As one of North America's top fresh produce companies, we bring over 100 varieties of produce from more than 20 different countries to the market and move over 40 million cases of fresh produce annually including grapes, berries, kiwi, apples, hothouse and more! With strategic brand partnerships, we connect with the premier growers and labels from around the world and sell to most of the largest retailers in North America. Our business is managed by a team of dedicated professionals delivering exceptional service from over a dozen offices throughout North and South America. And because a healthy planet is essential to our growers, customers, and all of us at Oppenheimer, sustainability plays a vital role in everything we do.
OPPORTUNITY ALERT!
We are looking for a motivated individual with experience or interest in sales and a passion for the produce industry to learn and grow with our dynamic sales team in Seattle, WA. We welcome applicants with produce buying or sales experience or a keen individual who is light on experience but has the drive to learn. This is an amazing chance to join a stable, successful company that offers opportunity for growth.
Your energy and customer service orientation will drive you to provide excellent customer service for both internal and external customers while maintaining effective working relationships throughout the organization. You will learn and grow from seasoned leaders in the industry and collaborate with sales team members to grow the sales in the region.
- Assist the sales department in conducting sales activities, planning for sales strategies and inventory management.
- Answer incoming sales calls in a professional, courteous manner and providing excellent customer service.
- Learn to aggressively build, establish and maintain a customer base for the assigned territory.Provide sales support to existing customers, solicit new customers, and make sales presentations as needed.
- Once your core knowledge in our business is sound, you will sell company products and services in accordance with established sales targets.
- Over time, you will learn to proactively identify customer needs and potential solutions to meet or exceed customer expectations, including contracting program sales and identifying spot business trading.
- Collaborate with staff to expedite sales commitments, and to resolve final pricing issues and related customer accounting and billing problems in accordance with company policies and procedures in a timely manner.
- Liaise with quality control, inventory control, transportation and operations staff to maintain awareness of company products and related services, as well as applicable standards and procedures.
- Participate in promoting a customer-focused, cooperative, team-oriented culture in alignment with the company’s core values.
- You have passion and desire to make a difference and tenacity to dig in, figure it out and keep trying until you get results.
- You ideally have experience in retail purchasing or produce sales and marketing; however, we may consider an entry-level candidate that has high drive to learn and build a career in the dynamic produce industry.
- Your degree or diploma in business with a focus in sales, marketing or agri-business will give you a foundation to build your experience. Spanish language skills are also an asset.
- Not one to sit and wait, you proactively and systematically work to improve your skills and learn the business. Resourcefulness and tenacity are in your DNA.
- Incredibly Organized. You can work independently, make appropriate decisions and liaise with numerous parties, leaving them impressed with your follow up and attention to detail.
- A Team Player. You have been recognized as a go-to person; bridging and building positive relationships with customers, growers and across departments.
- You remain positive and poised in all situations, not much rattles you. Multi-tasking comes naturally, and you find keeping busy invigorating.
- You are willing to do what it takes to get the job done; occasional weekend or evening work does not faze you.
