Job description

Runa, an Amazonian beverage company and social enterprise based in Brooklyn, NY, is seeking a full-time Vermont Sales Representative. Runa is a passionate, entrepreneurial, growing company, looking for an enthusiastic and highly organized new team member to  take charge of supporting our products in the area. We are offering a competitive starting salary commensurate upon experience, and will include full benefits and all the tools necessary to do the job well.

Primary areas of responsibility:

• Manage relationships with grocery teams and buyers at existing and new accounts in the region.
• Coordinate logistics for events, trade shows, product demonstrations.
• Pitch and open new accounts for our bagged and bottled tea products.
• Work with existing brokers and distributors to support new placements and opportunities.
• Negotiate shelf-placement and merchandize.
• Execute occasional demos and in-store tea-tastings to support retail accounts.
• Coordinate promotional programs and sales support materials with accounts.
• Create sales projections and execute reports.
• Research events and marketing opportunities that would propel the brand and the product in the region.
• Report performance goals and communicate challenges to the national sales team.

Our Expectations:
The incumbent must be self-guided, proactive, people-oriented and extremely well organized. She or he will spend a significant portion of time in the field at accounts with  distributors, other sales representatives and brokers. Applicants will need to have access to a reliable car and enthusiasm working remotely in a collaborative role. Two or more  years of prior experience in the industry and/or a similar position is preferable. Literacy in sales is a necessity and experience with in-store grocery teams is greatly preferred.

Expected start date is flexible, but ideally August 1 or before. If you seek a role in a fast-growing, entrepreneurial company with a passion for working with ambitious goals, you are encouraged to apply. Extensive training will be provided. Possibility of an expansion  of the territory with demonstrated skill.

About Runa:
Runa sources guayusa ("gwhy-you-sa") from the Ecuadorian Amazon. Guayusa is a  native Amazonian tree leaf that indigenous people in the Ecuadorian Amazon have brewed like tea for thousands of years. Drinking guayusa is essential to what makes them “Runa” – fully alive. Guayusa offers a clear, focused energy by balancing as much  caffeine as one cup of coffee with twice the antioxidants of green tea. Unlike traditional teas, it contains no tannins, so it tastes surprisingly smooth and naturally sweet. Runa has a line of Organic and Fair Trade guayusa-based boxed teas and bottled teas.

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