Regional Sales Manager

Overview: A growing protein manufacturing company is seeking a Regional Sales Manager to lead sales growth across foodservice and retail channels. This individual will be responsible for managing key customer relationships, identifying new business opportunities, and leading a team of sales professionals while driving profitable growth throughout the region. This is a hands-on commercial leadership role requiring prior meat/protein manufacturing experience. Candidates must be able to effectively discuss processing, products, market dynamics, and customer needs within the protein industry. The ideal candidate brings strong industry knowledge, a stable career progression, and experience selling into both foodservice and retail channels.

Key Responsibilities: Develop and execute regional sales strategies to drive revenue growth and expand market share. Lead, coach, and support a team of sales professionals while fostering a high-performance sales culture. Manage relationships with key accounts, distributors, brokers, foodservice operators, and retail customers. Identify and secure new business opportunities while growing existing customer partnerships. Collaborate with operations, production, and customer service teams to deliver exceptional customer support and execution. Provide sales forecasting, market insights, competitive analysis, and strategic recommendations to senior leadership. Represent the company at customer meetings, industry events, and trade shows.

Qualifications: Minimum 5 years of sales experience within meat, protein, poultry, or food manufacturing environments. Demonstrated success selling into foodservice and retail channels. Strong understanding of protein processing, manufacturing, and industry dynamics. Experience managing distributors, brokers, and strategic customer accounts.Bilingual English/Spanish requiredStrong communication, relationship-building, and negotiation skills. Stable career history with demonstrated tenure and progression. Experience with leading protein manufacturers is highly desirable.

Travel & Location: Significant travel required throughout the territory in Chicago. Candidates should be willing to spend time in the company's New Jersey office when not traveling.