Job Description
Position: Meat & Proteins Promotion Specialist Location: St. Francis, MN
Salary: $90K base salary + UP - DOE
Benefits: Company laptop, Full Health Benefits, 401K, Vacation time & more.
Contact: [email protected] Our Client, a premier food company with customers nationwide is seeking an experienced
Meat & Protein Promotion Specialist for their upper Midwest region.
The right candidate will be responsible for leading meat merchandising and sales efforts at a regional level. This includes building strong relationships with retailers, promoting programs to drive profitability, managing department staff, coordinating sales events, and collaborating across departments to ensure the success of meat-related initiatives. This position will provide an excellent opportunity for self-motivated, flexible individual who will enjoy a challenging and diverse job.
Responsibilities: - Develop trust with retailers and educate them on various meat product programs.
- Oversee sales activities, food shows, and new product launches.
- Recruit, train, and evaluate staff performance.
- Control divisional expenses and ensure profitability.
- Set and achieve sales goals, pricing strategies, and promotional efforts.
- Coordinate with internal departments like Procurement, Warehousing, Advertising, etc.
- Lead planning for special events involving meat products.
- Assist with all product store resets, plan-o-grams.
- Utilize sales leads and meet or exceed deadlines as well as collaborating with advertising.
- Meet marketing targets and sales volume forecast on time.
- Serve as a liaison between the customer and the company.
- Educate and train meat department personnel.
- At times have responsibility of products to list weekly sale advertisements.
- Follow up on leads and prospects and prepare analysis of sales results.
- Execute market analysis of competitor’s products and pricing strategies.
Requirements: - 1 to 2 years’ experience marketing, promoting, merchandising or selling meat & protein products to Retail Grocery Stores & Grocery Wholesalers.
- Must have direct experience with Meat & Protein products from a Retail Grocery Store or Grocery Wholesaler or similar.
- Degree in Marketing, Sales, Business Management preferred, but not required.
- Must have experience with fresh meat & protein products.
- Ability to persuade and influence others through various promotions and merchandising.
- Must have strong interpersonal and communication skills.
- Demonstrated ability of managing Retail Grocery & Wholesale Grocery Accounts.
- Ability to be creative and deliver professional presentations.
- Provide professional appearance and provide positive company image to the public.
- Strong PC skills, Microsoft Office Suite.
- Possess a valid driver’s license as this position requires regional & overnight travel.
- Must be currently authorized to work in the USA without the need for a visa sponsorship now or in the future.
If you are interested or know of someone that would be a great match, please send a MS Word resume & cover letter to John Marino at
[email protected] Or Apply directly here online by clicking the
"APPLY NOW"link:
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