Lead Generation Specialist

Lead Generation Specialist - Unilever Food Solutions  

Location: Remote – [Los Angeles, CA] 

Who We Are  

Unilever Food Solutions (UFS) is the €3bn+ foodservice division of Unilever. It leads the dynamic Food Service market across its categories and has ambitious growth objectives, marketing a range of professional food and beverage products and services to operators across 72 countries.  UFS prides itself on creating value for its customers through culinary solutions and improving the food experience for everyone from distributors and operators to diners and consumers.  

UFS is accelerating its digital transformation to fuel growth through data driven and technology enabled Go-to-Market (GtM) capabilities. Our global ambition is to reach 3 million operators by 2030 via an online & off-line contact strategy. Within the US, the focus of UFS Customer Development and Marketing is to engage with customers in unique and specific ways to generate demand for our professional brands and create long term value for our partners.  

Pay: The pay range for this position is $58,700 to $86,280. Unilever takes into consideration a wide range of factors that are utilized in making compensation decisions including, but not limited to, skill sets, experience and training, licensure and certifications, qualifications and education, and other business and organizational needs.  

Bonus: This position is bonus eligible.  

Long-Term Incentive (LTI): This position is LTI eligible.  

Benefits: Unilever employees are eligible to participate in our benefits plan. Should the employee choose to participate, they can choose from a range of benefits to include, but is not limited to, health insurance (including prescription drug, dental, and vision coverage), retirement savings benefits, life insurance and disability benefits, parental leave, sick leave, paid vacation and holidays, as well as access to numerous voluntary benefits. Any coverage for health insurance and retirement benefits will be in accordance with the terms and conditions of the applicable plans and associated governing plan documents. 

Job Purpose: 

As a Lead Generation Specialist, you will be a key member of a market sales team tasked to drive sustainable business growth via new Operators wins in a specific geographic market and as fundamental efforts to ensure your success you will: 

• Help shorten the sales cycle by creating new contacts with targeted restaurants and non-commercial accounts with the intent to bring new culinary inspiration to their menus.  

• Develop a collaborative calendar process with the Territory Development Managers in the market to bring new customer meetings into their schedules and prepare them for successful culinary ideations    

• Follow through with marketing action plans ABM (Account Based Marketing) where customer leads need to be contacted after responding to UFS marketing campaigns 

• Create Penetration playbook, build basket affinities for Citadel 

• Conduct Analysis using sales data and Trade Partner Playbooks to create priority customer urgent actions for customers at risk of lapsing and customers on the verge of becoming loyal customers 

• Utilize Salesforce, Firefly to better target non-commercial operator leads in Education and Entertainment channels.  Connect with and secure new meetings with key stakeholders 

• Support the unique Operator Group in your market by helping design action and engagement plans with TDMs. (example: NYC / Deli) 

• Accountable for helping the region deliver business targets in Sales $, Reach & Penetration, and market share for operators and reduce average sales cycle by 25%  

• Provide virtual culinary consultation to targeted operators as you contact them to further interest in business partnerships    

• Conduct F2F and Virtual Sampling, Ideation, Cooking Demo using culinary knowledge to secure new opportunities or increase volume usage by new menu applications or into existing dishes. Use relevant selling stories to help deliver the revenue savings and or efficiency improvements from UFS solutions    

• Build & Nurture relationships with key Trade Partners and local Distributor Sales Rep’s  

• Implement Contact Matrix for Key Trade customers with a Squad approach (where possible) for more effective customer management    

• It is an exciting role and a great development opportunity for an ambitious and motivated individual. It’s a role where the right individual can really make a difference   

Essential Qualifications:    

• 2-3 years of working experience preferably in the Foodservice Industry   

• Proven track record in sales, preferably in the Foodservice Industry   

• Digital & Data analysis, compiling action plans from insights  

• Strong working knowledge of Excel, MS Office, Power BI   

Unilever Performance Behaviors:   

• 3 Steps Ahead 

• Focus on What Matters Most 

• Deeply Caring 

• Deliver with Excellence   

Our Culture  

• Caring Deeply  

• Positive Tensions for Bigger Outcomes, Fairness and Transparency, Performance AND care  

• Staying Three Steps Ahead of the Market  

• Build Future While Delivering today, Think Big simplify, commit, Lead Shape Disrupt Mkt   

• Delivering with Excellence  

• Pride in our Execution, Best in Reality, Developing Breakthrough solutions  

• Focusing on What Matters Most  

• Fewer Bigger Things, Fight for What matters most, Challenging and Debating Right Choices 

What We Can Offer You      

Culture for Growth | Top Notch Employee Health & Well Being Benefits | Every Voice Matters | Global Reach | Life at Unilever | Careers with Purpose | World Class Career Development Programs | Check Out Our Space | Focus On Sustainability     

Unilever is an organization committed to diversity and inclusion to drive our business results and create a better future every day for our diverse employees, global consumers, partners, and communities. We believe a diverse workforce allows us to match our growth ambitions and drive inclusion across the business.     

Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action Employer Minorities / Females / Protected Veterans/ Persons with Disabilities    

For office-based, Research & Development, and remote positions, proof of COVID-19 vaccination is required to be eligible for employment. Religious and/or medical accommodations will be considered on a case-by-case basis.  

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Unilever is an organization committed to diversity and inclusion to drive our business results and create a better future every day for our diverse employees, global consumers, partners, and communities. We believe a diverse workforce allows us to match our growth ambitions and drive inclusion across the business. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against based on disability. For more information, please see Equal Employment Opportunity Posters  
 
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