Vice President Sales - Food Service

Vice President Sales - Beef Food Service

What’s in it for you:

• Be the strategic sales leader, setting the annual agenda for their distributors through business optimization, program management
• Work with a fast paced highly performing dynamic leadership group that is leading a movement in the industry

What you will be doing:

• Achieve annual sales and profit plan by identifying opportunities, strategies and tactics, and executing by influencing key stakeholders within their distributors
• Responsible for meeting or exceeding annual growth plan targets and achieving division key performance indexes (KPI’s)
• Responsible for developing, maintaining and initiating new business calls in the United States
• Call coverage includes but is not limited to distributors, restaurants, college and university, healthcare, business and industry outlets, national accounts, vend operators and K-12 education sectors
• Responsible for all components of distributor customer development, including selling products, product merchandising, staff training, sales meetings, food shows & sales events, promotion execution, sampling events, equipment management and gaining new item distribution
• Existing relationships with major distributors and beef processors catering to white tablecloths restaurants, fast food chains, corporate cafeterias, major colleges and big universities, and/or airline and cruise ship industry required.
• Report and update call coverage details within multiple databases to include computer and tablet devices
• Achieve annual sales and profit plan by identifying opportunities, strategies and tactics, and by influencing key stakeholders within Food Service distributors & operators
• Negotiate and execute all details of distributor marketing programs

A successful candidate for this Sales role will possess the following:

• Must have the ability to multi-task, prioritize and be able to work independently or within a team environment
• Proven track record in developing and managing a channel with $100M+ in annual sales.
• Ability to work well with the other C-Suite executives in order to accomplish the company’s goals
• 15 years food service sales experience or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience
• The candidate is expected to be strategic, innovative, intuitive, self-starter and an independent go-getter.

Compensation: $230,000 plus commissions

Benefits: Full Company benefits plan

Desired Location: Remote

*Candidates must be eligible to work in the US as well as meet the qualifications listed above in order to be considered for the Executive Sales job.