sales representative Remote
Job description
Calling all ambitious individuals who are skilled at selling to and persuading others and who want a job with meaning!
Want a full-time role based out of your home (some travel required) at a job that protects animal welfare and improves sustainability? Set your own full-time hours with room for growth, network- and skill-building, and a results-driven atmosphere. This is a great job for self-directed, success-driven people who are highly skilled at interpersonal communication, resilient, and want to do work that makes a difference.
About Lever Foundation
Lever Foundation is a global non-profit that works to promote sustainable food policies in Asia and globally, with a focus on farm animal welfare and plant-based foods. We work with a wide range of leading global and regional food companies to persuade and assist them with setting sustainable food sourcing policies that improve animal welfare and sustainability. Learn more about us online at: https://www.leverfoundation.org
Job Description
As a Sustainable Food Policy Sales Manager, you will build relationships and collaborate with leading global and regional food companies (restaurant chains, caterers, retailers, hospitality groups, and packaged good companies) to help them implement stronger animal welfare policies for their supply chains. Over the past five years Lever Foundation has helped over one hundred companies set such policies, including Burger King, Starbucks, Papa Johns, Costa Coffee, Ahold Delhaize, METRO, COSTCO, Subway, Marriott, and many others. In this role you will help head up these efforts for all companies based in Europe and the Americas.
Day to day work entails educating key decision-makers at large food companies on the sustainability, animal welfare and economic benefits of making these supply chain shifts; providing industry updates; connecting these companies with potential suppliers; and providing other resources to help them understand and make progress on the issue. In order to identify and engage new food companies, you will do online research, write and send emails, make calls, hold video conference meetings, and conduct in-person visits and meetings. Your work is essentially sales work, with many of the typical dynamics of sales work, except rather than selling a product or service you will be selling an idea: the idea that a stronger animal welfare / food sustainability policy is both desirable and achievable.
You’ll work from home and hours are highly flexible. You’ll have wonderful colleagues in the US, Europe, and Asia who will work with and support you. You’ll stay in close touch with them through calls, emails, messages and meetings. Through this work you'll have hands-on experience working with leading multinational food companies on corporate sustainability, the ability to travel in Europe and the U.S./Canada, strong network-building in the food and corporate sustainability space, and room for advancement to managerial or other positions.
Qualifications
We do not require any particular educational or work background, although prior success in a sales or sales/advocacy-style role is a strong plus. In general, we are looking for a candidate with the specific personality traits and skills needed to succeed in this job:
- Excellent interpersonal communication and sales skills, with the ability to understand, engage and persuade others
- Type A success-driven personality with a strong work ethic and ability to work highly independently
- Resiliency—when you are ignored or brushed off it does not discourage you but rather motivates you to try harder
- Personal interest in animal welfare and/or sustainability
As this job is remote, you can be based anywhere in Europe or North America.
Job Type: Full-time
Salary: £2,200.00-£5,000.00 per month
Benefits:
- Work from home
Experience:
- sales: 1 year (Preferred)
Work Location: Remote
