About This Opportunity
This is a foundational role supporting the growth of Samyang Canada, playing a key part in expanding our presence in the Canadian market. While this position is posted on the Samyang America careers page, the selected candidate will be employed by the Canadian entity and subject to applicable Canadian employment laws and benefits.
Location & Work Model
Candidates must be able to travel to the Greater Toronto Area. This role will begin remotely and transition to a hybrid work model once our Toronto office opens.
Position Summary:
Join Samyang Canada and guide the digital prominence of influential brands like Buldak, Tangle, and MEP. Numerator recently named Buldak Ramen as the top brand among Generation Alpha – now you can build on that momentum!
The Senior Director of Sales will lead Samyang Canada’s Sales and Strategy departments. This role is critical to unlocking the company’s largest near‑term revenue opportunity by driving velocity, horizontal growth, and innovation-led growth. The ideal candidate is a commercially sharp, execution-oriented sales leader with documented success leading departments and hitting sales targets. Deep retailer expertise and a strong track record of accelerating innovative product assortments in fast-moving CPG categories will be necessary for this role to succeed. The successful candidate will be capable of guiding the sales organization through periods of rapid growth and sustainable year over year planning.
Key Responsibilities:
Own and lead national account teams to ensure success with national retail grocery chains and additional priority channels.
Deliver volume growth, distribution expansion, shelf optimization, promotional excellence, and P&L management
Lead new SKU rollouts, innovation launches, and seasonal program execution across key retailers.
Oversee key trade negotiations, joint business planning, promotional planning, and category review cycles.
Ensure consistent, high-quality in-store execution aligned with brand, shopper, and merchandising strategies.
Be the senior partner with cross-functional teams to improve retailer-specific insights, reporting, and forecasting accuracy.
Identify and secure incremental opportunities across on sales channels.
Maintain best-in-class retailer engagement through proactive communication, business reviews, and data-driven storytelling.
Requirements:
12+ years of experience within CPG or FMCG sales
Direct experience managing the teams who handle Costco, Walmart, Loblaws, Metro, and/or Sobeys at the national level.
Demonstrated success building and managing high performing teams
Strong understanding of trade strategy, category management, and promotional planning.
Excellent negotiation, communication, and relationship management skills.
Data-driven mindset with capability to interpret POS, panel, and retail execution insights.
Proven ability to operate in fast-paced, high-growth, entrepreneurial environments.
Willingness to travel within the territory as needed (30-40%)
Preferred:
Experience working in CPG foods, with particular focus on instant noodles, pasta, or other high-velocity grocery categories.
Deep retailer savvy—understanding operational nuances, decision-making rhythms, and omni-channel levers.
Commercially sharp with a strong sense of ownership and accountability for results.
High execution orientation with the ability to translate strategy into measurable, in-store impact.
Strategic, collaborative, and comfortable influencing cross-functional and retailer partners.
Proactive problem-solver with strong organization, communication, and prioritization skills.
Equal Employment Opportunity Employer:
Samyang America is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all individuals. We do not discriminate in employment decisions on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws.
Skills Required
- 12+ years of experience within CPG or FMCG sales
- Direct experience managing teams who handle Costco, Walmart, Loblaws, Metro, and/or Sobeys
- Demonstrated success building and managing high performing teams
- Strong understanding of trade strategy, category management, and promotional planning
- Excellent negotiation, communication, and relationship management skills
- Proven ability to operate in fast-paced, high-growth environments
What We Do
Samyang America Inc. a wholly owned subsidiary of Samyang Foods Korea, was established in Los Angeles at the end of August 2021 and is responsible for the sales of all Samyang Food products in the United States. Samyang Foods Korea manufactured 'Samyang Ramen' in 1963, the Korea's first ramen, paving the way for making ramen the soul food of all Koreans. We, Samyang Foods Korea, have the history of establishing a US factory in 1984 which was the first one approved by the US FDA, and have been developing into a global ramen and food company with the release of the Buldak series. Samyang America will be taking the lead in spreading Korean food & Korean culture throughout the Americas beyond the US.
