Position Title: Business Development Representative

Reports to: VP of Direct Sales

Department: Sales

Classification:  Remote Full-time, Exempt

Pay: Potentially $100K

The Company

Stanislaus Food Products is a nationally recognized, family-owned company known for crafting the finest Italian-style tomatoes and sauces for top-quality Italian restaurants and pizzerias. 

If you take pride in the quality of your work and prefer working on a team of talented individuals who share your passion for excellence, we invite you to apply for this exciting opportunity! This is a fulltime, remote position located in Miami and surrounding area.

In this role, you are responsible to sell our products to quality mom & pop restaurateurs who have not yet been introduced to the consistently superior flavor of our tomatoes and/or olive oils. The Business Development Representative will support Stanislaus Food Products and Corto Olive with targeted account development in key sectors to help grow new business revenue. This role is an incredible opportunity to build a strong sales foundation which could lead to career advancement!

Primary responsibilities include:

• walking into restaurant kitchens, engaging chefs and owners in conversation, and conducting side-by-side tastings to demonstrate that our tomatoes and oils taste better than their current brands.
• influencing our potential customer(s) to begin purchasing our products from their distributor.
• sales, with a results-oriented drive.
• maintaining confidence and displaying an exuberant attitude.
• a culinary or independent restaurant background.
• partnering and collaborating with cross functional teams.
• display a strong work ethic and be self-motivated –this includes the ability to meet or exceed quota while working remotely.
• display excellent verbal, written, communications and presentation skills.

Candidate Requirements:

• Passion to help small independent restaurants persevere
• A culinary or independent restaurant background
• Enjoy prospecting or have door-to-door sales experience
• Desire to expand professional knowledge of product and sales skills
• Display a strong work ethic and be self-motivated – this includes the ability to meet or exceed quota while working remotely
• Excellent verbal, written, communications and presentation skills
• Conversational in Spanish

Candidate Preferences:

• food industry experience 

Physical Requirements:

Frequent lifting, carrying, pushing, and/or pulling; some stooping, kneeling, crouching, and/or crawling; and frequent fine finger dexterity. Generally, the job requires the following percentages of time committed to physical activity: 50% or more sitting, 25% or less walking, and 50% or more standing. The job is performed under occasional temperature variations and in a restaurant environment. Unrestricted visual and audio abilities are required for the safety of all employees. The ability to lift to 45 lbs. is required.

Pay and Benefits:

In addition to our solid track record as a stable, growing employer, we offer:

• Medical, Dental and Vision Benefit Packages
• Life Insurance
• Paid Vacation, Sick Time and Holidays
• 401k Program
• Other optional benefits
• Access to superior pizza and pasta sauce products!