Gourmet Culinary Partners · 10 hours ago
Regional Sales Manager
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$80K/yr - $110K/yr
8+ years expGourmet Culinary Partners partners with chefs and foodservice operators nationwide, and they are seeking a Regional Sales Manager to sell frozen food products through foodservice distributors. The role involves fostering relationships with customers, developing sales and marketing plans, and traveling within the assigned territory to promote designated brand products.
CateringCookingFood and BeverageFood Processing
Hiring Manager
Rodd R.
Responsibilities
Creates, maintains, and fosters relationships with end-user customers to support their menu needs agnostic of distributor
Develops and manages business, provides sales support, and marketing activities working as a liaison between the direct end-user customer and their preferred distributor
Plans in conjunction with marketing department and is available to work trade shows
Develops and executes comprehensive Sales and Marketing Plans to drive business and promote the brand
Travels through assigned territory to call on regular and prospective customers to promote the use of designated brand products
Other duties as assigned
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in business or related field from an accredited university or HS equivalent and 8+ years of direct food sales experience
Minimum of 5 years Culinary (Chef) and/or food manufacturing sales work experience
Knowledge / experience with GPOs and/or food distribution channels (i.e. Specialty Produce, Meat or Seafood distributors or broadline Sysco, US Foods, etc.)
1+ year using Salesforce or other CRM experience
Working knowledge with Microsoft Office: Outlook, Excel, Word, PowerPoint
Creates, maintains, and fosters relationships with end-user customers to support their menu needs agnostic of distributor
Develops and manages business, provides sales support, and marketing activities working as a liaison between the direct end-user customer and their preferred distributor
Plans in conjunction with marketing department and is available to work trade shows
Develops and executes comprehensive Sales and Marketing Plans to drive business and promote the brand
Travels through assigned territory to call on regular and prospective customers to promote the use of designated brand products
Exceptional relationship management skills and the ability to build and grow connections
Exceptional verbal and written communication skills
Independent critical thinking and creative problem-solving skills
Highly organized and detail-oriented, with the ability to keep multiple projects and client engagements active at once
Preferred
Chefs, Culinary Sales, Broker and/or Foodservice experience strongly preferred
Company
Gourmet Culinary Partners
Gourmet Culinary Partners produces prepared foods and offers private-label and co-manufacturing for retail, foodservice, and hospitality.
501-1000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageLeadership Team
Ronan Minahan
Chief Executive Officer
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