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Job Location:  Albuquerque

Job Description & Responsibilities:  We are looking for a Director of Operations who will be responsible for managing the company’s daily operations to ensure efficiency, productivity, achievement of organizational goals, and execution of company strategy.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Responsible for overseeing overall company operations and strategy execution.
• Establishes quantitative and qualitative metrics, guidelines, and standards by which the company’s efficiency and effectiveness can be evaluated; identifies opportunities for improvement.
• Reviews, analyzes, and evaluates business procedures.
• Implements policies and procedures that will improve day-to-day operations.
• Ensures work environments are adequate and safe.
• Oversees all departments, ensuring each is reaching goals set by departmental and company leadership.
• Plans, directs, controls, implements, evaluates, monitors, and forecasts budgets and cost of sales in each division to achieve financial objectives.
• Communicates and explains new directives, policies, or procedures to managers; for major changes, meets with entire operations staff to explain changes, answer questions, and maintain morale.
• Improves customer service and satisfaction through policy and procedural changes.
• Leads coordination and integration of efforts among operations, engineering, technology, customer service, and other departments to produce smoother workflow and more cost-effective business processes.
• Projects a positive image of the organization to employees, customers, industry, and community.
• Participates in the hiring and training of departmental managers.
• Organizes and oversees the work and schedules of departmental managers.
• Conducts performance evaluations that are timely and constructive.
• Handles discipline and termination of employees as needed and in accordance with company policy.
• Works on projects as assigned.
• Develops, runs and presents reports.
• Communicates, enforces, complies with and develops company procedures.
• Develops, administers and spends within budget as assigned.
• Develops constru
• Extensive and diversified background with at least 10 years of related experience.
• Thorough understanding of practices, theories, and policies involved in business and finance.
• Superior verbal and written communication and interpersonal skills.
• Superior managerial and diplomacy skills.
• Extremely proficient in Microsoft Office Suite or related software.
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail. Execution oriented
• Excellent analytical, decision-making, and problem-solving skills.
• Able to quickly learn new operations.
• Ability to take general directions and goals and make specific plans and executes these.
• Ability to communicate in Spanish strongly preferred.
• Good with people, good communicator, ability to motivate staff and obtain superior performance from them, ability to correct problems.
• Ability to thoroughly organize, execute and maintain a wide variety of projects simultaneously.
• Ability to organize, manage, analyze and solve complex problems.
• Ability to detect & trace errors.

Requirements:

• Extensive and diversified background with at least 10 years of related experience.
• Thorough understanding of practices, theories, and policies involved in business and finance.
• Superior verbal and written communication and interpersonal skills.
• Superior managerial and diplomacy skills.
• Extremely proficient in Microsoft Office Suite or related software.
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail. Execution oriented
• Excellent analytical, decision-making, and problem-solving skills.
• Able to quickly learn new operations.
• Ability to take general directions and goals and make specific plans and executes these.
• Ability to communicate in Spanish strongly preferred.
• Good with people, good communicator, ability to motivate staff and obtain superior performance from them, ability to correct problems.
• Ability to thoroughly organize, execute and maintain a wide variety of projects simultaneously.
• Ability to organize, manage, analyze and solve complex problems.
• Ability to detect & trace errors.

Compensation:  Starting at $130,000.00 per year, DOE

Benefits: PTO, Medical, Dental, Vision, 401K, and Paid Holidays

Work Schedule:  Regular Business hours.

Travel: Minimal.

Job Location:  Albuquerque

Job Description & Responsibilities:  We are looking to hire 32 Seasonal Production Workers during our Green Chile Season to fabricate, pack and/or box food items or components by hand to produce a manufactured product or a portion of such.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Inspects, counts, packs, and assembles food items into standardized units and measurements for packaging into containers, poly bags, or boxing.
• Heat seals packages, boxes product and palletizes product.
• Operates simple food processing equipment.
• Performs operational and post shift clean-up.
• Lifting 30 to 50 lbs.
• Standing, bending, and stooping.

Requirements:

• Dexterity
• Ability to write and record UPC numbers, item numbers and code dates.
• Ability to work at line speed.

Compensation:  $14.25/hr.

Benefits: Paid Sick leave

Work Schedule:  Temporary - Full time hours.  Monday - Saturday (Sunday + 1 additional day off on a rotating basis).

• M W F:  4:00pm - 2:00am
• T Th Sat:  4:00pm - 12:00 midnight

Travel: No

Job Location:  Albuquerque

Job Description & Responsibilities:  We are looking to hire 37 Seasonal Production Workers during our Green Chile Season to fabricate, pack and/or box food items or components by hand to produce a manufactured product or a portion of such.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Inspects, counts, packs, and assembles food items into standardized units and measurements for packaging into containers, poly bags, or boxing.
• Heat seals packages, boxes product and palletizes product.
• Operates simple food processing equipment.
• Performs operational and post shift clean-up.
• Lifting 30 to 50 lbs.
• Standing, bending, and stooping.

Requirements:

• Dexterity
• Ability to write and record UPC numbers, item numbers and code dates.
• Ability to work at line speed.

Compensation:  $13.50/hr.  

Benefits: Paid Sick leave

Work Schedule:  Temporary - Full time hours.  Monday - Saturday (Sunday + 1 additional day off on rotating basis)

• M W F:  6:00am - 4:00pm
• T Th Sat:  4:30am - 4:00pm

Travel: No

Job Location:  Albuquerque

Job Description & Responsibilities:  We are looking for a Seasonal Sanitation CIP Specialist to be responsible for cleaning and sanitizing equipment, machinery and work stations, as well as post sanitation inspections of the department and specific equipment, according to company standards.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Cleans and sanitizes complex production equipment, machinery and work stations with designated cleaning and sanitizing solutions, according to standard cleaning procedures.
• Responsible for cleaning and monitoring the CIP on T&T.
• Provides feedback to management, food safety and engineering about procedures on CIP cleaning.
• Removes and disposes waste product, debris or materials from production work stations.
• Disassembles all equipment and cleans thoroughly. Also trains with new staff as needed.
• Reassembles all equipment after cleaning and sanitizing. Also trains with new staff as needed.
• Removes standing water from floors.
• Conducts final inspection of the department(s), with specific emphasis on inspecting specific pieces of equipment to ensure that they are properly sanitized and that the room is ready for food processing.
• Ensures quality of the work.
• Uses ATP monitoring unit as required to measure sanitation effectiveness.
• Fills in for other department vacancies.

Requirements:

• Has worked minimum of 3 months with previous employer. (May be waived for those right out of school or no work history after school).
• Ability to work in a wet environment.
• Ability to see, hear and respond to equipment in operation.
• Ability to stand for long periods.
• Ability to climb.
• Ability to lift 100 pounds.
• Ability to operate pallet jack and pull pallet weights of 2500 pounds.
• Ability to assemble and disassemble complex equipment according to standards.

Compensation:  Starting at $17.50/hr

Benefits: Paid Sick leave

Work Schedule:  Temporary - Full time hours.  Sunday - Saturday:  11:00pm - 7:00am (5 days on / 2 days off).

Travel: No 

Job Location:  Albuquerque

Job Description & Responsibilities:  We are looking to hire 5 Seasonal Sanitation Techs during our Green Chile Season who are responsible for cleaning and sanitizing equipment, machinery and work stations according to company standards using general purpose cleaning and sanitation chemicals.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Disassembles all equipment and cleans thoroughly.
• Reassembles all equipment after cleaning and sanitizing.
• Removes and disposes waste product, debris or materials from production work stations.
• Removes standing water from floors.
• Heavy lifting:  ability to lift 100 lbs.
• Operate pallet jack and pull pallet weights of 2500 lbs.

Requirements:

• Ability to stand for long periods.
• Ability to see, hear and respond to equipment in operation.

Compensation:  $16.00/hr.

Benefits: Paid Sick leave

Work Schedule:  Temporary - Full time hours.  Sunday - Saturday (work 5 days with 2 rotating days off).

• 10:30pm - 6:00am

Travel: No

Job Location:  Albuquerque

Job Description & Responsibilities:  We are looking to hire 3 Seasonal QA Technicians during our Green Chile Season to perform a variety of process inspections, audits and analysis including product tests.  

• 2 AM Shift
• 1 PM Shift

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Conducts visual inspections and documents compliance of quality control standards.
• Inspect incoming raw and bulk food items. Documents condition of items received. Reports variances to Purchasing.
• Conducts pre-op inspections. Document results.
• Conducts audits of operational processes (Quality Inspections).
• Researches hold product and customer complaints.
• Measures weights, temperatures, sizes, moisture and pH. Records results.
• Data Entry
• Enforces GMP’s
• Prepares reports.

Requirements:

• Ability to visually inspect and monitor production and sanitizing operations.
• Experience documenting and recording processes and tests, preferred.
• Ability to communicate information in both English and Spanish preferred.
• Ability to analyze problems.
• Ability to review and prepare reports.

Compensation:  Starting at $17.00/hr.  Differential pay on PM Shift.

Benefits: Paid Sick leave

Work Schedule:  Temporary - Full time hours.  Sunday - Saturday (work 5 days with 2 rotating days off).

AM Shift:  

• 4:30am - 12:30pm and
• 8am - 4:30pm

PM Shift: 

• 4:00pm - 12:30am and
• 6pm - 2:30am

Travel: No

Job Location:  Albuquerque

Job Description & Responsibilities:  The Sanitation Supervisor Trainee assists in planning, directing, and organizing the work of the Sanitation department.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Responsible for executing cleaning and sanitation related activities in accordance with internal specifications.
• Directly supervises employees and operations, coordinates work and schedules & changes.
• Monitors sanitation’s effectiveness through visual inspection, records and using ATP monitoring unit.
• Works with Sanitation Supervisor on special projects.
• Investigates and documents employee accidents and injuries.
• Responds to and ensures compliance with safety regulations.
• Prepares reports.
• Responsible for meeting goals: numerical and projects.
• Trains and schedules employees.
• Conducts Food Safety training for staff as required.
• Maintains supply quantities.
• Keeps within budget constraints.
• Communicates and enforces internal controls systems.

Requirements:

• Minimum 1 year experience in supervision preferred. May be substituted with Bueno experience.
• Manufacturing supervisory experience preferred.
• Experience with sanitizing processes preferred.
• Ability to inspect operations and work on manufacturing lines.
• Ability to communicate information in English and Spanish is preferred or must be learned.
• Ability to analyze and resolve problems.
• Ability to clearly communicate verbally and in writing in order to convey or communicate information.
• Ability to operate material handling equipment.
• Ability to lift 50 pounds.
• Experience with word processing and electronic spreadsheet software programs, in order to prepare reports and analyze data.

Job Location:  Albuquerque

Job Description & Responsibilities:  We are looking for 2 Forklift Operator II's on our AM shift to pull and stages orders, use handheld scanner and forklift to virtually and physically move product, and are responsible for maintaining inventory accuracy.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Operates Electric pallet jack, and stand-up forklifts
• Selects orders
• Fill picking bins
• Fills storage bins
• Fills and empties blast freezers and freezing areas
• Transfers product within warehouse
• Verifies and scans all transactions accurately
• Ensures FIFO and proper storage
• Loads and unloads trucks
• Accepts transfers of product from production
• Maintains cleanliness and order of working areas
• Works safely, ensures others work safely, and follows safety procedures
• Follows all warehouse SOPs and instructions
• Reports variances, issues, safety concerns and damaged product, facilities and equipment.
• Follows equipment charging procedures.
• Maintains batteries as instructed
• Makes local deliveries as needed.
• Complies with all audit, USDA, and other regulatory requirements.
• Enforces warehouse security procedures.
• Takes physical inventories.
• Verifies inventory counts.
• Works with other departments on warehouse related matters.
• Responsible for inventory accountability as determined by department supervisor.

Requirements:

• Minimum 1 year experience in warehouse operations.
• Minimum 1 year of experience driving electric stand-up forklifts. High-mast stand up forklift or reach truck experience preferred
• Experience with inventory control, physical inventories, cycle counts, stock rotation, shipping and receiving.
• Experience with perishable product storage, rotation, and handling preferred.
• Experience with food manufacturing GMPs preferred
• Ability to analyze problems.
• Ability to routinely lift and carry up to 50 pounds in a loading and unloading movement.
• Ability to operate a warehouse scanner.
• Ability to spend several hours in a cold environment (with protective clothing).
• Ability to clearly communicate verbally in order to convey or communicate information.

Job Location:  Albuquerque

Job Description & Responsibilities:  We are looking for 2 Kitchen Supervisors to plan, direct, and organize the work in the Kitchen and are responsible for overseeing the other Machine Operators (Cooks).

• 1 on AM Shift
• 1 on PM Shift

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Directly supervises the Machine Operators (Cooks) and coordinates work and kitchen activities.
• Communicates management goals and objectives and information.
• Monitors operations effectiveness through visual inspection and records.
• Fills in for other department vacancies in emergency situations.
• Responds to and ensures compliance with safety regulations.
• Responsible for quality of products.
• Prepares reports.
• Responsible for attaining goals: numerical and projects.
• Trains employees.
• Communicates and enforces internal controls systems.

Requirements:

• Minimum 1 year experience in supervision preferred.
• Manufacturing supervisory experience preferred.
• Experience with food production.
• Experience preparing schedules.
• Ability to inspect operations and work on manufacturing lines.
• Ability to communicate information in English and communication in Spanish is preferred or must be learned.
• Ability to analyze and resolve problems.
• Ability to detect & trace errors.
• Ability to perform arithmetical computations in addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, percentages & ratios, in order to prepare reports.
• Ability to clearly communicate verbally and in writing in order to convey or communicate information.
• Ability to operate material handling equipment.
• Ability to lift 50 pounds.
• Experience with word processing and electronic spreadsheet software programs, in order to prepare reports and analyze data.

Job Location:  Albuquerque

Job Description & Responsibilities:  We are looking for 2 Line Supervisors II to plan, direct, and organize the work of the prepared foods department and employees on the production line.

• 1 on AM Shift
• 1 on PM Shift

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Directly supervises employees and operations, coordinates work and schedules & changes on the production line.
• Communicates management goals and objectives and information.
• Monitors operations effectiveness through visual inspection and records.
• Fills in for other department vacancies in emergency situations.
• Investigates and documents employee accidents and injuries.
• Responds to and ensures compliance with safety regulations.
• Prepares reports.
• Responds to customer service requests.
• Responsible for attaining goals: numerical and projects.
• Trains and schedules employees.
• Maintains supply quantities.
• Accountable for budget expenditures.
• Communicates and enforces internal controls systems.

Requirements:

• Minimum 1 year experience in supervision preferred.
• Manufacturing supervisory experience preferred.
• Experience with food production.
• Experience preparing schedules.
• Ability to inspect operations and work on manufacturing lines.
• Ability to communicate information in English and communication in Spanish is preferred or must be learned.
• Ability to analyze and resolve problems.
• Ability to detect & trace errors.
• Ability to perform arithmetical computations in addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, percentages & ratios, in order to prepare reports.
• Ability to clearly communicate verbally and in writing in order to convey or communicate information.
• Ability to operate material handling equipment.
• Ability to lift 50 pounds.
• Experience with word processing and electronic spreadsheet software programs, in order to prepare reports and analyze data.

Job Location:  Albuquerque

Job Description & Responsibilities:  We are looking for 4 Machine Operators II to operate food production equipment on both shifts.

• 2 on AM Shift
• 2 on PM Shift

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Operates food fabrication and packing equipment.
• Controls product characteristics.
• Operates equipment according to design and standards.
• Adjusts operating functions.
• Controls the pace of the line.
• Ensures quality of the product.
• Sets up, dismantles, and cleans equipment.
• Fills out check sheets.
• Transfers and stages materials.
• Responsible for apparel or equipment assigned.
• Cleans equipment and work areas.
• Fills in for other department vacancies.
• Assists on the line.
• Does minor maintenance of equipment.

Requirements:

• 1 - 3 years experience as a machine operator preferred.
• Job stability: Has worked minimum of 1 year with a previous employer. (May be waived for those right out of school or no work history after school).
• Has own tools to set-up, adjust, and tear down equipment.
• Experience operating light machinery or mechanical equipment preferred.
• Ability to read and write English sufficiently well to read controls, recipes and check sheets.
• Ability to operate/adjust equipment functions and controls.
• Ability to do light maintenance on, assemble, and disassemble equipment.
• Ability to operate pallet jack and pull pallet weights of 2500 pounds.
• Ability to hear, see and respond to equipment in operation.
• Ability to work and set line pace.
• Ability to lift 50 pounds repeatedly.
• Ability to follow and comprehend instructions.
• Ability to perform basic math calculations in simple addition, subtraction, multiplication & division in order measure and count product.
• Ability to pass Bennett Mechanical Test.
• Ability to pass a check-sheet test.
• Can fully operate all Group A machinery and three or more machines from Group B machinery from one of the following sections: bakery, chile, or prepared sections.

     Prepared Foods:

     Group A

• Domino coder
• Metal detectors
• VMag

     Group B

• T&T/pumps
• Universal filler
• Econoseal
• Cryo tunnel
• Fryer
• Kock
• Accutech
• Wexar

Job Location:  Albuquerque

Job Description & Responsibilities:  We are looking for 2 Line Tenders to provide material handling services in support of our productions operations.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Ensures the quality of product handled and transferred.
• Checks UPC numbers and code dates on packaging materials.
• Verifies product count and reports on Line Tender sheet.
• Palletizes boxes according to established pallet configurations and transfers to staging locations.
• Transfers and moves production support materials.
• Transfers full pallets to warehouse, verifies counts, and obtains receiving documentation.
• Disposes trash from production areas.
• Responsible for apparel or equipment assigned.
• Performs operational and post shift clean-up.
• Fills in for other department vacancies.
• Assists on the line.

Requirements:

• Has worked minimum of 6 months with previous employer. (May be waived for those right out of school or no work history after school).
• Ability to operate pallet jack and pull pallet weights of 2500 pounds.
• Ability to write and record UPC numbers and code dates.
• Ability to read printed labels or materials.
• Ability to hear and respond to equipment in operation.
• Ability to work at line speed.
• Ability to lift 50 pounds.
• Ability to follow and comprehend instructions.
• Ability to perform basic math calculations in simple addition, subtraction, multiplication & division in order measure and count product.

Job Location:  Albuquerque

Job Description & Responsibilities:  We are looking for 2 Line Tenders to provide material handling services in support of our productions operations.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Ensures the quality of product handled and transferred.
• Checks UPC numbers and code dates on packaging materials.
• Verifies product count and reports on Line Tender sheet.
• Palletizes boxes according to established pallet configurations and transfers to staging locations.
• Transfers and moves production support materials.
• Transfers full pallets to warehouse, verifies counts, and obtains receiving documentation.
• Disposes trash from production areas.
• Responsible for apparel or equipment assigned.
• Performs operational and post shift clean-up.
• Fills in for other department vacancies.
• Assists on the line.

Requirements:

• Has worked minimum of 6 months with previous employer. (May be waived for those right out of school or no work history after school).
• Ability to operate pallet jack and pull pallet weights of 2500 pounds.
• Ability to write and record UPC numbers and code dates.
• Ability to read printed labels or materials.
• Ability to hear and respond to equipment in operation.
• Ability to work at line speed.
• Ability to lift 50 pounds.
• Ability to follow and comprehend instructions.
• Ability to perform basic math calculations in simple addition, subtraction, multiplication & division in order measure and count product.

Job Location:  Albuquerque

Job Description & Responsibilities:  We are looking for 10  Production Workers in our Prepared Foods area, to fabricate, pack, and or box food items or components by hand to produce a manufactured product or a porting of such.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Inspects, packs, and assembles food items into standardized units and measurements.
• Ensures quality of the product.
• Inspects, inserts, and measures food product into containers, packages and poly bags.
• Counts and separates prepared food items into standardized measurements and units for packaging/boxing.
• Heat seals packages, boxes product and palletizes product.
• Inspects and boxes packaged items into standardized units.
• Operates simple food processing equipment.
• Seals and stacks finish product.
• Stages pallets.
• Performs operational and post shift clean-up.
• Performs some equipment cleaning.

Requirements:

• Has worked a minimum of 6 months with previous employer. (May be waived for those right out of school or no work history after school).
• High dexterity.
• Ability to write and record UPC numbers, item numbers and code dates.
• Ability to read printed labels or materials.
• Ability to hear and respond to equipment in operation.
• Ability to work at line speed.
• Ability to lift 30 pounds.
• Ability to perform basic math calculations in simple addition, subtraction, multiplication & division in order measure and count product.

Job Location:  Albuquerque

Job Description & Responsibilities:  We are looking for 10  Production Workers in our Prepared Foods area, to fabricate, pack, and or box food items or components by hand to produce a manufactured product or a porting of such.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Inspects, packs, and assembles food items into standardized units and measurements.
• Ensures quality of the product.
• Inspects, inserts, and measures food product into containers, packages and poly bags.
• Counts and separates prepared food items into standardized measurements and units for packaging/boxing.
• Heat seals packages, boxes product and palletizes product.
• Inspects and boxes packaged items into standardized units.
• Operates simple food processing equipment.
• Seals and stacks finish product.
• Stages pallets.
• Performs operational and post shift clean-up.
• Performs some equipment cleaning.

Requirements:

• Has worked a minimum of 6 months with previous employer. (May be waived for those right out of school or no work history after school).
• High dexterity.
• Ability to write and record UPC numbers, item numbers and code dates.
• Ability to read printed labels or materials.
• Ability to hear and respond to equipment in operation.
• Ability to work at line speed.
• Ability to lift 30 pounds.
• Ability to perform basic math calculations in simple addition, subtraction, multiplication & division in order measure and count product.

Job Location:  East Mountains (Tijeras, Edgewood, Moriarty)

Job Description & Responsibilities:  We are looking for a Merchandiser who will be responsible for stocking up product, stock rotation of product and customer service support on retail store accounts in Edgewood and Moriarty on a part-time basis.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Service Customer accounts by merchandising stored product to meet minimum inventory levels.
• Follow schematics / Modular/ POG
• Responsible for in store stock rotation.
• Prepares stales, unsellable for Driver to pick up.
• Conducts store checks and puts back stock product on shelves.
• Communicates customer account problems to supervisor and/or manager.
• Responsible for inventory accountability.

Requirements:

• Experience with DSD/retail/merchandising sales preferred.
• Ability to lift 50 pounds.
• Ability to handle two wheeled dolly with loads up to 150 lbs.
• Responsible for pricing gun.
• Valid/current driver's license and good driving record with no DWIs.

Job Location:  Albuquerque

Job Description & Responsibilities:  We are looking for a highly motivated National Sales Manager in Food Service who has a passion for New Mexico's culinary heritage to support our Director of Sales.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Oversees and increases sales within the territory assigned.
• Achieves annual sales goals in each and every market within expense budget.
• Oversees and develops sales in new markets as directed by company.
• Executes sales & marketing plan effectively and profitably.
• Recommends and implements distribution methods.
• Investigates new markets and prepares introduction plan.
• Plan, control and direct activities of food / retail brokers and distributors to obtain maximum sales volume as requested.
• Supervise the sales development of new and existing products through appropriate distribution methods.
• Conducts market analysis and research.
• Directs customer service activities.
• Develops and maintains relationships with customers.
• Provides technical information to customers, educating them on our products, process, formulation, functionality, technical specifications, certifications, etc.
• Reports results of authorized sales programs against planned objectives.
• Attends and participates in Trade Shows.
• Prepares reports.
• Develops, communicates and enforces company policies and procedures.
• Call on headquarter accounts for other markets located in assigned territory as needed and as required.
• Collect accounts receivables as required.
• Responsible for developing a profitable territory, improving territory profitability and meeting territory profitability goals.

Requirements:

• Minimum 5 years sales experience.
• Minimum 5 years management experience.
• Minimum 5 years executive corporate call experience.
• Minimum 5 years managing a sales staff of at least five members and $10,000,000 in annual sales.
• Minimum 5 years developing and responsible for annual budget of at least $1,000,000.
• Minimum 3 years financial statement analysis.
• Experience in food industry preferred.
• Experience and expertise with Mexican food industry, preferred.
• Ability to analyze areas for sales potential and growth potential.
• Experience with sales promotions.
• Ability to organize and manage a wide variety of projects simultaneously.
• Ability to review and prepare detailed reports.

Job Location:  Albuquerque

Job Description & Responsibilities:  We are looking to hire a highly motivated Sales Manager in Food Service who has a passion for New Mexico's culinary heritage.  You will be based in Albuquerque but will travel to Texas.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Makes sales calls.
• Plans, directs and executes sales and marketing goals and objectives.
• Responsible for attaining sales goals within the expense budget.
• Responsible for sales profitability.
• Investigates new markets and prepares introductory plan.
• Recommends and implements distribution methods.
• Expands sales in developing markets.
• Plan, control and direct activities of food brokers (if utilized) and distributors to obtain maximum sales volume as requested.
• Responsible for building sales through broker and distributor operations.
• Manage headquarter calls and distributor relationships.
• Responsible for maintaining existing business and expanding sales in the territory.
• Analyze sales activity by area, take required actions.
• Directs customer service activities.
• Trains sales staff including distributor and broker employees.
• Enforces and negotiates contracts.
• Develop, execute and present promotional programs.
• Coordinates pricing issues with marketing staff.
• Attends and participates in trade shows.

Requirements:

• Minimum three years of face to face sales experience, or alternatively five years experience in the food industry as a buyer.
• Proven results in attaining sales increases.
• Experience in developing and making professional presentations successfully.
• Experience in developing and implementing promotions.
• Experience in the food service and retail industry preferred.
• Bilingual (Spanish) preferred.
• Valid/current driver’s license and good driving record with no DWI’s.