Business Development Manager, North America, Italian Cured Meats

Experience Required

36 months

Minimum Education Required

High School diploma or foreign equivalent

Compensation

$233,251.00 / Yearly

Hours Per Week

40

Number Of Positions

1

Job Description

Fratelli Beretta USA Inc seeks a Business Development Manager, North America, Italian Cured Meats:

1. Identify future business opportunities in the North America Market including Canada & Mexico markets;

2. Coordinate with Italian-based HQ sales development teams and operation teams for new products development for the North America market, targeting Italian cured meats segment;

3. Track new markets and emerging trends in the Italian dry cured meats segment, recommend new products, propose, and develop new strategic partnerships, writes proposals, and plans for key accounts;

4. Maintaining up-to-date knowledge of Italian certification, including DOP and PGI for Italian cured meats and up-to-date knowledge of regulations from governmental authorities, including but not limited to USA Customs, USDA and FDA, in relation to import of Italian cured meats products;

5. Present business and market opportunities to company executives and management to increase company’s brand awareness, managing and revising annual business plans and budgets for new projects to increase sales and distribution of the Italian cured meats multi-products into the US-Food multi-channel;

6. Develop and execute plan for trade shows, attend and participate on regular basis to domestic and international food shows to improve company’s visibility and inform key accounts about company’s new products development;

7. Coordinate and implement sales plan on new products launch in key accounts and kickoff process to increase new business and direct new sales initiatives for company Branded items and Retailers Private label projects, specifically for Italian cured meats for Branded products and Owned Brands products, and preparing all documentation required for requests for proposals (RFPs);

8. Build and maintain strategic partnerships with prospects and exiting key accounts, brokers, retailers, and distributors to align goals with business plan and sales strategy;

9. Facilitate educational and business development tours of the Italian-based HQ production plants.

Position requires a HS diploma or foreign equivalent plus 36 months’ experience in the food import and distribution industry in a managerial level position that includes experience in budget and forecasting; compliance with import regulations related to Italian specialty food products; knowledge of Italian dried cured meat certifications (DOP, PGI); strategic marketing of Italian specialty food products; and product launches for company branded and private label products.

Approximately 10 days of monthly domestic travel, 1 trip per year to Italy, 2 trips per year to Mexico, 2 trips per year to Canada.

Place of Work

On-site

Requisition ID

Job2026

Job Type

Full Time

Application Email

[email protected]