Ziyad Brothers Importing, one of the nation’s premiere and leading food wholesalers of Mediterranean and Middle Eastern food products, is accepting applications to fill two key positions as Regional Sales Managers in two regions, in Texas, and also in the region including Tennessee, and North and South Carolina.
JOB DESCRIPTION: Major Food importer seeking SALES MANAGER for Importing and Marketing of our authentic Mediterranean food products to Grocery Retailers in Texas, and also in the region of Tennessee, North Carolina and South Carolina.
SALES MANAGER JOB PURPOSE: sells imported Mediterranean products by implementing sales plans, and managing orders to be processed through the company’s supply chain
JOB DUTIES: Calls on retail grocers regularly to push sales and develop company brand placement; merchandises grocery retail shelves when necessary and build displays; implement national sales programs in your region by developing field sales action plans; maintain sales volumes, product mix and selling price by managing supply and demand, changing trends, economic indicators and competitor presence; attend company workshops, building personal networks and participating in industry events.
SKILLS/QUALIFICATIONS: Must be bi-lingual (fluent in Arabic and English). Market knowledge, managing processes, building relationships, sales planning, motivation sales practices, selling to customer needs; negotiations, meeting sales goals.
TO APPLY FOR THIS POSITION: Email resume and cover letter to Mark Smith at JOBS@Ziyad.com
Please, no phone calls. Please email your resume and a cover letter explaining your qualifications and experience.
RAY HANANIA — Op-Ed writer, author, radio host, podcaster
Ray Hanania is an award winning political and humor columnist who analyzes American and Middle East politics, and life in general. He is an author of several books.
Hanania covered Chicago Politics and Chicago City Hall from 1976 through 1992 at the Daily Southtown and the Chicago Sun-Times. He began writing in 1975 publishing The Middle Eastern Voice newspaper in Chicago (1975-1977). He later published “The National Arab American Times” newspaper (2004-2007).
Hanania writes weekly columns on Middle East and American Arab issues as Special US Correspondent for the Arab News ArabNews.com, at TheArabDailyNews.com, and at SuburbanChicagoland.com. He has published weekly columns in the Jerusalem Post newspaper, YNetNews.com, Newsday, the Orlando Sentinel, Houston Chronical, and Arlington Heights Daily Herald.
Hanania is the recipient of four (4) Chicago Headline Club “Peter Lisagor Awards” for Column writing. In November 2006, he was named “Best Ethnic American Columnist” by the New American Media. In 2009, Hanania received the prestigious Sigma Delta Chi Award for Writing from the Society of Professional Journalists. He is the recipient of the MT Mehdi Courage in Journalism Award. He was honored for his writing skills with two (2) Chicago Stick-o-Type awards from the Chicago Newspaper Guild. In 1990, Hanania was nominated by the Chicago Sun-Times editors for a Pulitzer Prize for his four-part series on the Palestinian Intifada.
His writings have also been honored by two national Awards from ADC for his writing, and from the National Arab American Journalists Association.
Hanania is the US Special Correspondent for the Arab News Newspaper, covering Middle East and Arab American issues. He writes for the Southwest News newspaper group writing on mainstream American issues.