K-12 Foodservice Growth & Account Manager

Tyson Foods

Massachusetts

On-site

USD 102,000 - 170,000

Full time

6 days ago

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Job summary

Tyson Foods, located in the Northeast, seeks a Sales Account Manager to drive growth across assigned distributor and K-12 operator accounts in CT, MA, NH, RI, VT, and ME. You will cultivate relationships, provide solutions, negotiate pricing, and align with market plans to win share.

The role requires a Bachelor’s degree or equivalent, 5+ years outside sales in food service, and travel of 20-30%. Cross-functional collaboration with sales development, trade teams, and other units is essential to

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience.
Minimum 5 years outside sales experience in Food Service, Food Service Manufacturing, or Distributor Sales.
K-12 experience and commodity reprocessing experience preferred.

Responsibilities

Develop and cultivate professional relationships with assigned accounts to achieve business objectives.
Gather and maintain key insight for accounts including contacts, size of business, product/category risks & opportunities; track with CRM.
Execute and manage all strategic initiatives.
Collaborate with Sales Development Business Units and Trade teams to deliver and/or exceed sales plans by managing marketing programs and expense management.
Provide customer sales support for market events, meetings, presentations, product samplings and local trade shows.
Must deliver against assigned volume goals and apply price actions within the marketplace; manage spend and product mix.
Manage T&E Budget.
Other duties as assigned.