Director of Sales - Limited Service Restaurants

Pressed is growing and hiring a Director, Sales - Limited Service Restaurants to lead our expansion into Limited Service Restaurants (LSR) by opening new doors across Fast Casual, Coffee Cafés, and Quick Service Restaurant (QSR) chains.

If you thrive in turning execution and relationship-building into growth and want to build the playbook along the way, this is your role.

If you thrive in fast-moving CPG environments and know how to build a winning LSR business, this is your role!

About Pressed Juicery

Pressed Juicery is a modern wellness brand built with a mission to empower your wellness journey.

Founded in 2010 by three friends, Pressed began as a small space with a big idea: real, nourishing food should be accessible and fit into everyday life. What started in a tiny Los Angeles juice bar has grown into a dynamic omnichannel brand, with products available through thousands of retailers nationwide, alongside our company-owned stores and direct-to-consumer channel.

At Pressed Juicery, we operate as one community bringing high-quality, better-for-you products to market. Guided by passion and purpose, we’re building what’s next in wellness.

Our Mission

Pressed Juicery’s mission is to empower your wellness journey.

Our Workplace Culture

• We embrace diversity, equity, inclusion, and belongingness!
• We speak up with radically candid communication.
• We wholeheartedly support personal and professional growth.
• We believe mistakes can be valuable and lead to continuous improvement.
• Lastly, we value excellence and strive to achieve greatness in all we do!

Our Values

• Community - as leaders, we celebrate differences, champion strengths, and compassionately aspire to be our most vibrant selves.
• Passion - curious and humble, we inspire people to make healthy choices.
• Growth - pursuing wellness with intention, we create and embrace good energy.

Our Benefits

• 401k match
• Annual bonus eligibility
• Three weeks of vacation time
• Paid holidays and 8 Pressed Days (additional days off)
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Flexible Spending Account
• Generous paid parental leave
• Employee Referral Program

About the Role

The Director of Sales, Limited-Service Restaurants is a quota-carrying, growth-driving leader who opens new doors across Fast Casual, Coffee Cafés, and select QSR chains. This role is responsible for designing pilots, scaling multi-region rollouts, and building a repeatable playbook that accelerates Pressed’s expansion across the LSR landscape. This position is focused heavily on prospecting, pitching, piloting, and closing; they will build their book of business and own strategic account development, franchise adoption, and chain-level growth.

Success in this role means winning national and regional chain accounts, turning pilots into profitable, scalable rollouts, ensuring distribution and operational readiness, and growing revenue through disciplined execution and strong partner alignment—all while modeling proactive solutioning, structured follow-through, clarity, preparedness, and responsible urgency.

Key Responsibilities

Sales Leadership & Growth

• Own the LSR growth plan and quota across Fast Casual, Coffee, and targeted QSR chains; deliver multimillion-dollar new revenue.
• Maintain 3× pipeline coverage with clear stage definitions (prospecting → discovery → pilot → expansion → rollout).
• Bring insight-driven recommendations that challenge customer assumptions and elevate decision quality.
• Protect deal economics within guardrails, partner with Finance.
• Demonstrate disciplined follow-through, clarity in communication, and a proactive approach to removing barriers.

Account Development & Partnerships

• Prospect, pitch, and close national and large regional chains; navigate category management, procurement, culinary, and franchise decision paths.
• Build relationships at the Director/VP level, adjusting communication style by account maturity and decision structure.
• Represent Pressed with preparation and polish at key meetings, industry events, and operator showcases.
• Establish trust quickly by using data, market insight, and a clear commercial POV to guide the customer toward better outcomes.
• Ensure handoffs between chain decision makers and franchise operators are clear, structured, and scalable.

Pilot Design & Rollout Execution

• Design and run 8–12-week pilots with structure and rigor: KPIs, velocity thresholds, waste targets, planograms, sampling calendars, success criteria, and post-mortems.
• Proactively identify operational risks and bring clear, executable solutions to ensure pilots convert to expansion.
• Scale wins from brand approvals to multi-region rollout and franchisee adoption; coordinate training, merchandising, POS, launch kits, and compliance.

Distribution & Operational Readiness

• Activate distribution lanes across broadline and cold-capable Direct Store Distribution (DSD) partners.
• Partner cross-functionally to ensure launch feasibility.
• Resolve issues quickly and decisively, bringing forward informed solutions.
• Strengthen operational reliability by aligning chain requirements with distributor capabilities.

Forecasting, CRM Discipline & Internal Collaboration

• Forecast accuracy; use pilot performance, promotions, chain orders and distributor trends.
• Uphold CRM discipline and stage hygiene.
• Partner with Marketing on co-marketing, LTOs, and story telling that drives velocity.
• Provide proactive performance updates to the Pressed Foodservice On-Premise (FSOP) team.
• Model structured communication, clarity, and accountability in all internal touchpoints.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in food & beverage sales; 5+ years hunting and closing LSR chain accounts.
• Proven relationships with decision-makers at better-for-you Fast Casual and Coffee chains; credible executive presence.
• At least two multi-region or national wins scaled in the last 3–5 years.
• Fluency in FSOP mechanics: franchise systems, Foodservice Management Companies (FSMCs), Group Purchasing Organizations (GPOs), rebates/MCBs, planograms, promotional cycles, and distributor operations.
• Data-driven seller who sets velocity targets, monitors waste, reads P&Ls, and protects margin.
• Solution-oriented, proactive problem solver with strong follow-through and readiness.
• CRM discipline (Salesforce or similar); excellent communication and storytelling skills.
• Existing network with broadline distributors and cold-capable DSD partners.
• Ability to travel as needed.
• Legally authorized to work in the United States without restriction.

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