Regional Sales Manager (Foods)
Job Description
Location: Remote, Midwest regional travel
Hire Type: Direct-hire, Onsite
Shift: Early day shift
Benefits: PTO, Paid Holidays, Medical/Dental/Vision Plans, 401(k), Travel expenses paid
Must have Skill Set: Business-to-business travel sales experience in the food industry
- Drive new customer acquisition across a large Midwest territory through face-to-face selling
- Maintain and grow a small portfolio of existing accounts
- Spend significant time in-market meeting distributors, customers, and prospects
- Build and execute a regional sales strategy aligned with company growth goals
- Represent the brand with deep product knowledge and enthusiasm for the food industry
- Partner with internal teams to support customer needs and close opportunities
- Track activity, pipeline, and performance against targets
- Serve as a visible, accountable sales leader in a historically high-performing region
- Strong background in food sales required
- 5–6+ years of sales management or senior-level sales experience
- Proven success managing and growing a large regional territory
- Dairy or cheese industry experience highly preferred
- Demonstrated ability to win new business through in-person selling
- Comfortable with autonomy, accountability, and high visibility
- Strong communication, organization, and relationship-building skills
- Approximately 40 weeks per year
- Typically Monday–Thursday
- Must live within reasonable access to a major airport
Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or genetic information.
Meet Your Recruiter
Alicia Alexander
Technical Recruiter & Team Mentor
Alicia Alexander is a Technical Recruiter and Team Mentor at Sterling Engineering with four years of recruiting experience and nearly three years with Sterling. She specializes in engineering, manufacturing, and technical recruiting, supporting roles across maintenance, reliability, operations, engineering, and industrial environments, including food and life sciences.
Alicia is passionate about helping people find careers where they feel genuinely happy, supported, and positioned for long-term growth. She enjoys building meaningful relationships with candidates, helping them take the next step in their careers, and supporting companies as they build strong, high-performing teams.
With a background in psychology and human resources from North Central College, Alicia brings a people-focused approach to recruiting. Her understanding of relationship building, communication, and candidate motivation helps her create successful matches between talent and opportunity.
Alicia is known for developing strong partnerships with both candidates and hiring managers, with a focus on creating long-term placements that benefit both the individual and the organization.