Sales Manager, Nutritional Ingredients

Our client is a highly respected supplier of ingredients to companies who make nutritional supplements, sports drinks, protein bars, dry mixes, and nutraceuticals. We are looking to hire a sales professional to manage sales in the Northeast USA. Work from a home office and travel to meet with customers and go to expos and trade shows.

We are looking to hire a sales professional who is a hunter and rain maker. Someone who knows how to get into an account through the side door when the front door is closed. Someone with energy, intuition, and a nose for sales, Must currently be calling on dietary supplement and nutritional product manufacturers, 3rd party co-packers, blenders, and private label companies in the NY/NJ area.

Must have experience selling value-added functional ingredients (products like acidulants, benzoates, phosphates, amino acids, vitamins, minerals, Omega 3 fish oil, enzymes, probiotics, prebiotics, chromium picolinate, glucosamine HCl, Chondroitin sulfate, antioxidants, etc.).

A 4-year college degree is preferred, but we will look at a variety of candidates, assuming they have industry experience. A technical background in Chemistry, Biology, or other natural science is a BIG PLUS. The successful applicant will assume some business already on the books, but the main part of the job is to go out and generate business at new accounts.

For the successful candidate we offer:

• competitive base salary
• bonus program
• car allowance
• laptop
• cell phone
• home office set up
• 401K with company match
• medical/dental insurance
• and much more