Business Development Representative Pittsburgh

Position Title: Business Development Representative

Reports to: VP of Direct Sales

Department: Sales

Classification:  Remote Full-time, Exempt

Pay: $40,000-100,000

 The Company

 Stanislaus Food Products is a nationally recognized, family-owned company known for crafting the finest Italian-style tomatoes and sauces for top-quality Italian restaurants and pizzerias. 

If you take pride in the quality of your work and prefer working on a team of talented individuals who share your passion for excellence, we invite you to apply for this exciting opportunity! This is a fulltime, remote position located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and surrounding areas.

In this role, you are responsible to sell our products to quality mom & pop restaurateurs who have not yet been introduced to the consistently superior flavor of our tomatoes and/or olive oils. The Business Development Representative will support Stanislaus Food Products and Corto Olive with targeted account development in key sectors to help grow new business revenue.

Primary responsibilities include:

• walking into restaurant kitchens, engaging chefs and owners in conversation, and conducting side-by-side tastings to demonstrate that our tomatoes and oils taste better than their current brands.
• influencing our potential customer(s) to begin purchasing our products from their distributor.
• sales, with a results-oriented drive.
• maintaining confidence and displaying an exuberant attitude.
• a culinary or independent restaurant background.
• partnering and collaborating with cross functional teams.
• display a strong work ethic and be self-motivated –this includes the ability to meet or exceed quota while working remotely.
• display excellent verbal, written, communications and presentation skills.

Candidate Requirements:

• Passion to help small independent restaurants persevere
• A culinary or independent restaurant background
• Enjoy prospecting or have door-to-door sales experience
• Desire to expand professional knowledge of product and sales skills
• Display a strong work ethic and be self-motivated – this includes the ability to meet or exceed quota while working remotely
• Excellent verbal, written, communications and presentation skills

Candidate Preferences:

• Conversational in Spanish

Physical Requirements:

Frequent lifting, carrying, pushing, and/or pulling;  some stooping, kneeling, crouching, and/or crawling; and frequent fine finger dexterity. Generally, the job requires the following percentages of time committed to physical activity:   50% or more sitting,  25% or less walking, and 50% or more standing. The job is performed under occasional temperature variations and in a restaurant environment. Unrestricted visual and audio abilities are required for the safety of all employees. The ability to lift to 45 lbs. is required.

Pay and Benefits:

In addition to our solid track record as a stable, growing employer, we offer:

•       Medical, Dental and Vision Benefit Packages
•       Life Insurance
•       Paid Vacation, Sick Time and Holidays
•       401k Program
•       Other optional benefits
•       Access to superior pizza and pasta sauce products!