About Careertakes

👉 Important disclosure: Careertakes is a third-party recruiting platform supporting this hiring process. If selected, you will be employed directly by our client, Food Ingredient Distribution.

Applicants for this role may also receive access to additional matched opportunities through the Careertakes platform.

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Overview

Confidential Client is hiring an entry-level B2B Sales Representative / Ingredient Consultant based in Forest Hills, MI (Forest Hills, MI). This is a training-first sales role in food ingredient distribution: you will receive structured, paid training, mentorship, and real customer exposure to build a long-term career in supply chain and ingredient sales. The original source lists an estimated annual salary of $85,303 (estimated) plus an uncapped GP bonus opportunity.

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Your First 90 Days: Paid Training & Onboarding

You’ll enter a structured, paid 90-day training program designed to teach the industry, product portfolio, and how our supply chain and sales processes work. During this period you will:

• Learn the food ingredient industry, customer types, and market dynamics
• Develop product and supplier knowledge and application use cases
• Train on CRM, quoting, pricing, opportunity management, and the sales process
• Shadow experienced sales professionals and participate in customer/supplier interactions
• Build prospecting, discovery, presentation, negotiation, and closing skills
• Start developing your own customer and prospect relationships with coaching

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What You’ll Own (as you progress)

As you complete training and grow into the role, you’ll take increasing responsibility for:

• Customer relationship development
• New business development and prospecting
• Account growth and retention
• Ingredient solution selling and consultative conversations
• Sales pipeline management and forecasting
• Supplier and internal collaboration to solve customer needs
• Revenue and gross margin growth

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What Success Looks Like

Success means developing into a trusted sales professional who consistently creates value for customers and grows accounts. Strong performers will:

• Build meaningful customer and prospect relationships
• Understand customer needs, product applications, and market conditions
• Identify and close new opportunities while growing existing accounts
• Maintain an organized, actionable pipeline and hit individual/team goals
• Communicate effectively with customers, suppliers, and internal teams
• Negotiate and close profitable business

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Who You Are / Qualifications

You don’t need years of sales experience — the role is built for potential. Typical qualifications include:

• Bachelor’s degree preferred in Business, Sales, Marketing, Communications, Food Science, Supply Chain, or related field
• 0–2 years professional experience (internships, part-time work, campus leadership, athletics and similar experiences welcomed)
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Natural curiosity and a desire to learn
• Comfortable meeting new people and building relationships
• Competitive, coachable, and goal-oriented
• Strong organization and time-management skills
• Self-motivated with initiative and a professional presence

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Compensation & Benefits (summary)

• Estimated base pay: $85,303 per year (source listing; estimate)
• Uncapped GP bonus / variable compensation opportunity
• Paid, structured training and mentorship in your first 90 days
• Opportunity for career growth in a stable, relationship-driven industry (Food Ingredient Distribution)

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Why This Role Matters

This is more than an entry-level sales job — it’s a chance to build commercial skills, learn a resilient industry, and progress into a full sales career supported by training and experienced mentors. If you’re competitive, collaborative, curious, energized by meeting people, and excited by turning conversations into opportunities, this role is designed for you.

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Additional notes

• This role is location-based in Forest Hills, MI. Employment type: Full-time.
• Reasonable accommodations are available for applicants with disabilities; please advise if you need assistance during the hiring process.

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Equal Opportunity & Hiring Transparency

Careertakes and our client are Equal Opportunity Employers committed to building a diverse and inclusive workforce. We prohibit discrimination or harassment of any kind. To support a fair and efficient hiring process, AI tools may be used to assist with application review or resume screening. These tools do not replace human decision-making. Final hiring decisions are made by people.

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