Company & Role Overview
Summary
**Job description**
Our Client, one of the largest and fastest growing cannabis flower brands in California. Our team is known for being highly dedicated to our retail partners and consumers while going above and beyond with flower quality, flower consistency and innovative new product development. We are looking for experienced, hard-working, entrepreneurial Regional Sales Manager to develop the state of Nevada with a focus on the following cities: Las Vegas and Reno
**Job Function:** Sales
**Job Level:** Manager
**Employment Status:** Full-time Regular
**Primary Location:** Las Vegas, NV
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Summary:**
Our Regional Sales Managers are highly entrepreneurial thinkers, working hard to understand the needs of retailers while staying one step ahead of the competition. Regional Sales Managers have a solid balance of account management experience and new account acquisition (cold-calling) experience. Our Sales Team is also involved in sales strategy development \u0026 execution, marketing strategy development, and new product launches.
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Duties and Responsibilities:**
* Maintain the highest level of customer service in the industry through effective communication via phone, email and/or text promptly, politely and professionally
* Establish strong relationships with customers through appropriately timed communications and in person visits to purchasing, retail management and front-line retail staff
* Stay connected to consumers and front-line retail staff by attending promotions and events (including in-store demos as needed)
* Manage sales growth expectations in assigned territory through current account growth and new account acquisition
* Prepare sales information for retail customers
* Cold-Call prospective customers in an organized, professional manner
* Establish consistent buying cycles to improve operational efficiency (and ultimately customer service)
* Educate retail staff and consumers about the brand along with new and existing products
* Negotiate pricing and terms while maintaining margin
* Actively check on competitive activity and report to company leadership and other sales and marketing team members
**Qualifications:**
* 5+ years of sales and account management experience in cannabis, alcohol or equivalent industry
* Bachelor Degree in Business preferred
* Driver license, clean driving record, and auto insurance.
* Excellent verbal, written and presentation communication skills
* Prior sales experience in the area is highly preferred (alcohol or cannabis acceptable)
* Possess high attention to detail, prioritization, time management, and organizational skills with a positive, goal-oriented attitude
* Ability to work in a very fast-paced environment
* Willingness to work weekends and after-hours for educational business meetings, trade shows, events \u0026 presentations
* Ability to be on the road daily
**Compensation and Benefits:**
* Competitive salary package and benefits.
* Benefits - Medical, Dental, Vision, 401K, Life Insurance
* Schedule – 8:00 am – 5:00 pm (M-F) with on call weekend as needed to meet customer needs
* Report to: VP of SalesReport
* Work Location –Nevada
**About Vangst:**
Vangst is the cannabis industry’s hiring platform. Vangst helps cannabis companies find the talent they need to grow their business. From on-demand gig workers to trained \u0026 credential full-time employees, Vangst has built the industry’s go-to talent marketplace for all cannabis hiring. Vangst is proud to work with 1,200+ of the cannabis industry’s leading businesses.
Since raising their seed round in 2018, Vangst has become one of the fastest growing companies in the cannabis industry and was recognized as one of Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies.
Today, over 300,000 people have full-time jobs in the cannabis industry and this number is expected to triple over the next five years. Vangst is on a mission to fill every job in the cannabis industry.
Vangst’s headquarters is in Denver, CO. Vangst is a Series B company and backed by Lerer Hippeau, Colle Capital, Level One Fund, Snoop Dogg’s Casa Verde Capital, and others.
Vangst provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.
This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.
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