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Tyson Foods · 1 day ago

Associate Sales Manager - South Carolina

Springdale, AR

Full-time

Onsite

Entry, Mid Level

$84K/yr - $142K/yr

2+ years exp

Tyson Foods is a leading food company, and they are seeking an Associate Sales Manager to join their Foodservice Sales team in South Carolina. This role involves cultivating relationships with distributor and operator accounts, managing strategic initiatives, and exceeding sales plans.

Food and BeverageFood ProcessingMarketingMeat and Poultry

Responsibilities

Develop and/or cultivate professional relationships with identifying and targeting incremental accounts, assigned accounts within the market/geography to achieve business objectives

Gather, create, and maintain key insight for all assigned accounts including key contacts, correspondence, size of business, product/category risks & opportunities; competitive set; calendar/ timing and potential hurdles. Maintain and track progress using the CRM tool all applicable parties are aware

Execute and manage all strategic initiatives

Collaborate with Sales Development Business Units and Trade teams as needed to deliver and/or exceed sales plans by managing marketing programs. expense management and deduction resolution (as appropriate)

Provide customer sales support for market events, meetings, presentations, product samplings and local trade shows

Must be able to deliver against assigned volume goals and execute price actions within the marketplace. Manage spend and manage the mix of product sold

Manage T&E Budget

Other duties as assigned

Qualification

Outside sales experienceNegotiation skillsEvent planning executionMicrosoft OfficeStrategic thinkingMotivational leadershipPlanning skillsCommunication skillsConflict resolution skills

Required

Minimum 2-5 years outside sales experience in Food Service, Manufacturing, or Distributor Sales

Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience

Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Strategic thinking, planning, negotiation skills, understanding of motivational leadership skills, and conflict resolution skills; Event planning execution

Experience with Microsoft Office products

20-30% travel