Regional Partnerships Manager CUPS
- Date Posted July 31, 2019
- Location Los Angeles, CA
- Category Business / Media
- Job type Full-Time
Hanging out at coffee shops and chatting with baristas could be more than a Sunday hobby - it could be your job.
We’re looking for an effective, enthusiastic Partnerships Manager to help increase our market share aka convince coffee shop owners to join the CUPS community. You need to be fearless, driven and passionate about specialty coffee and helping small business.
We’re building a task force who will help launch CUPS in LA and beyond! (If there is coffee you may travel there!). Partnership Managers need to be fearless, comfortable walking into small coffee businesses and not afraid of regional travel.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
☕ Prospect for potential coffee shop partners through internet research, social media, cold calling, cold walk ins, and real world networking
☕ Own all stages of the sales process
☕ Connect with coffee shop owners online, on the phone and in person. Owners are tough to catch so you'll have to be creative, charming and persistent
☕ Correspond and have meetings with business owners/managers in order to sign up more CUPS locations - understand SBS needs so that your pitch becomes a solution for their shop
☕ Hand hold coffee shops during the set up process while transitioning the relationship to Account Management
☕ Serve as an expert on CUPS and the specialty coffee industry
THE IDEAL CANDIDATE IS:
☕ An excellent communicator and “people person”
☕ Is easy going and able to adjust to change quickly
☕ Available to travel to different coffee shop locations throughout the market
☕ Results-oriented, proactive, self-motivated and work well in a team environment. We believe in working hard AND smart.
☕ A true team player with a friendly ‘can do’ attitude.
☕ Excellent organizational skills and strong attention to detail
☕ Willing and interested in short-term professional travel
☕ Thorough and good at “closing” deals
☕ BONUS POINTS for pre-existing relationships in the coffee industry
WHAT WE CAN OFFER YOU:
☕Rock solid medical, dental and vision plans
☕ Competitive base + commission structure (45k-80k) depending on experience.
☕ Unlimited CUPS coffee shop drinks (coffee, tea, and hot chocolate!) all over the city (and soon the world!)
☕ A bootcamp in start up. You will learn a lot and very quickly!
☕ Quick growth opportunities. We are currently a small team of 15 with plans to add another 10+ people in 2019.
☕ The opportunity to work with an exciting new product that helps small businesses