Job Details:
Summary:
Location: Candidate must reside in Colorado or Utah.
Territory: Colorado and Utah
As a contributing Foodservice Sales team member, the Sales Account Manager will report directly to the Team Lead. The position will have regular interactions with the Team Lead and other TMs, while focused on cultivating relationships and growing business with assigned distributor and/or K-12 operator accounts. This person will be accountable for building relationships, providing solutions to customers, selling incremental items, negotiating pricing/programs and prioritizing efforts against market plans. This position is expected to work cross functionally with various business units and trade teams to grow new business, protect the core and create a competitive advantage while attaining mix and volume targets.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
• Develop and/or cultivate professional relationships with identifying and targeting incremental accounts, assigned accounts within the market/geography to achieve business objectives.
• Gather, create, and maintain key insight for all assigned accounts including key contacts, correspondence, size of business, product/category risks & opportunities; competitive set; calendar/ timing and potential hurdles. Maintain and track progress using the CRM tool all applicable parties are aware.
• Execute and manage all strategic initiatives.
• Collaborate with Sales Development Business Units and Trade teams as needed to deliver and/or exceed sales plans by managing marketing programs. expense management and deduction resolution (as appropriate).
• Provide customer sales support for market events, meetings, presentations, product samplings, and local trade shows.
• Must be able to deliver against assigned volume goals and execute price actions within the marketplace. Manage spending and manage the mix of products sold.
• Manage T&E Budget.
• Other duties as assigned.
Requirements:
Experience: Minimum 5 years outside sales experience Food Service, Food Service Manufacturing, or Distributor Sales. K-12 experience and commodity reprocessing experience preferred.
Education: Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience.
Communication Skills: Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Special Skills: Strategic thinking, planning, negotiation skills, understanding of motivational leadership skills, and conflict resolution skills; Event planning execution
Computer Skills: Experience with Microsoft Office products.
Travel: 30-40%
Relocation Assistance Eligible:
NoWork Shift:
1ST SHIFT (United States of America)Pay Range/Rate:
$102,000.00 - $170,000.00Incentives:
Annual Incentive Plan:
Long-Term Incentive Plan:
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Any listed amounts represent the base pay range. Additional compensation may be available for this position based on various factors such as shift differentials, standby/on-call, overtime, premiums, extra shift incentives, or bonuses. Pay is just one part of Tyson’s total compensation package.
Tyson will develop an offer based on a candidate's or team member’s relevant skills and capabilities, the market data for the role described in this requisition, internal equity, and other information relevant to the candidate and role.
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Skills Required
- Minimum 5 years outside sales experience in Food Service, Food Service Manufacturing, or Distributor Sales
- K-12 experience and commodity reprocessing experience
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Strategic thinking, planning, negotiation, motivational leadership, and conflict resolution skills
- Experience with Microsoft Office products
Tyson Foods Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Healthcare Strength — Medical, dental, and vision coverage start on day one and are complemented by telehealth, wellbeing programs, and added mental‑health support. Vision and basic dental are available at no additional cost, and preventive care is emphasized.
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Parental & Family Support — Paid parental leave has been expanded for birth and adoptive parents, signaling stronger family support. Select locations have piloted childcare solutions to better support shift workers.
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Retirement Support — A 401(k) plan with company matching after a year and an employee stock purchase plan are available to build long‑term financial security. Company‑paid life and disability coverage further bolster the protection package.
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What We Do
World's largest processor and marketer of protein food products. We think differently and we act boldly. At Tyson Foods, we're not only ready for tomorrow, we’re leading the way. We are a company of people engaged in the production of food, seeking to pursue truth and integrity, and committed to creating value for our shareholders, our customers, our team members, and our communities. We built our name on providing generations of families with wholesome, great-tasting chicken. But today’s Tyson Foods is so much more. As values and behaviors around food have changed, so have we. Today, we’re innovators uniquely positioned to reshape what it means to feed our world. Today, we not only have the fastest growing portfolio of protein-centric brands, we offer greater transparency into everything we do.
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