Regional Sales Manager - Mountain West

Job Title: Regional Sales Manager – Mountain West        

Department: Sales/Marketing

Classification:  Exempt/Salary

Reports to: Business Development Senior Manager

Job Qualifications:

1. Brewing experience and /or direct craft beer industry professional background.
2. Passion and experience for craft beer in Colorado, Utah, Nevada, Wyoming, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, and Kansas.  
3. Experience in sales with a proven track record managing and growing revenue and profitability.
4. Strong business acumen and excellent communication skills. 
5. College degree required.
6. Must live, or be willing to relocate for position. Preferable for a candidate to live in Colorado.

Job Summary:

This position reports to the Business Development Senior Manager. The role involves executing a successful sales strategy to increase market share within an assigned geography and becoming an ambassador for the brewing industry. The role requires individual initiative, organizational skills and willingness to travel throughout the assigned region, while working in a team environment. The individual should have experience in the brewing industry and sales or marketing experience.

Job Duties:

Major Responsibilities:

1. Travel extensively throughout the region to build relationships with new and existing customers.
2. Coordinate sales activities and represent Yakima Chief Hops at association meetings, trade shows and brew festivals.
3. Work directly with select strategic partners to expand sales and execute on channel strategy.
4. Participate in Hop & Brew School and the hop selection process during harvest.
5. Communicate with customers to facilitate the sale of hop products, lab analysis services and downstream extract products.
6. Address complaints, special requests and respond to contract inquiries.
7. Work directly with customers to explore forward contracting options, volume discounts and formulate multi-year hop contracts.
8. Communicate new product opportunities, industry trends and customer feedback to appropriate company staff.
9. Develop and execute a sales and relationship management strategy for the territory.
10. Work with sales and marketing staff to initiate creative marketing and promotional plans.
11. Proactively seek continued education for the beer and hop varieties, brewing techniques and downstream extract products.
12. Maintain sanitary and safe work environment.
13. Follow safety requirements.
14. May actively participate on company’s Safety Committee.
15. Ensure that company safety policies as well as federal, state and local safety and environmental regulations are observed.
16. Must have a complete understanding of company’s policies, SOPs, QPs, EPs, HACCP and cGMP that pertain to their department to ensure quality, safety, efficiency and sustainability.
17. Must adhere to all company policies.
18. Examine documents, materials, and products and monitor work processes to assess completeness, accuracy and conformance to standards and specifications.
19. Follow all SOPs in a given area.
20. Perform all other duties as assigned by Manager and/or designee.

Benefits:

1. Medical, Dental, & Vision insurance
2. Health Savings Account (HSA)
3. Flexible Savings Account (FSA)
4. Company Paid Life & AD&D, Voluntary Life And AD&D Insurance
5. Employee Assistance Program (EAP) - Lifeworks
6. Calm for Work
7. 401(k) retirement plan with 6% & Roth option
8. Education Tuition Assistance Program
9. 10 Recognized Holidays
10. 50 hours of personal/sick time pro-rated based upon hire date
11. 110 hours accrued Vacation
12. Competitive Wages
13. Performance Incentive Bonus opportunities
14. Wellness Benefit
15. Employee Giveback Program
16. Individual Development Programs
17. Youth Donation Program
18. Continuing Education Programs
19. Bring your Pet to Work Program (applies to admin positions only)
20. Pet Insurance
21. And much more…