[Remote] Territory Sales Manager, Away from Home Sales (Philadelphia-Eastern PA)

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. The J.M. Smucker Co. is seeking a Territory Sales Manager for their Away from Home Sales division, focusing on the Philadelphia-Eastern PA markets. The role involves managing volume, distribution, and profitability of foodservice products while building customer relationships and executing business plans within the territory.

Responsibilities

• Meet and exceed profit objectives, volume quotas, and equipment & service targets for Away from Home Beverage in your geography
• Establish and maintain relationships within distribution and the non-commercial channel (both unit and headquarter level) including purchasing, sales, finance, marketing, and operations
• Train and work on a cooperative basis with distributor sales organizations, primarily National Account/Healthcare teams
• Maximize profitable beverage sales opportunities through effective use of national/regional/local programs, marketing promotions and distributors
• Develop basic business plans and lead your territory’s execution of business results
• Identify operators and maintain and manage an active pipeline (i.e., branded proposition selling, profitability, volume, and strategic importance)
• Make sound customer business decisions based on customer opportunity, profitability and volume resulting in profitable growth
• Call on key, existing Operators to maintain and grow all strategic categories
• Effectively manage and maximize beverage equipment placements and product thru put to maximize ROI
• Work cross functionally (National Accounts, Trade, Equipment & Service, Marketing and Finance) to deliver the business results
• Execute plans and programs to achieve maximum sales volume and operating profit objectives while controlling costs and operating within budget
• Identify and challenge status quo based on changes in market, industry and competitive situations that offer opportunity for profitable growth
• Technical proficiency to navigate multiple technologies and systems/tools to manage customer pipeline, current customers, initiatives and asset placements and initiative to deliver the business
• Responsible for profitable qualified asset placements (beverage equipment)

Skills

• High School Diploma or GED (Required)
• 2-5 years of B2B or B2C food sales experience
• Be able to lift 50lbs on a regular basis
• Must be able to travel when necessary (averages 4 overnights per month)
• Must reside preferably within 30 miles of Philadelphia
• Have a clean driving record
• Bachelor's Degree (Preferred)
• Foodservice sales experience
• Experience working with Foodservice Distributors
• Ability to act as a team player that collaborates and supports others
• Continually looks for ways to sharpen own skills and business acumen
• Computer skills with proficiency in Microsoft Office: Word, PowerPoint and Excel
• Demonstrated oral and written communication skills and presentations skills
• Data analysis, problem solving skills, and time management skills
• Experience with a customer relationship management (CRM) tool (ex. Salesforce)
• Ability to build customer focused relationships

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