District Sales Manager (NYC)

About SANZO

Our mission is to bridge cultures through connecting people with authentic flavors. As American tastes have increasingly easternized through food, music, film, music and TV, we are reimagining established beverage categories with Asian inspirations, while celebrating our truly American identity.

The Role

This position is responsible for customer management and administration activities in the assigned district to ensure our customer service expectations and the Region’s objectives are achieved. The position covers the NYC Metro area.

• Establish and maintain effective customer and distributor relationships.
• Expand sales opportunities within the district by developing and maintaining relationships with existing and new accounts, to comply with and increase sales goals.
• Manage the day-to-day contact and resolve customer issues by addressing potential problems and suggesting solutions to assure customer satisfaction.
• Negotiate pricing and volume with assigned customers to achieve sales objectives.
• Provide input in the development of sales plans.
• Identify opportunities and corrections by tracking product performance of each route in the district.

Requirements

• 5 years experience in route sales in the grocery industry.
• Ability to negotiate effectively and influence others.
• Ability to make decisions that effectively impact the business.
• Basic knowledge of DSD systems, bonus points for previous experience working with Rainforest.
• Work requires the use of computers for email, report generation, and general correspondence.
• Work requires lifting of up to 25 pounds.
• Candidates must live in the geographic area to ensure a reasonable commute and access to customers in the assigned district.