Sales Manager, Food service - Chains

6 days, 12 hours ago
Full-time
Mid Level
Sales and Business Development
IRCA Group

IRCA Group

IRCA Group is a global leader in high-quality food ingredients, specializing in chocolate, creams, fillings, fruits, pistachios, and decorations, leveraging over a century of Italian heritage to innovate within the food industry.

Food Products
201-500
Founded 1919

Description

  • Develop and execute strategic sales plans, forecasts, and operating budgets to achieve growth objectives.
  • Build and manage relationships with key foodservice chain accounts and their industrial and distribution partners.
  • Identify new business opportunities by connecting product capabilities to unmet customer needs.
  • Manage and grow sales of the company’s multi-brand product portfolio.
  • Partner with Marketing and Culinary teams to develop customer engagement opportunities and meet budgets and targets.
  • Train and support distributor representatives, end users, and manufacturing customers in the field.
  • Negotiate and implement customer sales and marketing programs.
  • Maintain CRM records, manage leads and pipeline follow-up, and prepare sales performance and growth reports.
  • Analyze territory sales opportunities, account performance, and expenses; report activities and opportunities to the VP of Sales.
  • Lead cross-functional coordination to support customer execution and satisfaction.

Requirements

  • 3–5 years of sales experience in the Foodservice Chain channel with a record of growing strategic customer accounts.
  • Experience in chocolate, bakery ingredients, or related food ingredient categories is preferred.
  • Business development, account management, and customer relationship-building experience.
  • Ability to lead customer meetings, identify opportunities, solve complex business challenges, and support demand forecasting.
  • Knowledge of foodservice market trends, customer needs, and industry developments.
  • Strong verbal, written, and presentation skills across all organizational levels.
  • Strong organizational, planning, and strategic-thinking skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities.
  • Ability to build collaborative relationships with customers, colleagues, and company leadership.
  • Self-motivated, proactive, results-driven, and able to work independently and collaboratively.
  • Home-office based with willingness to travel approximately 50% within the assigned territory.

Benefits

  • Competitive compensation and benefits.
  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
  • 401(k) matching.
  • Paid vacation and holidays.
  • Employee education tuition reimbursement program.
  • Career growth opportunities.

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