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Sysco

Supplies food and kitchen goods to restaurants

Local New Business Developer

Field SalesConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeVirginia, USAIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • A high school diploma or GED and at least 3 years of relevant business-to-business professional sales experience, including at least 2 years with a proven track record of new business development.
  • Solid analytical problem-solving skills, including familiarity with analyzing reports and deriving insights from data.
  • Ability to express information in terms of profit and loss, food cost, and expense ratio.
  • Strong financial acumen and ability to properly plan and execute business plans.
  • Ability to work with and influence a variety of key stakeholders.
  • Ability to effectively communicate with internal and external teams.
  • Ability to understand and manage compliance with contracts.
  • Ability to learn proprietary customer relationship management tools for planning and forecasting sales growth.
  • Ability to deliver against deadlines and produce accurate, thorough, high-quality results.
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Applications Suite, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook.
  • Organizational and project management skills, including the ability to execute multiple initiatives simultaneously.
  • Business and restaurant operations acumen to manage sophisticated customers.
  • Demonstrated experience building trust with prospective customers and securing new business.
  • Demonstrated skills in consultative selling, networking, and negotiations.
  • Ability to structure a weekly schedule proactively and independently.
  • Understanding of marketing principles, product lines, ordering procedures, and Sysco's credit terms.
  • Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States.

Responsibilities

  • Deliver the agreed-upon local new business plan in alignment with the region's financial goals.
  • Work with regional sales leaders to develop a comprehensive business development strategy.
  • Use advanced analytics insights to prioritize opportunities and develop local new business regional strategy.
  • Prioritize intelligence opportunities recommended by other sales team members through the Sysco Salesforce platform, with leadership approval.
  • Build creative and effective sales plans to capitalize on targets below $5 million in annualized revenue, focusing on large TRS, multi-location, and LC2 prospect opportunities identified by advanced analytics.
  • Leverage the expertise and skills of a cross-functional sales team to address prospects' concerns, build trust, and shorten sales cycles.
  • Coordinate the proposal process for local contracts (LC2) with the collective sales team to address clients' needs, concerns, and objectives.
  • Collaborate with the sales team to expand business development efforts, including assisting team members in securing key accounts to achieve the annual profit plan.
  • Review weekly, monthly, and quarterly sales objectives and results for target accounts, and prepare action plans when improvement is needed.
  • Gather information on emerging market and foodservice industry trends to understand the competitive landscape and improve effectiveness in securing new business.
  • Stay current with field developments through seminars, workshops, and publications.
  • Develop working relationships with brokers, distributors, and foodservice industry peers, and actively participate in the foodservice community.
  • Accurately enter and manage prospect account data and activity in the Sysco Salesforce platform.
  • Identify opportunities for promotions, additional services, and distribution avenues that will increase sales.
  • Present to and consult with senior-level management on foodservice industry trends.
  • Attend sales meetings, food shows, and customer events, and provide feedback.
  • Stay current with Sysco's value-added offerings and technology solutions, including customer-facing reporting tools.

Desired Qualifications

  • A bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent educational level.
  • Continuous training and education opportunities in key areas and skillsets, including basic SC training, business development certifications, and executive business development training.

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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