Food Manufacturing Sales Representative

Red Kite Recruiting; Illinois; Remote; USD 50,000 - 57,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Retirement plan

Generous PTO

Professional development

Conferences & events

Presidents Club trip

Research support

Job summary

Red Kite Recruiting is seeking a sales professional from the food manufacturing world who wants to switch to executive recruiting. You’ll leverage industry knowledge, relationships, and sales experience to place leaders from Plant Managers to C-suite executives.

The role is fully remote with a four-day workweek, base salary 50,000-57,000 plus uncapped commissions and performance bonuses. First-year OTE ranges 60,000-85,000 with six-figure potential in year 2.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of successful sales experience, preferably in food manufacturing or a closely related industry.
• Proven ability to prospect, develop relationships, and generate new business.
• Competitive, entrepreneurial, and motivated by financial opportunity.
• Comfortable picking up the phone and having meaningful conversations with people they don't know.
• Takes ownership of results with minimal supervision.
• Values loyalty, integrity, accountability, and a strong work ethic.
• Tech-savvy, organized, curious, and committed to continuous learning.
• Wants to be part of a team that supports one another while pushing for success.

Responsibilities

• Identify, engage, and recruit high-performing professionals in food manufacturing.
• Develop relationships with hiring managers and senior executives.
• Prospect and win new clients.
• Manage searches from initial client conversations through successful placements; negotiate offers and close placements.
• Develop your own specialty and grow a profitable book of business.

Skills

Food manufacturing sales

Job description

Ready to use your food industry experience in a completely different way?

Compensation: $50,000-57,000 base + uncapped commissions and performance bonuses

First-Year OTE: $60,000–$85,000 | Six-figure earning potential in Year 2

Now That We Have Your Attention...

We're actually not hiring a traditional Food Manufacturing Sales Representative.

We're hiring someone FROM the food manufacturing sales world who wants to take their industry knowledge, relationships, and sales experience into an entirely different career: Executive Recruiting.

At Red Kite Recruiting, we help food manufacturers across the country find the leaders who drive their businesses forward. From Plant Managers and Engineering Directors to VPs of Sales and C-suite executives, we connect exceptional talent with exceptional opportunities.

And we're looking for someone who wants to build a business within our business.

Why Would a Food Industry Sales Professional Consider Recruiting?

Because the skills that make you successful in food manufacturing sales are the same skills that make you successful in executive recruiting.

You already know how to build relationships, develop business, negotiate, overcome objections, and close deals.

Now imagine using those skills to help companies build their leadership teams while creating an income opportunity for yourself.

Here's what's different:

• No more living on the road. We're a fully remote company with a four-day workweek.
• Build your own book of business. Leverage your industry knowledge and relationships to develop your own clients and specialty within food manufacturing.
• Get rewarded for performance, not tenure. Competitive base salary, uncapped commissions, and performance incentives.
• Make an impact. Help companies find the leaders they need while helping talented professionals make career-changing moves.
• You don't need recruiting experience. We'll teach you recruiting. You bring the sales experience, industry knowledge, work ethic, and drive.

Who We're Looking For:

We're not looking for someone who simply wants a remote job.

We're looking for someone who wants to BUILD something.

Someone who:

• Has 3+ years of successful sales experience, preferably in food manufacturing or a closely related industry.
• Has a proven ability to prospect, develop relationships, and generate new business.
• Is competitive, entrepreneurial, and motivated by financial opportunity.
• Is comfortable picking up the phone and having meaningful conversations with people they don't know.
• Takes ownership of their results and doesn't need someone looking over their shoulder.
• Values loyalty, integrity, accountability, and a strong work ethic.
• Is tech-savvy, organized, curious, and committed to continuous learning.
• Wants to be part of a team where people genuinely support one another while pushing each other to succeed.

What You'll Be Doing

You’ll learn the executive search business from the ground up, including how to:

• Identify, engage, and recruit high-performing professionals in food manufacturing.
• Develop relationships with hiring managers and senior executives.
• Prospect and win new clients.
• Manage searches from initial client conversations through successful placements.Negotiate offers, influence decisions, and close placements.
• Develop your own specialty and grow a profitable book of business.

You'll receive structured training, coaching, modern recruiting technology, and research support to help you succeed.

Our goal is for you to develop into a full-desk executive recruiter who can independently generate business, manage client relationships, and execute searches.

What We Offer

• $50,000-57,000 base salary plus uncapped commissions and performance bonuses.
• First-year OTE of $60,000–$85,000, with the expectation of six-figure earnings as you develop your business.
• Medical and dental insurance.
• Retirement plan with company match.
• Generous PTO.
• Ongoing professional development, conferences, and industry events.
• Team contests, incentives, and an annual President's Club trip for top performers.
• Dedicated research support as your business grows.

A Little About Us

Red Kite Recruiting is a woman-owned, veteran-owned boutique executive search firm specializing exclusively in food manufacturing.

We've been helping food companies find exceptional talent for nearly two decades and are part of the Sanford Rose Associates Network, one of the largest retained executive search networks in the Americas.

We're a small, entrepreneurial team with big ambitions. We believe in working hard, having fun, taking ownership, and rewarding the people who help us grow.

One Last Question...

What if the next step in your food industry career wasn't another sales territory, another product line, or another company?

What if it was an opportunity to build your own business, leverage everything you've learned in food manufacturing, and be rewarded for the results you create?