Ready-To-Eat Food Company Seeking A Fractional Chief Sales Officer

The company is looking for a Fractional Chief Sales Officer (CSO), as a Co-Founder, to develop, launch and scale its sales strategy across retail, e-commerce and B2B channels, with strong grocery retail relationships and experience scaling emerging food brands (approx. 5-10 hours per week). The role covers go-to-market strategy, pricing, trade spend and margins, securing retail listings, and building and managing broker and distributor networks, with demand forecasting aligned to operations. The ideal candidate brings 15+ years of senior sales leadership in consumer packaged goods or food and beverage, a record of expanding emerging brands into national distribution, and active relationships with grocery buyers, category managers and brokers. Strong commercial and financial expertise and a hands-on start-up mindset are essential; experience in shelf-stable meals, ready-to-eat products or ethnic food categories is an advantage.