Culinary Seafood Sales Pro — Aspen Territory

Santa Monica Seafood; Aspen (CO); On-site; USD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, vision insurance

401(k) with generous employer match

Training in our systems and products

Job summary

Santa Monica Seafood is hiring a Culinary Outside Sales Representative in Aspen, CO. Use your culinary knowledge to help restaurants with seafood sourcing, menu ideas, costing, and quality. Base salary starts at $100K with a commission structure as you grow your book.

Travel within the assigned territory is required; bilingual or multilingual abilities are highly valued. Excellent benefits and training provided.

Qualifications

• Foodservice sales background (distributor, manufacturer, broker), seafood industry preferred.
• Culinary background preferred.
• Bachelor’s degree or related experience.
• Must be able to travel within assigned territory.
• Language skills: Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Mandarin Chinese or other languages preferred.

Responsibilities

• Research new opportunities to sell seafood products by visiting existing customers and prospecting new customers.
• Analyze customer business opportunities by identified vertical markets.
• Develop and deliver sales presentations and close sales in a professional and effective manner.
• Planning skills on Menu ideas and food costing.
• Maintain order guides and pricing files using product and/or customer analysis and comparisons.
• Keep informed of new products, and other general information of interest to customers.
• Participate in developing long and short-range sales and marketing plans. Conduct training sessions for key clients and their staff. Develop marketing and ad strategies for restaurant clients.
• Meet all monthly sales and margin objectives and annual sales budgets.

Skills

Travel within territory

Multilingual communication

Foodservice sales experience

Education

Bachelor’s degree or related experience

Job description

Santa Monica Seafood is hiring a Culinary Outside Sales Representative in Aspen, CO. Use your culinary knowledge to help restaurants with seafood sourcing, menu ideas, costing, and quality. Base salary starts at $100K with a commission structure as you grow your book.

Travel within the assigned territory is required; bilingual or multilingual abilities are highly valued. Excellent benefits and training provided.