensure timely submission & settlement of claims

Qualification

CPG Foodservice Sales ExperienceCulinary/Chef Selling ExperienceCRM Salesforce ExperienceMarket/Geographical KnowledgeBilingual SpanishBilingual MandarinEntrepreneurial MindsetCuriosityNetworking SkillsAdaptability to TechnologyFood University BackgroundDistributor Sales ExperienceRelationship Building

Required

CPG Foodservice Sales Experience (B2B Sales)

Culinary/Chef Selling Experiences

Network of Existing Foodservice Operator Partners

Distributor Sales or Ingredient Sales or Broker Sales

Experiences CRM (Salesforce)

Operator Experience

Market/Geographical knowledge

Multi-National Corporate Company Experience – Understands Corporate Ways of Working

You are a Hunter with big Ambition. You seek effective ways to create New Demand (70% Hunting vs 30% Farming)

You are a fast adopter of Contemporary technology and are already using AI in your day-to-day life. You are highly proficient in MS office including Power BI and Excel

You are Entrepreneurial and proactively create mutually beneficial solutions for UFS and your customers

You are Curious and are constantly learning from the Market on how to stay ahead of the food trends in your market

You know how to sell Premium Brands with Superiority Selling stories and Culinary Solutions outside center of the plate