North America Nuts Sales Manager (Onsite)

ofi North America (Olam Food Ingredients); Stamford (CT); On-site; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Vacation time from Day 1

Paid Sick Leave

Company Paid Holidays

401K Match on Day 1

Career Growth and Learning

Job summary

ofi North America is seeking a Sales Manager for the Edible Nuts team in North America, based onsite in Stamford, CT. You will lead nuts sales strategy, manage key accounts, and collaborate with logistics to ensure outstanding customer service and contract execution.

The role requires 5+ years in food sales, a strong business acumen, and proficiency with CRM systems and SAP. Up to 25% travel is possible as part of growth across markets.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Ag Business, Business Administration, Economics, or related field from an accredited university.
• 5+ years food sales experience in both new business development and existing business development. Must have experience with negotiations.
• At least 5 years of prior sales experience in the Nuts industry is preferred.
• Understanding of food supply chains.
• Proven record of sales success with strong ability to build and maintain relationships with customers.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Sales and customer relationship management in the B2B realm; to drive sales volume growth and to meet sales targets.
• Conduct periodic inventory ageing analysis & ensuring rotation/timely liquidation of stocks.
• Working closely with logistics and support staff to ensure excellence in customer service, contract execution, inventory management, stock ageing, rejections, debtors and vendor payables.
• Deepen our understanding of the Nuts Industry, markets and customers’ requirements.
• Execution of the company’s business plan with numeric and qualitative key performance indicators, which are tracked monthly.
• Educating the customer on what ofi can provide in terms of products, grades, certifications, supply chain and market insight differentiation.
• This position requires knowledge of supply chain management, customer management, product know-how with ample opportunities and growth prospects
• Perform other duties as assigned

Skills

Relationship building

Negotiations

Business acumen

Communication skills

Travel readiness

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Ag Business, Business Administration, Economics, or related field

Tools

CRM systems

SAP

Microsoft Office

Job description

ofi North America is seeking a Sales Manager for the Edible Nuts team in North America, based onsite in Stamford, CT. You will lead nuts sales strategy, manage key accounts, and collaborate with logistics to ensure outstanding customer service and contract execution.

The role requires 5+ years in food sales, a strong business acumen, and proficiency with CRM systems and SAP. Up to 25% travel is possible as part of growth across markets.