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Sysco

Supplies food and kitchen goods to restaurants

Bid Manager - Center of Excellence

Proposal ManagementPosted on Nov 3
Full-timeUnited StatesNo salary listed

About the Job

Requirements

  • A high school diploma or GED is required.
  • At least 5 years of Sysco experience or 5 years of relevant industry experience with sales growth management, including managing a portfolio of business and people, is required.
  • Expertise in answering bids and RFPs, consultative selling, networking, and negotiations is required.
  • The role requires the ability to influence local contract sales teams across regions to grow bid account revenue and improve profitability.
  • Strong financial acumen and the ability to plan and execute business plans are required.
  • Business and foodservice operations acumen to manage sophisticated customers is required.
  • The role requires strong interpersonal skills and the ability to work with and influence key stakeholders.
  • The role requires the ability to express information in terms of profit and loss, food cost, and expense ratio.
  • Strong communication skills and the ability to communicate effectively with internal and external teams are required.
  • Excellent organizational and project management skills, including the ability to execute multiple initiatives at the same time, are required.
  • The role requires the ability to learn proprietary CRM tools for sales planning and forecasting.
  • Solid analytical problem-solving skills, including familiarity with analyzing reports and deriving insights from data, are required.

Responsibilities

  • Identify new business opportunities and maintain a pipeline of prospective RFP and bid proposals using the CRM tool for sales planning, opportunity tracking, task management, and customer engagement; provide tactical support to regional teams in responding to and following up on submitted bids.
  • Engage regional bid teams in assigned markets to understand their pipeline, capacity, and market share, and collaborate with them to improve their day-to-day processes.
  • Work with centralized support teams, including Merchandising, Revenue Management, and Customer Experience, to develop proposal strategies and presentations aligned with business objectives.
  • Collaborate with Sales leaders in Government, Education, and Gaming to build and improve bid processes, template libraries, and best practices across regions and industries; leverage robotic process automation capabilities to streamline and automate processes.
  • Track bid performance metrics and conduct post-bid analyses and debriefs to identify trends, analyze win/loss data, identify improvement areas, and implement lessons learned; engage leadership with connections to potential opportunities.
  • Assist with education and training for new team members in response development, management, and customer engagement.
  • Research target markets, including competitor analysis, industry trends, and customer demographics.

Desired Qualifications

  • A bachelor's degree in Business, Sales, Marketing, Hospitality, or Culinary Arts is preferred.
  • Direct experience submitting RFPs and growing bid business within the foodservice industry 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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