Produce Salesperson

Why Southern Specialties?

At Southern Specialties, you’ll join a company with a long-standing reputation for integrity, innovation, and excellence. You’ll work alongside a team that values transparency, teamwork, and performance, and you’ll play a critical role in shaping the future of our business in a dynamic, ever-evolving industry.

Southern Specialties
, founded in 1990, is a leading grower, importer, and shipper of premium specialty fruits and vegetables. With over three decades of experience, we are proud to serve North America’s top retailers, club stores, food service distributors, and wholesalers with year-round supplies of high-quality, responsibly sourced produce.

Our vertically integrated business model spans growing operations throughout the Americas, in‑house and international procurement, sales, customer service, processing & repack facilities, cold storage, and logistics support. This integrated approach positions us to respond efficiently to the evolving needs of today's produce industry — delivering consistency, sustainability, and value across the supply chain.

We are seeking a motivated, self‑driven Key Account Manager to support our Sales department in Pompano Beach, Florida.

As the Key Account Manager, you will be responsible for maintaining and increasing sales of Southern Specialties product line to key accounts as identified by the Company. Continue to increase customer base with profitable customers.

• Manage assigned Commodities in accordance with ongoing Strategic Goal Description
• Ability to buy from growers/vendors.
• Work with Director or Procurement to identify growing regions for new areas of sourcing products.
• Understand all aspects of the commodity.
• Manage the weekly information flow to both Sales and Procurement.
• Work closely with Procurement, providing items such as:
  • Forecast
  • Promotional and other real time environment programs
  • Understand growing cycles, regions, & other assigned commodity
  • Develop yearly plan, for all customers
• Experience in selling, marketing, pricing, customer base knowledge, or other related experience is desired.
• Prior sales, supervisory and/or technical experience is preferred.
• Should possess excellent verbal and written communication skills with computer competency

We provide an exciting working environment and competitive compensation and benefit packages.