Regional Sales Manager - Foodservice Channel

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Regional Sales Manager Food Service - Western Region

Salary Package (Dependant on Experience) + Extensive Benefits

Are you an experienced Sales Professional with Food service Channel experience? Do you have experience in Food service Channel proactive Business Development and Account Management? Are you prepared to take your career to new heights? We collaborate with some of North Americas most renowned food service distributors, plus regional & national food service chains to unite people in celebrating life's best moments!

Opportunity Overview

We are seeking a Regional Sales Manager to oversee the Western region, spanning from New Mexico to Montana and west. The role will concentrate on driving new and existing business at Food service Distributors, Regional Chains, and some National Chains. The successful candidate will be responsible for direct sales and managing a broker network to meet or exceed set revenue objectives.

Key Responsibilities and Contributions:

• Assume overall responsibility for the revenue growth, expenses, and operating earnings for designated accounts in the Western Region.
• Identify, develop, and execute new and ongoing strategies/tactics to drive new business growth, aligned with corporate strategies.
• Successfully sell in and launch new products as identified for the customer set.
• Provide value-added, professional advice to Food service customers based on insights and analytics. Comfortable with Category Management strategies and analytics. Match information to identified gaps/opportunities by customer.
• Identify, develop, and expand business opportunities, as well as customer and broker relationships.
• Close sales by professionally and efficiently delivering major sales presentations.

Requirements

• At least 5 years of experience in proactive new business development and account management within the Food service Channel.
• Proven track record of meeting or exceeding aggressive sales goals.
• Proven track record of success in managing matrixed relationships.

Reporting lines

• Provide weekly updates to the VP of Food service Distributor Sales.
• Assume responsibility for budgets, analysis, reports, financial performance, key measurements, and contract performance of each account and broker.

Location and Travel

The role involves frequent travel throughout the Western USA, plus occasional travel to Canada may also be required.

Please contact Chris Nevin at Elite Talent Strategy on  or email on c for more information and we will contact you directly.

Please note that this is just one of a number of roles currently being recruited by Elite Talent Strategy, many are not advertised for confidentiality reasons, so if you are considering new opportunities, please send your CV across and one of our specialist consultants will contact you to discuss suitable positions.