Outside Sales Representative - Artisan Cheese & Specialty Foods

Heber Valley Artisan Cheese is looking for a full-time, experienced, relationship sales representative to grow our business by introducing our high quality artisan cheeses to restaurants, grocery stores, and other food service businesses. Although our creamery and cheese making facility is in Midway, Utah, your job will require travel around Utah, and specifically the Wasatch Front, so living and working out of our Midway office every day is NOT a requirement.

About Heber Valley Artisan Cheese:

Heber Valley Cheese is an award winning artisan cheese maker, making cheese from our heard of healthy and happy cows nestled in the Heber Valley (Midway, UT). Our secret is our premium milk the perfect base for cheese making produced by our 150 dairy cows. These happy & healthy "gals" provide the best tasting milk because of their superior care. The cows are grass-fed and roam free in mountain-valley pastures with natural springs.

A day in the life as an Outside Sales Representative:

We will be looking for you to single handedly drive the growth of our sales to the food service industry, and rewarding you handsomely for your success. You will be working with a small team that includes the owners, employees, and specifically the account manager, to fulfil the requests of your customers, but your primary focus will be acquiring new customers. Your day-to-day activities will be various and include everything that a relationship sales rep would expect. You'll be attending and representing our brand at trade shows, attending different events, dropping by to visit new prospects, etc. Most of your days will be spent out of the office, speaking face to face with your prospects and client at their businesses. You will be required to come to Midway on a regular basis for training, meetings, etc.

What this job requires:

Let's face it, our cheese and story are special to us, and if you want be successful at this job you are going to need to have a passion for farmstead and artisan products. Beyond having passion for natural food products, you need to have experience, and a track record of success, in relationship selling. Specifically, we would prefer someone to have direct food industry knowledge and experience. Success as our sales rep will be dependent on your ability to network and build relationships with a variety of potential buyers including: mom-and-pop shops & cafes, local and national grocery stores, executive caterers & chefs, and local to national distributors. You will be tracking your activity in a CRM, so you should be at least familiar with how they work.

Are you interested in this position?

If you feel like you are a fit for this job, please click on the apply button to apply. We value your time, so the process will take less than 3 minutes to complete. Good Luck!