Regional Sales Specialist – Northeast U.S. & Eastern Canada

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Regional Sales Specialist managing foodservice sales and partnerships across the Northeast U.S. and Eastern Canada for Roland Foods. Driving growth through direct account management and strategic partnerships.

Responsibilities:

  • Manage direct account business
  • Direct account management with a focus on foodservice distributors and end-users
  • Coordination with local and regional distributors to effectively service operators, maintaining high service levels
  • Facilitate quarterly / mid-year / annual business review processes with current customers ensuring consistent contact and follow-up on new business opportunities
  • Develop strategic partnerships with end-user accounts
  • Maintain pricing agreements and renewals with local chain account customers
  • Drive business development activities of products with end-users through education, building relationships, and traditional selling efforts
  • Support existing business and pursue new placement opportunities with the goal of creating incremental growth through direct and indirect selling activities
  • Support and promote the Roland Foods’ brand through product demonstrations, trainings, targeted sampling, and end-user engagement
  • Document any and all activity around the customer for ongoing reference, performance management, and future internal growth
  • Run and facilitate activities in the region to promote the Roland Foods brand, including targeted promotional campaigns, distributor sales meetings and trainings
  • Participate in various national & regional trade shows where appropriate
  • Execute recipe development and menu ideation
  • Introduce new products, enter sample requests, and follow up

Requirements:

  • 5+ years of prior account/sales management experience
  • 5+ years of experience in the food industry; in particular, hospitality and foodservice
  • Strong administrative and organizational skills with experience using a CRM program, preferably Salesforce
  • Strong communication and presentation skills in front of groups of all sizes required
  • Organized, detail-oriented with strong technical writing skills required
  • Ability to travel up to 50% required

Benefits:

  • This role is bonus eligible.