Nutrition Director jobs in Santa Barbara, CA

Job Summary

Pack leaders wanted! We are JustFoodForDogs, and our passion is to help give all animals 'More life. More years. More love.' by providing them with the best diet. If you share our passion, apply to be a Nutrition Consultant today! Our most successful Nutrition Consultants are pet owners themselves who care deeply about what they feed their pets. They love talking to and establishing long-term relationships with pet parents, helping them learn how a wholesome, nutritious diet can benefit their furry family members!

Key Responsibilities

• Actively engage with customers and their dogs in-store and make personalized recommendations for meals, treats, supplements and other JFFD products
• Learn and apply pet nutrition knowledge and JFFD product knowledge to influence pet parents to feed JFFD
• Establish and maintain Customer Relationships; provide quality follow-up and ongoing support for customers
• Adhere to merchandising standards, housekeeping, inventory management and point of sale policies
• Follow JFFD policies and procedures, including those for safety, security, POS, etc.
• Meet personal sales quotas, and communicate insights/ideas to General Manager to help Kitchen achieve its targets

Qualifications

• Passionate and motivated to make a difference in the health and lives of dogs and cats
• Retail or consultative sales experience; pet nutrition experience a plus
• Skilled at assessing needs, sharing features and benefits of products, overcoming objections and wrapping up productive consults
• Able to help multiple customers at once
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Drive to meet and exceed goals
• POS and iPad skills
• Able to lift 50 lbs
• Strong time management and organizational skills 

Who We Are

Join us in the movement to ensure longer and healthier lives for dogs and cats. JustFoodForDogs is breaking new ground in the world of pet food! Vet-developed and recommended, we started cooking our whole food, human-grade, nutritionally balanced meals in Newport Beach in 2010 and we now have over 100 locations in WA, CA, IL, NY, NJ, TX, with continuing growth plans! We are a proud Petco Partner, with over 1,000 Petco stores holding our products. We offer best in class benefits, health, dental, vision, 401k, Pet Insurance and Employee Discounts on our food and supplements. Learn more about what we do at www.justfoodfordogs.com.