Vice President Sales: Specialty Private Label - San Diego, CA, United States - Bumble Bee

Description

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**Vice President Sales: Specialty Private Label & Food Service**

**LOCATION**

San Diego, CA

**DEPARTMENT**

Sales & Marketing

**PURPOSE**

The Vice President Sales: Specialty Private Label & Food Service will lead a group of Sales Leaders in developing and executing Sales strategy and deliverables for the Company. This position will be responsible for the specific retailers within defined channel to drive efficiencies, holistic opportunities, work with internal multi-functional teams. This person will provide strategic, tactical, and executional leadership in utilizing category, customer, and consumer insight information to support development and execution of effective sales initiatives at Bumble Bee Seafoods. Furthermore, they will be expected to achieve the strategic sales strategy of the Company through strong collaboration across the Sales, Customer Development (Trade Marketing), and Brand Marketing departments.

**ESSENTIAL DUTIES**

The duties of this position are those described below. This job description does not state or imply that the duties listed are the only duties and responsibilities assigned to this position. Employees holding this position will be required to perform any other job-related duties as requested by management.

Work effectively as part of an integrated Sales, Trade Marketing, and Brand Marketing Team to develop and execute broad-based business strategies that grow top line and bottom-line results and drive market growth

Identify opportunities for customers to improve their category profitability through Bumble Bee products.

Develop a professional, talented and motivated team of Sales professionals that can enable Bumble Bee Seafoods to be a best-in-class performer as we execute our strategic and tactical sales initiatives. This includes identifying needs and providing access to personal and professional development.

Utilize data analytics to expand our presence not only in center store (greater shelf space, efficient assortment, product placement, expanded footprint of shelf stable seafood) but also to expand our penetration to other grocery segments (snacking, prepared meals, deli, refrigerated, cash register, etc.)

Establish leadership business partnerships across key customers that translates to business results.

**QUALIFICATIONS AND SKILLS DESIRED**

BA or BS required in business or related field; MBA strongly preferred

10+ years of Sales leadership experience in the US CPG industry

Highly adept and capable of building and maintaining trusting partnerships and relationships across business unit leaders as well as with the companys external consumer, wholesale, and cross-functional partners

Strong communication skills

Proactive and customer focused approach to their position

Demonstrated experience with attracting, developing, and retaining talent

Experience with multiple channels of distribution in Sales

Advanced executive presentation skills with PowerPoint and financial modeling in Excel

Able to travel 25% of the time

Bumble Bee Seafoods is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex including sexual orientation and gender identity, national origin, disability, protected Veteran Status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.

**About Bumble Bee Seafoods**

The Bumble Bee Seafood Company is passionately pursuing its purpose of feeding peoples lives through the power of the ocean. We are an iconic 120-year-old year-old fishing company that consistently aims to deliver delicious, healthy and affordable food to consumers while working hard to find new ways to protect the ocean and those that rely on it. Bumble Bee is firmly anchored in a commitment to connect the world to the ocean by re-defining sourcing, producing and enjoying products from and inspired by the ocean.

Bumble Bees full line of seafood and specialty protein products are marketed in the U.S., Canada and over 50 markets globally under leading brands including Bumble Bee, Brunswick, Clover Leaf, Snows, Wild Selections and Beach Cliff. For more information about the company, visit . For product information, visit .

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