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Export Sales Manager

Job Description: 

With 18 years of proven business success, Orion Pacific Traders is headquartered in the San Francisco Bay Area, and also enjoy the convenience and expertise of staffed offices in South Africa, Chile, Peru and the United States.

Our dedicated logistics team in each market is supported by field staff, and inspectors to insure that our farmers, and our customers, receive exceptional service and fair prices while we deliver the best quality product to our foreign markets.

We are currently seeking an experienced Export Sales Manager in Walnut Creek, California.  

Requirements: 
  • Strong experience selling produce, preferably to export market
  • Must understand export protocols; inspections, documentation, and etc.
  • Ability to work in a fast paced demanding environment with a diversity of people
  • Excellent phone, computer, and electronic trade skills are key
  • This position requires an experienced self-motivated produce account sales person with specific skills in planning and selling

 

Responsibilities & Duties: 
  • Seek out and develop new customers, present products and acquire orders
  • Conduct analysis of current services and product line and brainstorm new ideas for services/products
  • Manage and grow our existing customer accounts. Accounts include: wholesale, retail and food service contracts
  • Maintain sales targets
  • Help implement and build a strong Sales Team to potential run long term
  • The trading territory is to be managed and  will greatly depend on the candidates past experience and contacts.
  • The position will require some travel to visit customers and suppliers.  
  • There will also be travel to 1 or 2 major trade congresses per year.