What are the responsibilities and job description for the Director of Sales, Food Service position at Bonduelle?
Position : Director of Sales, Food Service
Department : Sales
Reports To : Chief Sales Officer
Salary Type : Exempt
Location : Irwindale, CA
Compensation
Our compensation is aligned with labor costs across various U.S. geographic regions. The base salary for this position ranges from $150,000 up to $190,000 annually. Actual pay is based on several factors, including the specific location, as well as relevant skills, experience, and job-related expertise. Depending on the position, target bonuses and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and / or other benefits
Groupe Bonduelle is a company that is making a positive impact
Groupe Bonduelle is the world leader in ready-to-use plant-rich food. By joining our company you will have an opportunity to make a positive and sustainable impact on yourself, others and the planet. You will play an active part in our mission to inspire the transition toward a plant-rich diet to contribute to people's well-being and planet health.
Groupe Bonduelle Fresh Americas is the U.S. business unit of France based Groupe Bonduelle (BON.PA). We are the first business unit of Groupe Bonduelle to become a Certified B Corporation. We operate four processing facilities throughout the U.S. and employ nearly 3,000 Associates who focus on producing and bringing to market fresh vegetable products, prepared salads and plant-based meal solutions.
Groupe Bonduelle is a 170 year old French family-owned company that has been at the forefront of plant rich food innovations since 1853. Our ready-to-use plant-rich food products are grown on 173,000 acres by our grower partners and marketed in nearly 100 countries. The company currently employees more than 12,000 Associates globally.
Join us at Bonduelle Fresh Americas for an opportunity to advance your career in a culture that places people first. As a valued member of our company, you will have the opportunity to support our environmental and social initiatives to drive progress against our corporate social responsibility and B Corp certification ambitions. At Bonduelle Fresh Americas, we make contributing to a better future through plant-rich food our top priority.
Position Summary :
This position will ideally be based on the Pacific North West or Northern California and report to the Senior Vice President, Retail Sales - West. This key position on the Sales Team will be focused on several strategic national customers. It will involve strategic fact-based selling as well as project management. It will require extensive collaboration with internal marketing, product development, R&D, production and category management teams. The responsibility will be to develop and guide the implementation of account specific business plans that achieve profitability and sales targets. This individual will serve as the primary account contact, providing account leadership. This position will also be responsible for managing, coaching and training a team of 5 to 10 Brand Ambassadors. The Brand Ambassadors are responsible for executing promotion events with customers for Costco.
Responsibilities :
- Develop account plan / strategies to achieve sales goals
- Achieve all sales and profit goals with existing customers and targeted new customers
- Conduct regular business reviews with customers and internal teams
- Communicate all customer initiatives to internal teams and leverage company expertise / capabilities
- Lead all projects related to customer
- Work collaboratively with all internal cross functional teams
- Identify and communicate opportunities for growth and risks
- Identify and communicate competitive activities
- Present new products / negotiate pricing
- Manage broker network where applicable
- Manage, coach, train and hire for Brand Ambassador positions
- Provide regular forecasts on business based on trends, new business and promotional events
- By your key position in our company, you will support our environmental and social initiatives to drive progress against our 2025 corporate social responsibility and B Corp certification ambitions
Position Requirements :
Salary : $150,000 - $190,000
