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Sales Development Manager
Okanagan Specialty Fruits, Inc. • Columbus, OH 43085 • Posted 4 days ago
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The Sales Development Manager at Okanagan Specialty Fruits, Inc. is responsible for growing the business throughout the territory by managing brokers and strategic key accounts, maximizing sales opportunities across various channels, and building long-term business relationships. This role involves supporting and executing the strategic sales plan, generating profitable sales, and leveraging category management and supply chain knowledge to bring breakthrough ideas and solutions to key business partners. The position requires a blend of superior listening and communication skills, sales acumen, and comprehensive knowledge of the industry.
Responsibilities
- Lead external communication with assigned key strategic accounts through various means to enhance sales performance.
- Collaborate with the sales team to support and deliver retail and foodservice go-to-market strategies.
- Manage customer pricing in line with budget targets.
- Accountable for account forecasts and estimated growth plans.
- Collaborate with the marketing team in building, implementing, and executing promotional calendars.
- Maintain a thorough working knowledge of all programs and a complete awareness of the industry.
- Build and maintain strong relationships with customers, brokers, and various stakeholders.
- Effectively track in CRM and communicate all follow up customers' activities.
- Use a variety of data sources to collaboratively develop and suggest avenues for growth with business partners.
- Actively participate in all Sales team meetings and reporting.
- Attend relevant sales functions activities as requested.
- Work closely with all internal team members, brokers and external customers to ensure high customer satisfaction.
Qualifications
Required
- 4-yr college degree in business, ag-business, ag-marketing or related field.
- 5+ years' experience in produce sales and account management functions.
- Strong comprehensive knowledge of all channels within the industry.
- Knowledge of school k-12 business, DoD contracts and overall USDA school programs.
- Understanding of value-added produce products.
- Develop new business and monitor sales support systems to ensure business retention.
- Strong computer skills, including Microsoft Office Suite and CRM software experience.
- Creative thinking with the ability to resolve problems and conflicts with customers.
- Excellent organizational skills, ability to multi-task and work under tight deadlines.
- Self-motivated team player with strong interpersonal skills.
- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to leverage past and current professional relationships to further succeed in achieving sales targets.
- Ability to travel by air, train, car as situation dictates.
Full Job Description
Job Description
The Sales Development Manager is responsible for growing the OSF business throughout the territory, by managing brokers and strategic key accounts for the organization, while maximizing sales opportunities in all channels including retail, foodservice, wholesale/distributor, K-12, and convenience stores. By supporting and executing the strategic sales plan, the Sales Development Manager will generate growing and profitable sales, by building and maintaining long-term business relationships as well as comprehending key account requirements, to achieve mutual business objectives. Combining various skillsets, such as superior listening and communication skills, the Sales Development Manager is leveraging category management experience and supply chain knowledge to bring breakthrough ideas and solutions to key business partners. The successful candidate will perform assigned daily responsibilities effectively in a fast-paced, team-oriented environment, in addition to assisting in various cross-functional activities.
Position Requirements
Position Responsibilities
Mission Statement
Harnessing excellence in talent, passion, culture, technology, and innovation, OSF delivers premium quality tree fruit products in the constant pursuit of a healthier, more sustainable world.
About Us
Okanagan Specialty Fruits® (OSF) is a vertically integrated company specializing in the development, growing, processing and marketing of novel tree fruit varieties developed through bioengineering and other molecular tools. Based in Summerland, British Columbia, Canada, OSF was founded in 1996 and acquired by an affiliate of Third Security, LLC in 2020. OSF's flagship product is its nonbrowning Arctic® apples. Arctic apples provide a sustainable solution to less food waste and improved apple consumption.
For company information and partnership opportunities, visit www.osfruits.com.
The Sales Development Manager is responsible for growing the OSF business throughout the territory, by managing brokers and strategic key accounts for the organization, while maximizing sales opportunities in all channels including retail, foodservice, wholesale/distributor, K-12, and convenience stores. By supporting and executing the strategic sales plan, the Sales Development Manager will generate growing and profitable sales, by building and maintaining long-term business relationships as well as comprehending key account requirements, to achieve mutual business objectives. Combining various skillsets, such as superior listening and communication skills, the Sales Development Manager is leveraging category management experience and supply chain knowledge to bring breakthrough ideas and solutions to key business partners. The successful candidate will perform assigned daily responsibilities effectively in a fast-paced, team-oriented environment, in addition to assisting in various cross-functional activities.
Position Requirements
- 4-yr college degree in business, ag-business, ag-marketing or related field.
- 5+ years' experience in produce sales and account management functions, as well as experience in working in a collaborative atmosphere with various departments within the organization.
- Astute sales acumen, with perspective and holistic approach to category management, volume and sales forecasting as well as key account development.
- Strong comprehensive knowledge of all channels within the industry.
- Knowledge of school k-12 business, DoD contracts and overall USDA school programs.
- Understanding of value-added produce products.
- Develop new business and monitor sales support systems to ensure business retention.
- Strong computer skills, including Microsoft Office Suite (Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Excel). CRM software experience highly preferred.
- Creative thinking with the ability to resolve problems and conflicts with customers.
- Excellent organizational skills, ability to multi-task and work under tight deadlines with strong attention to detail.
- Self-motivated team player with strong interpersonal skills.
- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to communicate with customers and consumers about our brand.
- The ability to leverage past and current professional relationships to further succeed in achieving sales targets.
- Ability to travel by air, train, car as situation dictates.
Position Responsibilities
- Lead external communication with assigned key strategic accounts through various means, such as business reviews, joint business planning, scorecarding, and forecasting to enhance sales performance and continuous product portfolio growth.
- Collaborate with the sales team to support and deliver retail and foodservice go-to-market strategies, while providing solutions for issues pertinent to business success.
- Mange customer pricing in line with budget targets.
- Accountable for account forecasts and estimated growth plans and develop mutual key performance indicators with customers to achieve sales success.
- Responsible for collaboration with the marketing team in building, implementing, and executing promotional calendars and other promotional activities, to increase sales movement and generated revenue.
- Maintain a thorough working knowledge of all programs and a complete awareness and understanding of the industry as it pertains to competition, markets, products, pricing and trends.
- Build and maintain strong relationships with customers, brokers, and various stakeholders, by proactively responding to special requests and proactively managing day-to-day key issues and challenges.
- Effectively track in CRM and communicate all follow up customers' activities for sales team members, assuring the Director of Sales is up to date on status on all activities.
- Use a variety of data sources, such as internal sales reports, Nielsen data and market trends to collaboratively develop and suggest avenues for growth with business partners.
- Actively participate in all Sales team meetings and reporting.
- Attend relevant sales functions activities, such as exhibits, trade shows, and other events as requested.
- Work closely with all internal team members, brokers and external customers to ensure high customer satisfaction.
- Complete other tasks as assigned by supervisor.
Mission Statement
Harnessing excellence in talent, passion, culture, technology, and innovation, OSF delivers premium quality tree fruit products in the constant pursuit of a healthier, more sustainable world.
About Us
Okanagan Specialty Fruits® (OSF) is a vertically integrated company specializing in the development, growing, processing and marketing of novel tree fruit varieties developed through bioengineering and other molecular tools. Based in Summerland, British Columbia, Canada, OSF was founded in 1996 and acquired by an affiliate of Third Security, LLC in 2020. OSF's flagship product is its nonbrowning Arctic® apples. Arctic apples provide a sustainable solution to less food waste and improved apple consumption.
For company information and partnership opportunities, visit www.osfruits.com.
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