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GFL

North American waste collection, disposal, recycling

Sales Manager

Full-TimeUpdated on 10/23/2026
No salary listed
Senior
Bachelor's
Houston, TX, USA
In PersonTravel throughout the assigned sales territory is required.
Sales & Account ManagementField Sales
No H1B Sponsorship

About the job

Requirements
  • A bachelor's degree from a four-year college or university, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
  • Five or more years of experience in the waste industry.
  • Prior knowledge of all product lines and equipment is desired.
  • A valid driver's license.
  • Ability to analyze customer and industry trends.
  • Ability to prepare and organize sales presentations for major accounts, demonstrate products and services, and emphasize marketable features.
  • Ability to develop and implement sales and retention strategies and plans.
  • Ability to monitor and analyze competitor and company pricing patterns.
  • Ability to prepare market plans, competitive strategies, pricing models, and bids.
  • Thorough product knowledge across all lines of business.
  • Ability to conduct customer waste stream analysis and develop proposals or quotations.
  • Ability to assist with budgeting, monthly budget measurement, and forecasting.
  • Ability to read and interpret business and technical periodicals, professional journals, and governmental regulations.
  • Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedural manuals.
  • Ability to present information effectively and respond to questions from managers, clients, customers, and the general public.
  • Ability to calculate discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, percentages, area, circumference, and volume.
  • Ability to create, design, and implement solutions to general and customer-specific problems.
  • Ability to interpret written, oral, diagrammatic, or schedule-based instructions.
  • Ability to self-direct initiatives and work under limited supervision.
  • Ability to stand, sit, walk, use hands and fingers, reach, stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, talk, hear, and climb.
  • Ability to regularly lift or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift or move up to 25 pounds.
Responsibilities
  • Plan, control, coach, and direct the overall activity of the branch or assigned branches' sales and marketing team.
  • Work with the Facility or General Manager to oversee achievement of branch objectives in alignment with corporate objectives.
  • Travel throughout the assigned territory to meet existing and prospective customers and assess and manage their needs.
  • Develop proficiency in customer and industry trend analysis.
  • Maintain customer relations through regular engagement with existing and prospective customers.
  • Develop sales presentations for major accounts, demonstrating products and services and emphasizing marketable features.
  • Develop and implement plans to increase and maintain the customer base through sales and retention strategies.
  • Assist in identifying acquisition candidates and participate in acquisition and merger processes with targeted businesses.
  • Monitor and analyze competitor and company pricing patterns.
  • Prepare and present market plans and competitive strategies, including pricing models and bid preparation.
  • Develop plans for new products, product ideas, and services.
  • Conduct customer waste stream analyses and prepare appropriate proposals or quotations.
  • Train Sales Representatives and monitor their presentation of products, services, and industry material.
  • Conduct periodic field sales skills assessments for assigned subordinates.
  • Schedule, conduct, and document formal performance reviews.
  • Assist branch colleagues with budgeting and monthly budget measurement and forecasting.
  • Manage sales team performance, expectations, coaching, and counseling.
  • Manage the customer relationship management system for Sales Representatives.
  • Recruit, interview, hire, and train sales team personnel.
  • Comply with applicable laws, regulations, ordinances, company policies, procedures, and supervisor directives.
  • Perform other duties and responsibilities as required or requested by management.
Desired Qualifications
  • Prior knowledge of all product lines and equipment.

About the company

GFL Environmental is a North American waste services company with vertically integrated operations that collect, haul, transfer, recycle, and dispose of waste. It owns and runs a network of transfer stations, material recovery facilities, landfills, and liquid-waste treatment plants to control processes and costs. Revenue comes from municipal, commercial, and industrial service contracts, tipping fees, and sales of recovered recyclables; solid waste is the largest segment, with liquid waste management also serving hazardous and non-hazardous materials, and soil remediation was divested in 2025 to focus on core activities. The company grows by acquiring other companies to build market density across Canada and the United States, and its goal is to provide reliable, cost-efficient waste services at scale while reducing debt and expanding its solid waste footprint.

Company Size

5,001-10,000

Company Stage

IPO

Headquarters

Vaughan, Canada

Founded

2000

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What believers are saying

  • January 13, 2026 notes issue raised US$1 billion, extending liquidity.
  • July 30, 2026 guidance rose again to C$7.52 billion revenue and C$900 million FCF.
  • Secure adds 80-plus facilities, while U.S. and Canadian regulators approved most of the deal.

What critics are saying

  • GFL's leverage hit 4.0x by June 30, 2026, limiting error tolerance.
  • Hamilton seeks to shut Stoney Creek landfill for two years over odours and nuisance.
  • Canada Competition Bureau review of Secure remains open; a block would cripple Western expansion.

What makes GFL unique

  • Vertically integrated landfill, transfer, recycling, and liquid waste network creates density advantages.
  • Frontier Waste closed April 1, 2026, and Secure closed September 1, 2026.
  • OPAL Fuels RNG projects at Alabama and Georgia landfills monetize methane and fleet fuel.

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Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • 401(k) Retirement Plan
  • Paid Holidays
  • Paid Vacation

Growth & Insights and Company News

6 month growth

24%

1 year growth

26%

2 year growth

26%
Third News
Jun 23rd, 2026
GFL Environmental Inc. Announces Pricing for $750 Million Senior Notes Offering - Third News

GFL Environmental has priced a $750 million senior notes offering to enhance liquidity and support its growth initiatives, including recent acquisitions.

Yahoo Finance
Jun 4th, 2026
GFL Environmental launches two RNG facilities with OPAL Fuels to power 800 heavy-duty trucks

OPAL Fuels and GFL Environmental have begun construction on two renewable natural gas facilities at landfills in Georgia and Alabama. The projects will convert landfill methane into approximately 15 million gasoline gallon equivalents of RNG annually, enough to fuel roughly 800 Class 8 trucks. The expansion deepens GFL's partnership with OPAL Fuels in decarbonising transportation and building RNG infrastructure. However, the development doesn't substantially alter GFL's near-term investment narrative, which remains focused on integrating past acquisitions, managing high leverage and delivering on 2026 revenue guidance. GFL recently authorised share buybacks of up to 34.7 million shares and increased its dividend by 10%. Analysts project the company's revenue could reach CA$8.6 billion by 2029, implying 8.8% annual growth.

Business Wire
Jun 2nd, 2026
RWT Capital Closes H2Oil Energy Sale to GFL Environmental Amid Energy M&A Boom

RWT Capital, a leading Canadian mid-market M&A firm, advised on the sale of Alberta oil and gas services provider H2Oil Energy to GFL Environmental.

Business in Focus Magazine
May 1st, 2026
GFL to acquire Secure Waste for $6.4B, adding 80+ facilities across Western Canada

GFL Environmental has agreed to acquire Secure Waste Infrastructure for $6.4 billion, expanding its presence in Western Canada and North Dakota. The deal includes over 80 locations comprising 12 landfills, 55 waste treatment facilities, 12 recycling facilities, 98 injection wells and five transfer stations. Secure shareholders can choose $24.75 in cash, 0.4195 GFL subordinate voting shares, or a combination for each share held. Cash payments are capped at 20% of the total consideration, with GFL shares limited to 80%. GFL founder and CEO Patrick Dovigi said the acquisition will densify the company's Western Canada footprint and enhance its ability to offer comprehensive waste management services. The transaction requires shareholder approval and is expected to close in the second half of 2025.

Reuters
Apr 13th, 2026
GFL to buy Secure Waste in $4.63 billion deal to boost Western Canada presence

Canadian waste management firm GFL Environmental said on Monday it would ​buy peer Secure Waste Infrastructure in a deal worth about C$6.4 ‌billion ($4.63 billion), including debt, as it looks to deepen its presence in Western Canada.