Essential Duties and Responsibilities
- Responsible for generating sales opportunities within a defined geographic area by researching potential accounts.
- Responsible for performing weekly selling events (demonstrations) of products in foodservice accounts or associations.
- Maintains a sales call balance of new branded business opportunities along with current business retention and expansion.
- Responsible for maintaining, developing, and growing only branded business within diverse customer base.
- Maintains a consistent touch point cycle within assigned geography along with daily account of activities and progress for every call.
- Manage incoming customer and company needs.
- Interface with cross-functional employees.
- Responsible for representing the brand and portfolio at local customer event and training meetings.
- Responsible for traveling to and from client sites.
- Ability to manage a large geographical area may be required.
- Ability to represent the brand internally and externally, and be able to stand behind our company vision process.
- Able to sell branded concepts as well as branded solutions.
- Oriented to team success.
- Customer focused and sales driven
- Self-starter who requires minimal direct supervision, able to influence and drive change.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Education and Experience
- Bachelor’s degree preferred, or equivalent 3-5 years successful sales or sales management experience
- Minimum 3 years of successful street sales experience in a foodservice B2B (business to business) environment.
- Experience representing a premium or luxury brand a plus, but not required.
- Culinary experience a plus, but not required. Individuals with culinary experience, strong relationship capabilities, and excellent follow up process are usually well-suited for this position.
- Experience in a similar or relevant, route-to-market process, such as Direct Store Delivery environments are usually well-suited for this position.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, Power Point and Outlook) as well as a high level of Internet savviness are required.
Language Skills
- Strong written and verbal communication, interpersonal, leadership, planning or organizational skills.
- Sales personality that demonstrates patience and persistence for the sales process.
Mathematical Skills
- A broad understanding of basic mathematical functions, including weights and measures.
Physical Demands
- Ability to travel up to 80% of the time
- Overnight travel may be required
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
- At least 3 years of successful street sales experience in a foodservice B2B environment
- Successful sales or sales management experience, typically 3-5 years, if substituting for a bachelor's degree
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Strong interpersonal, leadership, planning, and organizational skills
- Ability to travel up to 80% of the time, including possible overnight travel
- Basic understanding of mathematical functions, including weights and measures
- Premium or luxury brand experience
- Culinary experience
- Experience with route-to-market or Direct Store Delivery environments
Boar's Head Brand Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Boar's Head Brand and has not been reviewed or approved by Boar's Head Brand.
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Healthcare Strength — Benefits are characterized by premium medical, dental, vision, and supplemental coverage offered at low employee cost. Feedback suggests this breadth and affordability are a standout element of the total package.
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Retirement Support — A 401(k) with profit sharing and related financial programs is highlighted across roles. Feedback suggests these retirement features contribute meaningfully to perceived total compensation.
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Fair & Transparent Compensation — Pay is often characterized as fair or good and competitive in many locations, especially when considered alongside benefits. Feedback suggests total compensation feels stronger than base pay alone for many roles.
Boar's Head Brand Insights
What We Do
Since Boar's Head was founded in 1905, much has changed. While many have learned to cut corners, we are happy to say we haven't changed with the times, and over 110 years later, we're still using only the finest ingredients—pure pork, poultry and beef, combined with real spices, and no fillers, by-products, artificial colors or flavors, gluten or trans fat. What started with just a few products has grown to over 500, ranging from premium delicatessen meats, cheeses and condiments to an array of Italian and Old World specialties, hummus, snacking, and foodservice items. With Boar’s Head, you can trust each and every one of our products was prepared with the utmost care. Offering the world’s best delicatessen meats, cheeses and condiments is a never-ending quest that calls for a special type of team member. One who consistently: • Pushes for excellence in their personal and professional lives. • Invests in fostering relationships through open communication and respect. • Collaborates to passionately delight our customers. In exchange, we proudly provide: • Top medical, dental, and vision coverage for team members and their families. • Competitive pay, bonus, and 401(k) plans. • Opportunities to participate in the Boar’s Head Sons and Daughters Scholarship Program. • Career development opportunities through on-the-job, e-learning, and instructor-led training. Our Learning Management System has hundreds of courses to help team members learn and grow. • Community involvement activities that tackle critical hunger-relief, healthcare, and education initiatives through non-profit organizations such as Feeding America, The ALS Association, Boys & Girls Clubs of America, The Salvation Army, and hospital foundations throughout the country.
