Type: Full-time, Salary with Benefits

Based In: Cincinnati, Ohio (Remote a Possibility)

Reports to: COO, CFO, CEO

Shift: 9am-5pm Monday-Friday (including some weekends and travel)

About Hen of the Woods and Your Role:

Hen of the Woods is an Ohio based snack food brand located in the historic West End of Cincinnati. What started as a restaurant and market concept has evolved over the years to a snack food brand with over 20 products in thousands of locations across the country and a belief that there is always a better way. Finally, after 7+ years of running and building Hen of the Woods, the two person leadership team needs some help on the back end so we can continue to focus on our growth!  We are looking for someone who can help support our our growing sales, marketing and operation initiatives!  We’re looking for a great communicator that is organized and enjoys learning new things. You will be an integral part of the team’s daily operations from the warehouse to the retailer and everything in-between. We are very excited to welcome this next person to the staff and grow the company with them!

Role Description:

The ideal candidate will prospect and close sales leads to help generate revenue for the company. They will also be responsible for developing, implementing, and evaluating the sales strategy.

• Generate and meet with prospective leads
• Track and report all sales activities
• Develop and execute company sales strategy 
• Provide ongoing customer service with existing accounts
• Track and report trade spend
• Onboarding new customers
• Assist with new item forms (training provided)
• Assist with retailer promotion forms (training provided)
• Assist with sales presentation documents (training provided)
• Create, deliver and/or ship out sample packages as needed

Position Requirements:

• Experience managing sales teams
• Experience generate and maintaining relationships with sales leads
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Experience with the Google Suite of products. 
• Eagerness to learn
• Highly organized
• A personal laptop
• Excellent communicator; verbal and written
• Strong project management skills
• Self-motivated with the ability to work independently in an entrepreneurial/non-structured environment.
• Likes a little chaos every now and then
• Willing to be adaptable
• Notices things that can be improved, exercises good judgment, and implements new organizational systems
• Quickbooks experience is a plus
• Adobe suite experience is a plus
• Must like kettle chips, or at least don’t hate them

Compensation Range:

• Salary plus performance based bonuses
• Health Care Reimbursement Allowance
• 401K Matching
• Paid sick leave
• PTO