Job Description

Medical, Dental, Vision, FSA, Life Insurance, 401k, Paid Time Off, Paid Holidays

Shoreline Fruit operates nearly 7000 acres of cherry orchards right here in Michigan, growing and processing over 25 million pounds of Montmorency tart cherries each year. We are a grower owned company built from two families\' stories filled with pride and hard work that continues to grow in its reach of customers here and around the globe. You will be joining the team that grows, processes, markets, and sells the finest cherry products and other premium dried fruits available anywhere in the world.

We have a Key Account Manager role open for someone with a "hunter" mindset for our Cherry Bay Orchards brand, Shoreline Corporate brand, and private label brand products. In other words, we are looking for someone with immense creativity, proven experience, and a zest to cultivate the business while you grow with it.

Who you are:

You are energetic and optimistically driven by purpose. You are creative, collaborative, and eager to learn. You are a natural at creating, developing, and maintaining long lasting relationships with your customers and work team. You like to work hard and have fun.

What you will be doing:

• Become a great story teller of our grower owned and vertically integrated business that raises the standards of quality, processing, and marketing of our products.
• Get to know, value, and work with all of the divisions and departments that make this happen: growers, production, packaging, quality, R&D, storage, finance, procurement, sales, marketing.
• Begin with a book of existing business and creatively seek out, open, and maintain new business for consumer packages of Cherry Bay Orchards, Shoreline Corporate Brand, and Private Label Brand products in multiple market channels.
• Work with sales assistants to fulfill existing and prospective customer needs and monitor customer satisfaction to provide solutions for the greatest customer experience and care.
• Develop annual sales plans to achieve sales goals and provide detailed and accurate sales forecasts.
• Input your creativity into the marketing plan and materials.
• Analyze trends and competitors to help identify market opportunities and make strategic decisions for future growth.
• Manage your sales and promotions budget.
• Keep it all organized within the CRM system/database.
• Be ethical always and still find ways to win.

What you will bring with you:

• Bachelor\'s degree in business, marketing, communications, or related field is preferred.
• Three years\' experience in food or beverage sales to retail market segments preferred.
• Strong competency using the Microsoft Office Suite.
• Solid verbal, written, and presentation skills

Additional Information - We take care of our people because it\'s the right thing to do. You can expect:

• Competitive pay based on the work you do here - base salary, commission, and incentive pay.
• Health, dental, and vision coverage with health savings and flexible spending accounts.
• 401k with company matching.
• Paid time off to keep the work/life balance.
• One of the most beautiful areas to live and work with so much to do that people from around the world travel here for vacation and enjoyment - priceless.

No resume filtering software here. If this job posting fits and excites you, please apply!

Shoreline Fruit is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to creating an inclusive environment where we all feel we belong.

Shoreline Fruit

Shoreline Fruit