Job Description:
We are a family owned Grower/Packer/Shipper company in Sparta NC. We are seeking an experienced self-motivated Produce/Christmas Deco Items sales representative to join our team. Our business is continually growing and we are in need of a person with strong produce sales background, high energy, and must be able to commit to sales results.
Compensation/Salary:
DOE
Responsibilities & Duties:
- Work with owners to develop and maintain profitable programs.
- Make presentations of profitable programs to potential and existing customers.
- Notify and assist buyers, operations and sales support persons by communication of customer's needs and preferences.
- Organize and provide assistance for special sales and promotions.
- Plan, organize and attend appropriate trade shows.
- Identify and target new business development.
- Close sales, achieve monthly targets and commit to sales results.
- Responsible for entire sales process from first contact to close.
- Attend all sales meetings and appointments, (on time, punctual).
- Responsible for individual accounts sales and gross profit.
- Responsible for processing and turning in job related paperwork within the set time lines.
- Will be primary interface between farm operations and buyers on a daily basis during produce seasons.
Qualifications:
- Must have excellent phone skills.
- Proven track record of strong sales, customer relations, meeting quotas and closing deals.
- Strong verbal and written communications skills are a must.
- Minimum of 10 years’ experience in produce sales.
- Quick and accurate with paperwork, figures, attentive to detail, and have good follow-through.
- Organizational skills, ability to work independently, promote, sell and secure new business.
- Demonstrated excellent interpersonal human relations and teaming skills.
- Knowledgeable in Excel.
- Ability to work with team members from all levels of the organization, from owner to farm operation team.