Job description

Cissé Trading Company: Director of Sales

A bit about us: Cissé (pronounced "see-say") is a new line of gourmet, traceable baking and hot cocoa mixes sold through grocery stores, gourmet retailers, and coffee shops. Our gourmet products offer a fully transparent supply chain to consumers and combine two high-value attributes – premium quality ingredients and a positive social impact. Cissé has just launched in key retailers including Whole Foods, Fairway, Amazon.

A bit about you: Ideally you have worked 3-5 years in a sales role within the packaged foods industry. Experience with a high growth food or beverage business existing relationships, and a proven track record in building sales are a plus. Or you have been in management consulting or another relevant field in a sales role. You are fearless, a born salesperson and like to travel. You are self-motivated, anticipatory, and take initiative.

The nitty gritty:

• Reassess current sales plan for and create achievable revenue targets.
• Maintain and expand the list of targeted retailers and meet all category review deadlines.
• Be responsible for direct outreach and pitching to new retailers (creation of PowerPoint presentation with promos and other support).
• Negotiate and implements introductory and ongoing promotions.
• Manage broker relationships.
• Create and update sales materials as needed (sell sheets, point of sale materials).
• Analyze sales data and proactively seek new, cost efficient ways to drive new sales.
• Manage a database of competitors and analyze relevant trends.
• Create and maintain sales budgets.

**Salary commensurate with experience in addition to quarterly bonus based on performance/metrics/sales goals. Lots of brownies, too! **

Compensation

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Application instructions

Deadline

June 03, 2013