Sales Manager, Nutritional Ingredients

Wellington Executive Search; New Jersey; On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Base salary

Bonus program

Car allowance

Laptop

Cell phone

Home office setup

401K with company match

Medical/dental insurance

Job summary

Wellington Executive Search is seeking a sales professional to manage Northeast USA sales from a home office, traveling to meetings and trade shows to generate new business.

The ideal candidate is a hunter with energy and a track record in dietary supplement or nutraceutical manufacturers, co-packers, and private label firms in NY/NJ. A technical background in chemistry or biology is a plus.

Qualifications

• Hunter mentality to open accounts and win new business.
• Experience selling value-added functional ingredients is ideal.
• Strong prospecting and relationship-building skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage sales in the Northeast USA from a home office.
• Travel to meet customers and attend expos/trade shows.
• Generate new business and grow the client base with strategic account focus.

Skills

Hunter mindset

Northeast sales

B2B sales

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Our client is a highly respected supplier of ingredients to companies who make nutritional supplements, sports drinks, protein bars, dry mixes, and nutraceuticals. We are looking to hire a sales professional to manage sales in the Northeast USA. Work from a home office and travel to meet with customers and go to expos and trade shows.

We are looking to hire a sales professional who is a hunter and rain maker. Someone who knows how to get into an account through the side door when the front door is closed. Someone with energy, intuition, and a nose for sales, Must currently be calling on dietary supplement and nutritional product manufacturers, 3rd party co-packers, blenders, and private label companies in the NY/NJ area.

Must have experience selling value-added functional ingredients (products like acidulants, benzoates, phosphates, amino acids, vitamins, minerals, Omega 3 fish oil, enzymes, probiotics, prebiotics, chromium picolinate, glucosamine HCl, Chondroitin sulfate, antioxidants, etc.).

A 4-year college degree is preferred, but we will look at a variety of candidates, assuming they have industry experience. A technical background in Chemistry, Biology, or other natural science is a BIG PLUS. The successful applicant will assume some business already on the books, but the main part of the job is to go out and generate business at new accounts.

For the successful candidate we offer:

• competitive base salary
• bonus program
• car allowance
• laptop
• cell phone
• home office set up
• 401K with company match
• medical/dental insurance
• and much more