Sales Manager

Job DescriptionJob Description

Talento Search Group is seeking a qualified Sales Manager with a background in the meat or dairy products industry.  The home location for the company is in Arkansas.

The ideal sales manager has deep experience with the entire sales process, excelling at lead generation, relationship building, and deal closing. We’re looking for a quick learner who has strong negotiating skills — someone with a successful track record who can inspire the same performance in others. The role demands a leader who has a sharp mind and an ability to coach, advise, motivate, or replace sales representatives while building and maintaining a high-performance team.

Objectives of this role:

• Represent the company effectively with comprehensive knowledge of our offerings

• Research consumer needs and identify how our solutions address them

• Hire, train, motivate, and advise a team of sales representatives

• Achieve company objectives by planning thoroughly, setting sales goals, analyzing performance data, and making forecasts

• Develop skills continuously for hiring, training, and leading team members, and ensure that they're using effective sales tactics to meet revenue objectives

• Generate leads, and establish and nurture client relationships

Responsibilities:

• Create and execute a strategic sales plan that expands our customer base and extends the company's global reach

• Meet with potential clients and grow long-lasting relationships that address their needs

• Recruit sales representatives, set objectives, train and coach them, and monitor their performance 

• Identify knowledge gaps within the team and develop plans for filling them

• Ensure that company quotas are met by holding daily check-ins with sales team to set objectives and monitor progress

• Manage the month-end and year-end close processes

Required skills and qualifications:

• At least 5 years of experience in the retail grocery and or food service sector

• Proven record of success with the entire sales process, from planning to closing

• Excellent communication, interpersonal, and organizational skills

• Must have experience working with Big Box Retailers

• Ability to travel at least 5 - 10% of the time

Company DescriptionTalento Search Group is an executive-search firm servicing manufacturing and logistics companies nationwide. All positions with Talento Search Group are on a direct-hire basis, where the candidate has an opportunity to be hired on directly by the company. Our professionals use their years of recruitment and industry knowledge to dive deep into the requirements of each position and submit qualified applicants that expedite the hiring process.

Talento Search Group was founded on the premise of building long-term business relationships rather than short-term gain. Talento builds a culture of simultaneously serving its candidates and clients with honesty and integrity. Ingenuity, teamwork, and trust are the core values that drive our day to day activities. We know the jobs, we know the skill-sets, and we know the people.

We provide equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and candidates for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, Talento Search Group complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment and recruitment in every location. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leave of absence, compensation, and training.Company DescriptionTalento Search Group is an executive-search firm servicing manufacturing and logistics companies nationwide. All positions with Talento Search Group are on a direct-hire basis, where the candidate has an opportunity to be hired on directly by the company. Our professionals use their years of recruitment and industry knowledge to dive deep into the requirements of each position and submit qualified applicants that expedite the hiring process.\r
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Talento Search Group was founded on the premise of building long-term business relationships rather than short-term gain. Talento builds a culture of simultaneously serving its candidates and clients with honesty and integrity. Ingenuity, teamwork, and trust are the core values that drive our day to day activities. We know the jobs, we know the skill-sets, and we know the people.\r
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We provide equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and candidates for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, Talento Search Group complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment and recruitment in every location. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leave of absence, compensation, and training.

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