Sofina Foods Inc. Looking for National Account Manager, Coffee Foodservice at Port Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada Full Time

Location : Port Coquitlam/ Vancouver

Position Summary:

Reporting to the Director, Coffee Sales, the National Account Manager, Coffee (Food Service) is responsible for achieving annual volume targets associated with the regional business for designated Foodservice Grocery Accounts with direct account and broker management responsibility.

This would be a contract role for 12 months.

Main Duties:

1. Identify and develop new business opportunities with Foodservice operator chains;
2. Establish new listings and develop category business with regional Foodservice distributors;
3. Establish new distributor and retail customers nationally with a focus on the Western Canada market
4. Develop and establish key business relationships taking the business to the next level and aiming at driving profitable volumes
5. Lead the expansion of the Lavazza Café concept with Western retail and food service partners
6. Support the development and execution of the annual business plan. Provide monthly performance in support of achieving annual goals and objectives.
7. Refine and maintain customer merchandising and promotional support plans for coffee portfolio in support of contracted standards
8. Development of customer presentations and proposals, business reviews
9. Effectively manage and reconcile all rebates, allowances, deductions and receivables with the applicable trading partners

Requirements:

1. University Degree or College Diploma with a minimum of 5-10 years of industry experience.
2. Proven track record of delivering results
3. Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to establish relationships.
4. Understands & practices “solution selling”; willingness to develop sales strategies and motivated to learn more.
5. Strong computer skills with proficiency in MS Office (Excel, Power Point, Word, Teams).
6. Travel within province and occasional travel to out of province.

Work Conditions and Physical Capabilities:

• Normal physical effort.
• Normal sensory effort.
• Normal mental stress.

What we have to Offer:

• Full benefits (health, dental, vision and disability.)
• Pension plan with company match.
• Referral bonus.

Hiring Range:$80,415.00 – 114,993.00

Please note that the hiring range provided is derived from a group of like roles within Sofina. The final offer amount for this role will be dependent on geographical region, applicable experience, skillset of the candidate and internal equity.

Sofina Foods, Inc. is a privately owned Canadian company headquartered in Markham, Ontario, Canada dedicated to providing great-tasting, high quality food products for consumers.

Our workforce is exceptionally diverse with professional opportunities across many functional areas of our business.