Northeast Premium Coffee & Foodservice BD Manager

Lindt & Sprüngli (Canada), Inc; Oklahoma City (OK); On-site; USD 95,000 - 115,000; Full time

Job summary

Ghirardelli is seeking a Professional Products Business Development Manager (Northeast Region) to grow the specialty coffee business across NY, NJ, MA, MD, RI, DE, DC, CT, ME, VT, NH, PA, working with roasters, distributors and end users. You will lead account development, manage budgets, forecast, and coordinate trade funds while promoting the premium Ghirardelli brand in foodservice and e-commerce.

Travel as needed and collaborate across functions to deliver category growth and exceptional

Qualifications

• Minimum of 3 years of specialty coffee/foodservice selling experience or equivalent experience.

Responsibilities

• Achieve sales budget and foodservice/coffee priorities.
• Develop New and Existing Key Accounts in Foodservice and Specialty Coffee.
• Existing Customers - Maintain and build existing accounts through value based selling and relationships.
• Manage all E-Commerce within the NE Area.
• Travel to account locations as needed.
• Report sales and prepare category reviews/business reviews for key accounts.

Skills

Key account sales

Marketing abilities

Public speaking

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

Outlook

Word

Internet

Job description

Ghirardelli is seeking a Professional Products Business Development Manager (Northeast Region) to grow the specialty coffee business across NY, NJ, MA, MD, RI, DE, DC, CT, ME, VT, NH, PA, working with roasters, distributors and end users. You will lead account development, manage budgets, forecast, and coordinate trade funds while promoting the premium Ghirardelli brand in foodservice and e-commerce.

Travel as needed and collaborate across functions to deliver category growth and exceptional