PRODUCE SALES REPRESENTATIVE

Job Summary

Grow existing and develop new business. Meet sales goals and objectives, both individual and team.

Essential Duties

• Contact customers via phone or site visits to build and maintain good relationships in order to meet and exceed sales goals.
• Calmly and effectively resolve customer complaints.
• Accurately enter customer orders into the system and have orders entered within set time frames according to delivery route schedules.
• Effectively manage account management including: profitable sales; customer service; price and volume management.
• Manage quantities of product sold vs. warehouse supply.
• Work cooperatively as a sales team to not over or under sell and therefore ensuring all accounts are properly supplied.
• Aid customers with retailing and advertising.
• Operate in a team environment, working closely with sales team and other departments.
• Constant communication with warehouse and drivers.
• Know the product: seasonal and specials and market accordingly.
• Light collections with customer base when applicable.
• Promote a positive company image and operate under the highest ethical standards.
• Maintain continual awareness of the competitive marketplace.
• Must follow good manufacturing practices.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

• Knowledge and experience within the Produce business: in-depth knowledge of grow seasons, quality, pairings and marketing strategies
• 5+ years of produce experience.
• Knowledge of organic items and processed items.
• Retail and pricing experience required.
• Sales experience and customer service skills.
• Ability to meet goals.
• Solid computer skills – Word and Excel.
• Flexibility with schedule, able to travel when needed, work rotating weekends, holidays when scheduled.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Self-starter and motivated.
• Proven success with retaining, identifying, developing and growing accounts.
• Regional traveling.
• Clean 3 year driving record.
• Must be able to meet insurability requirements.

Working Environment

• Works in all weather conditions.
• Exposed to agriculture fields during various states of crop growth.
• Occasionally in and out of dry cold rooms with temperature range of 33-35 degrees F.
• Wet cold rooms are 33-36 degrees F.
• Must be able to pass a pre-employment criminal background check and drug screen, and continue to satisfy our drug testing policy, if offered employment.

Company Information

• We offer competitive compensation starting at $25.00+ hourly depending on experience.
• We offer a benefits package including medical/dental/vision/company paid life insurance.
• All insurance available first of the month after 60 days.
• Paid time off and Paid holidays.
• 401k with employer match.
• Coverage under state sick leave.
• Employee Assistance Program.
• Paid on the job training.
• Job Stability Opportunities for growth and advancement within our company – We do promote within.
• Employee discounts on in-house purchases.

Benefits

• Medical/dental/vision/company paid life insurance.
• Paid time off and Paid holidays.
• 401k with employer match.
• Coverage under state sick leave.
• Employee Assistance Program.

Pay

Competitive compensation starting at $25.00+ hourly depending on experience.

Schedule

Rotating weekends, holidays when scheduled.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications: Knowledge and experience within the Produce business: in-depth knowledge of grow seasons, quality, pairings and marketing strategies 5+ years of produce experience. Knowledge of organic items and processed items. Retail and pricing experience required. Sales experience and customer service skills Ability to meet goals Solid computer skills – Word and Excel. Flexibility with schedule, able to travel when needed, work rotating weekends, holidays when scheduled Excellent interpersonal and communication skills Self-starter and motivated Proven success with retaining, identifying, developing and growing accounts Regional traveling Clean 3 year driving record. Must be able to meet insurability requirements Working Environment: Works in all weather conditions. Exposed to agriculture fields during various states of crop growth. Occasionally in and out of dry cold rooms with temperature range of 33-35 degrees F. Wet cold rooms are 33-36 degrees F. Must be able to pass a pre-employment criminal background check and drug screen, and continue to satisfy our drug testing policy, if offered employment. We are a Federal Contractor and drug free workplace, which includes a prohibition on marijuana use for all employees.