SALES MANAGER
Location: Atlanta, GA
Salary: $65,000–$85,000 + Performance-Based Incentives
Experience: 5+ Years of Sales Management / Retail Leadership
Industry: Foodservice Equipment / B2B Retail
Preferred: Mandarin and/or Spanish Speaking
Position Overview
Our client, an established and growing family-owned organization in the foodservice equipment industry, is seeking an experienced Sales Manager to lead retail sales performance and develop its growing outside sales team.
This is a hands-on leadership role with responsibility for sales growth, team development, customer experience, and market expansion across both in-store and outside sales.
It's a strong opportunity for a sales leader who enjoys building teams, developing new business, and driving profitable growth while working directly with executive leadership.
What You'll Do
Location: Atlanta, GA
Salary: $65,000–$85,000 + Performance-Based Incentives
Experience: 5+ Years of Sales Management / Retail Leadership
Industry: Foodservice Equipment / B2B Retail
Preferred: Mandarin and/or Spanish Speaking
Position Overview
Our client, an established and growing family-owned organization in the foodservice equipment industry, is seeking an experienced Sales Manager to lead retail sales performance and develop its growing outside sales team.
This is a hands-on leadership role with responsibility for sales growth, team development, customer experience, and market expansion across both in-store and outside sales.
It's a strong opportunity for a sales leader who enjoys building teams, developing new business, and driving profitable growth while working directly with executive leadership.
What You'll Do
- Lead in-store and outside sales performance to drive revenue and profitable growth.
- Develop and execute branch-level sales strategies, goals, and local market initiatives.
- Build, coach, and develop sales associates, outside sales representatives, and other customer-facing employees.
- Grow and strengthen the company's outside sales organization.
- Establish clear sales expectations, KPIs, and accountability across the team.
- Identify new business opportunities and areas for market expansion.
- Develop pricing and sales strategies that support revenue and margin goals.
- Build relationships with customers, contractors, restaurant operators, and other business partners.
- Improve the in-store customer experience and use customer feedback to strengthen service.
- Implement sales training, performance reviews, and employee development initiatives.
- Represent the company at local business events and relevant industry functions.
- Partner with executive leadership on branch growth and expansion initiatives.
- Collaborate with Marketing, Supply Chain, Corporate Strategy, and other departments.
- Support POS, ERP, CRM, and digital transformation initiatives.
- Provide customer and market insights to help guide product selection, pricing, and promotional strategies.
- 5+ years of experience in sales management, retail operations, or multi-unit leadership.
- Proven experience leading, coaching, and developing sales teams.
- Strong background driving revenue growth and improving sales performance.
- Experience with B2B, contractor-facing, or relationship-driven sales.
- Strong financial and operational understanding, including sales margins and profitability.
- Ability to develop strategy while remaining actively involved in day-to-day sales execution.
- Strong communication, organization, leadership, and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to establish accountability and build a performance-driven team culture.
- Comfortable partnering directly with executive leadership.
- Foodservice or restaurant equipment sales.
- Restaurant supply or distribution.
- Industrial or specialty retail.
- B2B or contractor-facing sales environments.
- Branch-based or multi-location businesses.
- Experience leading geographically distributed sales employees.
- POS, ERP, and CRM systems.
- Mandarin and/or Spanish language skills strongly preferred.
- $65,000–$85,000 base salary.
- Performance-based incentives.
- Comprehensive medical insurance.
- Dental insurance.
- Vision insurance.
- Visa sponsorship opportunity available.
- Career growth and leadership-development opportunities.
- High-impact leadership role with significant autonomy and visibility.
- Work directly with executive leadership on sales and growth initiatives.
- Help build and develop an expanding outside sales organization.
- Influence sales strategy, customer experience, and market expansion.
- Join an established family-owned company with more than 30 years in the industry.
- People-focused culture built around relationships, accountability, and long-term growth.