Regional Sales Manager who will manage sales in the Southeast Region. 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.
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.
- 60% Travel Required - 25 -30 weeks per year: 2-3 days per week
