Regional Sales Manager
Regional Sales Manager
Overview
A growing protein manufacturing company is seeking a Regional Sales Manager to lead sales growth across foodservice and retail channels. This individual will be responsible for managing key customer relationships, identifying new business opportunities, and leading a team of sales professionals while driving profitable growth throughout the region.
This is a hands-on commercial leadership role requiring prior meat/protein manufacturing experience. Candidates must be able to effectively discuss processing, products, market dynamics, and customer needs within the protein industry. The ideal candidate brings strong industry knowledge, a stable career progression, and experience selling into both foodservice and retail channels.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop and execute regional sales strategies to drive revenue growth and expand market share.
- Lead, coach, and support a team of sales professionals while fostering a high-performance sales culture.
- Manage relationships with key accounts, distributors, brokers, foodservice operators, and retail customers.
- Identify and secure new business opportunities while growing existing customer partnerships.
- Collaborate with operations, production, and customer service teams to deliver exceptional customer support and execution.
- Provide sales forecasting, market insights, competitive analysis, and strategic recommendations to senior leadership.
- Represent the company at customer meetings, industry events, and trade shows.
Qualifications
- Minimum 5 years of sales experience within meat, protein, poultry, or food manufacturing environments.
- Demonstrated success selling into foodservice and retail channels.
- Strong understanding of protein processing, manufacturing, and industry dynamics.
- Experience managing distributors, brokers, and strategic customer accounts.
- **Bilingual English/Spanish required**
- Strong communication, relationship-building, and negotiation skills.
- Stable career history with demonstrated tenure and progression.
- Experience with leading protein manufacturers is highly desirable.
Travel & Location
- Significant travel required throughout the territory in Chicago.
- Candidates should be willing to spend time in the company's New Jersey office when not traveling.
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