The Active Marketing Chef I has full ownership, responsibility, and accountability for all UNOX brand product development activities within their assigned territory and market segments. The Active Marketing Chef I establishes area objectives and strategies in order to effectively and accurately promote and attain product sales, training, and relationship development. The Active Marketing Chef I achieves objectives consistent with company requirements and customer satisfaction. He / She is also a valuable role model for the entire organization and an active contributor to Great Place To Work.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
- Achieves regional sales objectives by meeting or exceeding weekly / monthly Individual Cooking Experience ("I.C.E.") quotas and product sales quotas year over year.
- Embraces and promotes the Unox culture. Builds the Taste of Success,.
- Manages relationships while promoting UNOX products and services.
- Conducts end user Top Training activities and Dealer sales staff training.
- Resolves problems timely and to customer satisfaction.
- Prepares accurate monthly forecasting and bi-weekly pipeline reports.
- Interfaces with "sales representative agencies", including product training, sales and marketing strategies, target accounts (dealers, end-users, consultants), dealer demonstrations, I.C.E. events, and brand building initiatives.
- Performs daily CRM management.
- Attends various regional and national trade show events.
- Conducts immediate follow-up on trade show leads and opportunities.
- Monitors and reports changes in customer needs, trends, and competitor's activities.
- Stays current on industry performance standards, best practices, trends, and service levels and ensures performance meets or exceeds benchmark standards.
- With a people orientated and process driven approach, establishes, prioritizes, and leads implementation strategies to achieve sales, company objectives, and continuous improvement initiatives focused on optimizing customer experience, training, quality, efficiency.
- Maintains a growth mindset to determine future needs and priorities, and establishes the direction for resources, processes, and the area department.
- With a dynamic attitude, collaborates, evaluates, and prioritizes department objectives, and participates in the development and implementation of business action plans as a member of the Unox team.
- Builds a strong, direct feedback culture, by providing feedback that is constructive, frequent, immediate, concrete and in small portion.
- Implements, oversees, and complies with all Company health and safety, environmental, and quality policies and regulatory requirements.
- Other duties as assigned.
Education and / or Experience
High School diploma required, Associate Degree in related field preferred0-1 year of relevant experience;Or equivalent combination of education and experience.Limited knowledge of sales procedures and practices, equipment and skills needed to perform various tasks within a sales environment preferred.