Career Opportunity

National Account Manager

Are you looking for an exciting career opportunity with a progressive team of professionals in a growing company?

High Liner Foods is proud to be the leading North American processor and marketer of value-added frozen seafood. We are seeking a National Account Manager to become the newest member of our Sales Team. The position will be based out of our new Portsmouth, NH headquarters.

The National Account Manager has direct management responsibilities for developing sales at assigned Foodservice Chain and Ingredient accounts. The National Account Manager is responsible for developing and maintaining strong relationships with key personnel at all levels in these accounts, including procurement, culinary, R&D, marketing, operations. In addition must work collaboratively with internal team members across key cross functional departments.

As the National Account Manager, a typical day might include the following:

·         Identify Profitable sales opportunities within existing customer base and target prospects.

·         Research account opportunities, assess customer needs and align with internal solutions

·         Devise/Develop creative aggressive sales strategies and approaches.

·         Build effective customer relationships within multiple departments with key decision makers at assigned customer base.

·         Develop and deliver professional, well constructed sales presentations to prospective customers.

·         Work with R&D/Culinary to develop proprietary products for large volume opportunities

·         Generate monthly sales reports  detailing progress toward short and long term objectives

This job might be for you if:

·         You have a proven track record of at least 7 years in Foodservice sales/National Accounts, we would prefer at least 5 years experience in protein or seafood sales.

·         You believe education is important, and so do we. This role will be requiring a minimum of a Bachelor’s degree in a related field.

·         You don’t mind travelling. You’ll be spending at least half your time on the road.

·         In addition to your strong selling and negotiating skills, you’ve got a knack for listening, it is important to us that we hear what our customers have to say.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, veteran, or marital status, genetic information or other protected status, covered by federal, state or local law.

Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer

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