Regional Sales Manager

Tasty Brands, LLC; Jericho (NY); On-site; USD 115,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Tasty Brands, LLC in Jericho, NY is seeking multiple Regional Sales Managers to oversee sales in the Southeast and North Central regions. You will work with existing customers and school food service directors to drive growth and strengthen broker partnerships.

Ideal candidates have 5+ years in food sales, K12 experience preferred, strong communication and relationship skills, and are willing to travel ~30+ weeks per year; a Bachelor's degree is preferred.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of food sales or food service experience.
• K12 experience preferred.
• Self-starter with results orientation.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office applications.

Responsibilities

• Execute a sales strategy to meet or exceed annual goals.
• Build positive relationships with customers, brokers, and K12 distributors.
• Communicate clearly and professionally to ensure high retention.
• Identify opportunities to present products to the K-12 market.
• Demonstrate product portfolio at on-site events or shows.
• Provide customized solutions to long-term customers.
• Manage local brokers and keep our products top of mind.
• Support and attend K12 industry food events.
• Leverage sales metrics to drive customer solutions.

Skills

Food sales experience

K12 experience

Self-starter

Communication skills

Relationship building

Bachelor's degree

Willing to travel

Education

Bachelor's Degree preferred

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

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Full Time Jericho, NY, US

Salary Range: $115,000.00 To $120,000.00 Annually

Tasty Brands is looking for multiple Regional Sales Managerswho will manage sales in a specific Region (Southeast & North Central). All these regions are highly developed territories that are paved for growth. In this role, you will work with existing customers, build winning relationships with various school food service directors and K12 distributor coordinators. You will increase sales by becoming a trusted partner with our customers and our long-term local brokers.

Tasty Brands products are high quality, taste great, meet nutritional guidelines, are priced for the K12 school foodservice market, and increase participation. We participate in all industry events, and offer products in each category including breakfast, lunch, supper/summer, and after school. Our products are easy to present and are fun to offer and coupled with outstanding customer service support.

With a focus on collaboration, best practices, and continuous improvement, we are looking for people who want to join us for a long career and be part of a great success story. Our most successful people are self-starters, who work well in collaboration with others, see the big picture and like to win.

We have an outstanding team of motivated professionals who work well together in a fun and team spirit type atmosphere. Our mission is driven by our core values – urgency, accountability, proactivity, teamwork, and integrity. We are looking for the next “great fit” to join our growing team!

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Execute a sales strategy to achieve and exceed annual sales goals.
• Establish positive working relationships with customers, brokers and K12 distributor coordinators to become a trusted point of contact.
• Communicate with customers clearly, frequently, and professionally to ensure high retention.
• Identify and nurture new opportunities to present Tasty Brands products to the K-12 School Foodservice Market.
• Demonstrate the quality of the Tasty Brands product portfolio to offer solutions to customers either on site or at food shows.
• Provide customized solutions to long-term customers demonstrating convenience and value.
• Manage local brokers and ensure that our products are always top of mind.
• Support and work at K12 industry food events.
• Leverage key sale metrics and internally provided data to drive customer solutions.

Qualifications

• 5+ years food sales / food service experience.
• K12 experience highly preferred.
• Proven self-starter and results-oriented individual.
• Excellent communication skills – both verbal and written, as well as excellent listening skills.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel).
• Ability to build trusting relationships.
• Bachelor’s Degree preferred.
• 75% Travel Required – 30+ weeks per year: 2-3 days per week