Hiring: Sales & Distribution Manager – Song Sparrow Farm
Sales & Distribution Manager
Song Sparrow Farm
www.songsparrowfarm.com
Song Sparrow Farm is seeking a Sales & Distribution Manager.
This position is for 24+ hours a week with a start date available between March 18th and April 15th.
This person in this role will primarily sell produce and products at farmers markets and distribute CSA shares to our customers. The role also may also involve travel between Song Sparrow’s market gardens in Easthampton and Florence and kitchen at Mycoterra Farm in South Deerfield.
Compensation for the role is $18/hr, plus commissions on market sales, and tips.
Role
As the Sales & Distribution Manager, you will be responsible for managing setup preparations and inventory for Song Sparrow’s farmers markets, as well as packing and distributing CSA shares to the appropriate market or pickup location. The SDM will also be responsible for representing Song Sparrow at two outdoor farmers markets.
Responsibilities will include:
- Packing customer CSA boxes for weekly pickup
- Making sure the necessary equipment, supplies, produce and products are going to the correct outlets
- Loading and driving a commercial van for less than an hour, to and from markets
- Setting up the booth, displaying products, restocking inventory, and making sales at markets
- Answering questions, building relationships and community with customers and market vendors
Requirements
- Needs reliable transportation
- Willing to work at outdoor farmers markets in all weather conditions
- Operate a register
- Track sales and inventory data
- Keep inventory stored and stocked properly
- Stand, kneel, lift and crouch for 6+ hours
- Stack, unstack and restack up to 40 lbs
- Work well with others, take direction, give and receive feedback & collaborate.
Ideal Candidates may possess any of the following:
- Previous sales experience at farmers markets.
- Communicate with care and respect.
- Possess an innate desire to talk about and sell high quality local and seasonal food and herbs.
- Can sell and upsell farm products with integrity and positivity.
- Ask questions, take initiative, and work independently.
- Manage priorities and time to accomplish goals.
- Are interested in participating in local food processing, market gardens, or any aspect of the food system.
Compensation & Benefits
- Compensation for the role is $18/hr PLUS
- Commissions on market sales. A commission structure will be decided with the candidate.
- Tips
- A full-season Song Sparrow Farm produce share.
- A behind-the-scenes look into our local food system.
- A part-time management position meant to help create space for team members to work in team leadership, while also engaging in other parts of their lives. If more hours are necessary in order for this role to work for the right candidate, we can flex.
- Song Sparrow Farm strives to create a work environment where people can learn, share, and be themselves.
How to Apply
Fill out this application form and upload your resume. We aim to follow-up with all applicants within 1-2 business days.
About Song Sparrow Farm
Song Sparrow Farm is on a mission to make nutrient dense food more accessible to the communities we serve. Our 1.5 combined acres of market gardens in Easthampton and Florence will produce veggies and herbs that are turned into pickles, veggie sides, prepared food, baked goods, and herbal teas available at several farmers markets and farm stands in Western Mass. We are committed to growing practices and techniques that build healthy living soil, sequester carbon, and build resilience. That means we don’t till, and we rotate planting, plant cover crops, and save seeds.
2024 is the third season for the Song Sparrow crew, which had a tough 2023 after a flood devastated our crops in Florence. Despite the tough losses, we pivoted to develop Song Sparrow Kitchen, a project which blossomed because of the support we received from a collection of farmers, herbalists, and food producers in our amazing community.
Song Sparrow Farm is owned and operated by Toni Hall, who views growing food as an act of resilience and resistance. They grew up in a garden, making music. They learned how to farm, how to be an educator, and how to get large quantities of food to food insecure communities. They lease farm land, work-trade for kitchen access, and run this business to grow community and plants, hoping that both will act as medicine. Song Sparrow’s crew is queer and full of cheer. We share food, laugh a lot, and always make time to pet and play with one very sweet little farm dog named Dandy Lion.
