[Hiring] Sales Leader @c7705d97-9b8f-4fb7-8535-eef9718b4b57

Role Description

Are you a culinary professional ready to leverage your industry expertise in a customer-facing business development sales role? ACP, Inc., a division of Welbilt, an Ali Group Company based in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, is seeking a motivated Sales Leader to drive growth across the South-Central US, Mexico, and LATAM markets. This remote-based role is ideally located in the Dallas/Forth Worth area and requires approximately 75% domestic and international travel.

What You’ll Do:

• Partner with key accounts, dealers, distributors, manufacturer’s representatives, consultants, and end users to achieve sales, revenue, and profitability objectives.
• Identify, develop, and secure new business opportunities while expanding existing customer relationships.
• Understand customer needs and recommend solutions that drive value and business growth.
• Utilize market intelligence and customer insights to provide input that supports product development, global sales strategies, and market positioning initiatives.
• Represent ACP at industry trade shows, customer events, product demonstrations, food application development, and training and education activities.
• Maintain accurate sales forecasts and provide account performance reporting, opportunities and market developments, as well as effective management of territory planning, travel, and customer activities.

Qualifications

• Culinary, foodservice, or food science training, certification, and/or experience strongly preferred. CEC designation a plus.
• Sales and business development experience preferable, but willing to train and mentor the successful candidate who possesses a combination of culinary training or experience and demonstrates the aptitude, drive, and interpersonal skills necessary to build customer relationships and grow business.
• Spanish-language proficiency is strongly preferred but not required.
• Project management skills are vital.
• Strong communication and presentation skills.
• Food equipment industry experience helpful.
• Experience in international sales and global markets helpful.
• Personal computer skills using MS Office applications including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint are necessary.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation.
• Comprehensive benefits.
• Opportunity to work for an established company with a talented workforce committed to delivering innovative products to the food service industry.

Company Description

Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled. Pre-employment drug test required.