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Chief Sales Officer

Job Description: 

Are you a sales superstar that has grown a business from $10mm to $100mm by introducing new lines and securing new retail partnerships?

Do you:

  • consider yourself a self-starter?
  • solve your customer’s concerns before they report them to you?
  • wake up in the middle of the night thinking of new ideas and concepts?
  • have experience launching multiple SKUs in national retailers?
  • enjoy healthier/better for you snacks?
  • quickly establish customer relationships?
  • have a reputation as a results-oriented leader?
  • use your high-energy level to drive company growth?
  • thrive in fast-paced entrepreneurial companies?

If you answered yes, check out our opportunity! Snack-It-Forward, LLC, the rapidly growing CPG firm behind Sunkist Trail Mix and Sunkist Fruit Chips is adding a sales leader position. Previous sales experience in food, preferably produce and big-box retail required. We have a high energy, hands on, entrepreneurial work environment with a small, but focused team.   

Compensation/Salary: 
DOE
Requirements: 
  • Bachelor’s degree
  • 10+ years in a CPG food distribution company, preferably in produce
  • Produce channel sales experience a BIG plus
  • MUST have multi-channel experience AND BIG retail experience with large national grocery and mass customers
  • Walmart experience a BIG plus
  • Big-box retail and club account experience
  • MUST have pioneered and launched new lines with a proven track record of success

Snack-It-Forward is a forward thinking, equal opportunity employer. To join our team, send your resume and brief cover letter outlining your talents as one document. 

Responsibilities & Duties: 
  • Serve as the chief sales leader of the company
  • Develop annual sales plan in support of organization strategy and objectives
  • Direct implementation and execution of sales policies and practices
  • Develop new product rollout plans
  • Create data driven presentations for key accounts
  • Ensure communications are coordinated, support sales plan objectives and meet organizational expenditure requirements in conjunction with VP of Product
  • Guide management of trade promotions expenditures to support sales objective within budgets
  • Recommend new product introductions based on market research and competitor analysis
  • Implement approved distribution strategies
  • Manage multiple channel selling strategies in produce/grocery, drug, MASS, Convenience, Natural and other key channels
  • Build, develop and manage broker team capable of carrying out needed sales and service initiatives.

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