What are the responsibilities and job description for the Sales Associate position at Sun Noodle?
JOB POSTING: Sales Associate
About Sun Noodle
Are you known to bring warmth, energy, and joy to everything you touch? Then please keep reading because we’re looking for talent like you.
Founded in Hawai‘i in 1981, Sun Noodle is a family-owned company dedicated to the craft of fresh, premium noodles. With production facilities in Hawai‘i, California, New Jersey, and Rotterdam, Sun Noodle serves both world-class chefs and everyday noodle lovers. Through quality, creativity, and care, we aim to brighten people’s days with every bowl of noodles. Expect camaraderie, fun company events, and plenty of noodle tastings as part of your everyday life here. That’s enough about us for now. Below, we’ll share a little bit more about what we’re looking for in you.
Role Overview
The Sales Associate is responsible for supporting the Sales team by working with East Coast Asian distributors. This role plays a key part in developing and increasing sales volume in the food distributor space.
Key Responsibilities:
- Achieving growth, researching, and maintaining new and current accounts.
- Continual visits and travel to assigned territories, locally and out of state.
- Meeting and providing customer service needs for distributor partners as well as new and established restaurant customers.
- Executing demo cuttings, presentations, ride-alongs and trade shows.
- Organize and log current and up-to-date information involving sales leads and acquired market research information.
- Keeping accurate records of sales activity, forecasts, and customer feedback.
- Identifying and contacting potential clients through networking, calls, and emails.
- Understanding customer needs, presenting product/ service solutions, and providing solutions to concerns.
- Willing to learn and educate others to understand our product lines.
- Willing to work on weekends
- Willing to travel
- Other duties as assigned
Experience & Qualifications
- Must LOVE noodles!
- 3 years of Manufacturing/ Distribution Sales
- Has built a good rapport with Large & Local Food Distributors and/or restaurants
- 2 years of experience in Food Industry
- Comfortable communicating product information to groups.
- Willing to travel domestically outside of California through different means of transportation- car, train, airplane, etc.
- Has a passion for Ramen, Noodles, Customer Service & Sales!
What We Offer
- Opportunity to shape an iconic and growing food brand
- A creative culture centered around craftsmanship, collaboration, and continuous improvement
- Exposure to a global business with diverse initiatives—from ramen festivals to retail roadshows to restaurant collabs
- Competitive compensation and benefits