Job Description
Ark Foods is seeking a Field Marketing Manager in the Northeast region to help share our exciting line of fresh vegetable products with the world.
This role will report to our Retail Sales Director, and will focus on creating a strong presence at the store level with our retail partners in the Northeast.
Responsibilities
Come join a fast-growing food brand that is revolutionizing what we eat. Ark Foods is a modern-day farming company that creates, simple, fresh, and exciting food. From our plant-based veggie bowls to the specialty vegetables that we grow at our farm locations up and down the East Coast, Ark Foods is rethinking modern agriculture from the ground up.
You can find our products in Whole Foods, Walmart, Costco, and other leading retailers across the USA.
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Regularly visit retail locations where Ark Foods products are sold. Be the on-the-ground face of the company at the retail level
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Map out detailed plans of routes to visit stores, and track store visits and contacts in company database to help guide company-wide learnings and strategies at the store level
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Develop and maintain close relationships with store leadership, especially produce department managers
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Improve our presence at the store level. Place signage, secure better or alternative placements, organize product demos, etc.
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Check on inventory and help store leadership place orders to ensure ample product supply and regular replenishment
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Observe customer interactions and help us learn how customers are using / purchasing our products
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Attend and be the face of Ark Foods at certain marketing and promotional events
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Carry an exuberant, positive attitude that is consistent with our brand mission to bring the magic of vegetables to the world
Skills & Experience
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Persistence and positive attitude
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Incredible organization skills
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Boots-on-the ground energy and positivity
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A belief that there is no task too small and no challenge too large
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Field marketing or related experience
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Love of food
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Experience with vegetables, supermarkets/retailers, and young brands or products
Why You Should Work With Us
- Highly competitive compensation package
- Healthcare and other benefits
- Generous vacation policy
- All the specialty veggies you can eat!
