Positon: Community Engagement Specialist (Lead Generation)
Location: Gastown, Vancouver. Remote Work possible.
Overview:
We are looking for a community engagement specialist to help grow our charity and farmer networks for the Retail Food Recovery Program, a program designed to help grocery stores safely divert 100% of their unsold perishables to a network of local recovery organizations.
Responsibilities:
The role will encompass, but will not be limited to, the following scope of work:
○ Identify food charities, food share networks, and farmer prospects in key strategic regions;
○ Communicate the retail program to charity/farmer prospects, and collect information on their needs / capacities to assist with the onboarding and matching process;
○ Build and cultivate prospect relationships by initiating communications and conducting follow-up communications in order to move opportunities through the sales funnel.
○ Maintain a professional rapport with clients and represent company standards at all times.
○ Understand and target specific markets with proven strategies, spearhead focused campaigns and communicate with professional associates.
○ Qualify and onboard charity partners, leads and farmers and match them to participating stores.
○ Coordinate with multiple organizations to develop food share arrangements in key regions.
○ Manage data for new and prospective clients within CRM, (SalesForce) ensuring all communications are logged, information is accurate, and documents are attached.
○ Prepare and analyze sales pipeline reports and dashboards.
Required Skills and Capabilities:
● High level of integrity, professionalism and sense of urgency