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Sysco

Supplies food and kitchen goods to restaurants

District Sales Manager

Field SalesUpdated on Nov 12
Full-timeHuntington Beach, CA, USA

About the Job

Requirements

  • High school education is required; a bachelor's degree in a related field, such as business administration, or equivalent relevant industry experience is accepted.
  • At least 2 years of experience successfully growing profitable sales in the foodservice industry is required.
  • Ability to use Sysco's proprietary customer relationship management tool for planning and forecasting sales growth.
  • Demonstrated skills in consultative selling, marketing principles, prospecting, networking, coaching, and negotiations.
  • Ability to coach, counsel, train, and direct associates; supervise and motivate others; and prepare reports and business correspondence.
  • Ability to develop new business, penetrate existing accounts, and minimize lost business to achieve profitable sales growth and assigned objectives.
  • Ability to seek and qualify prospects under company account stratification goals; research customer business needs and develop a mix of products and services to meet those needs.
  • Ability to evaluate market trends and recommend products based on customer business needs and goals; stay informed about market conditions, product innovations, and competitors' products, prices, and sales; and share relevant information with customers.
  • Ability to answer customer questions about products, prices, availability, and product use, and provide product information and practical training to customer personnel.
  • Ability to communicate and collect accounts receivable as necessary, working with the credit department and clients, and collect balances due based on approved credit terms.
  • Ability to manage deliveries to the transportation department's published routing schedule and troubleshoot order issues such as out-of-stock items, special-order items, and low inventory.
  • Ability to review and analyze daily and weekly reports, including special-order requests, customer bid files, and sales and gross profit margin data.
  • Ability to perform administrative duties, including preparing sales budgets and reports, maintaining sales records, processing credits and pick-up requests, preparing sales quotes and menu suggestions, and filing reports.
  • Ability to participate in ongoing training sessions and assist with training new employees as requested.

Responsibilities

  • Manage the performance and development of Sales Consultants within the district.
  • Conduct an average of 3–5 Sales Consultant work-withs each week, providing one-on-one coaching and direction.
  • Lead and facilitate Friday district meetings to educate, inspire, and drive behavior changes that support sales.
  • Lead and direct customer engagement by enabling district Sales Consultants to provide customers with expanded service-channel options, including technology enablers, value-added services, and team selling.
  • Continuously improve the use of technology, sales skills, soft skills, and product knowledge.
  • Leverage Sales Support resources and tools to maximize Sales Consultants' consultative time.
  • Use the customer relationship management system to manage Sales Consultants' sales planning, prospecting, and daily customer engagement, and promote productive use of Sysco 360.
  • Deliver Sysco brand results and directly manage conversion opportunities within the district.
  • Support and promote national campaigns and promotions.
  • Provide coaching, training, and timely feedback to develop Sales Consultants' consultative selling skills using the Sysco Way to Sell.
  • Use CMP and QPP processes to coach the performance of sales colleagues in the district.
  • Execute territory planning and management.
  • Build and prioritize relationships with top customers and high-value prospects.
  • Champion company initiatives and implement center-led strategy within the district.
  • Perform additional sales management and operational duties, including customer relationship management.
  • Participate in company functions, promotions, customer visits, and customer events.
  • Attend and participate in general sales and district meetings.
  • Manage deliveries according to the transportation department's routing schedule.
  • Communicate and collect accounts receivable as necessary, working with the credit department and clients.

Desired Qualifications

  • At least 5 years of foodservice sales experience is preferred.

About the Company

Sysco

Supplies food and kitchen goods to restaurants

Sysco buys, stores and delivers food, kitchen supplies and equipment to restaurants, hospitals, schools, hotels and other businesses that cook away from home. Alongside national brands, it sells its own Sysco Brand line of foods and supplies, which fills a large share of the cases it ships. Its biggest product groups are fresh and frozen meats, canned and dry goods, and frozen produce and baked goods. Customers order through Sysco sales representatives or online, and Sysco delivers from distribution centers across North America and Europe, earning money on the difference between what it pays suppliers and what customers pay for delivered goods. Sysco was founded in 1969, began public operations in 1970 and is based in Houston, Texas.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Houston, TX
Founded
1969

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