Food Industry Partnerships Manager

Schedule:

Traditional office hours Monday to Friday with flexibility to support and attend events with early mornings, evenings, weekends, and holidays.

Requirements:
Personal access to reliable transportation for travel within the 29-county support area of the of San Antonio Food Bank is required.

General Description:

The primary objective of this position is to procure in‑kind food donations and related products from food industry partners while maintaining and building strong relationships in support of donors their donation programs.

Schedule:

Traditional office hours Monday to Friday with flexibility to support and attend events with early mornings, evenings, weekends, and holidays.

Requirements:
Applicants are required to submit to a drug test as part of the hiring process. Personal access to reliable transportation for travel within the surrounding areas of San Antonio and Bexar County is required.

• Coordinate all aspects of in-kind food donations and related products acquisition including but not limited to researching, developing and maintaining relationships with food industry donors and prospects via in-person visits, phone calls, mailings, and publications under the direction of the Director of Food Industry Partnerships.
• Analyze the productivity of food industry donors using the current inventory management system. Create reports and graphs to track trends.
• Manage a portfolio of 200 food industry partners and track goals, results etc. in Salesforce software.
• Meet or exceed 20 million pounds goal of donated by food industry donors, achieve additional goals set by the Director of Food Industry Partnerships and Chief Development Officer.
• Meet or exceed 50 contacts weekly as in person or phone connects to current, prospect and lapsed donors.
• Schedule quarterly meetings with food industry personnel and management regularly to ensure that donation program guidelines are understood and implemented.
• Coordinate with the Transportation Manager the pick-up and delivery of any and all donations secured and obtained.
• Educate food industry partners personnel on their program’s donation guidelines established by their management and the San Antonio Food Bank.
• Attend and speak at partner meetings and training sessions.
• Donor Recognition; will be responsible for an ongoing program to acknowledge and recognize donors through thank you letters and other appropriate means.
• When directed, work with the Development Department to solicit in-kind donations to assist in general fundraising, events, and operational needs.
• Prepare regular written status reports on product donations activities each week.
• Work with Director of Food Industry Partnerships and the Chief Development Officer; helping to develop and maintain policies and procedures relating to food sourcing.
• Comply with and abide by all personnel policies and accepts additional duties as assigned by the Director of Food Industry Partnerships and Chief Development Officer.

• College degree in relevant field or equivalent work experience.
• Experience in Sales.
• Willingness to travel and work extended hours.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Skilled in computer applications i.e. word processing and database management.
• Good judgment and discretion.
• Ability to work independently with minimum supervision.
• Ability to organize work, time, and self.
• Detail oriented, timely and accurate in producing reports.
• Ability to work cooperatively with other Food Bank staff and volunteers.
• Ability to present a professional demeanor under a variety of conditions.

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions and responsibilities of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is constantly required to sit, talk, hear, keyboard, and utilize fine manipulation and near visual acuity. The employee is occasionally required to walk, utilize gross manipulation, push, pull, reach, and stoop. The employee must occasionally lift, and/or move up to 25 pounds.

This job is performed in an indoor office environment and occasionally may require attendance at outdoor events. You may be required to drive to different locations with varying conditions. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.