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US Foods

Supplies food to restaurants, hospitals and hotels

Territory Manager Market Support

Field SalesPosted on Nov 11
Full-time

About the Job

Requirements

  • A high school diploma or equivalent is required.
  • At least one year of sales experience is preferred.
  • Foodservice industry, culinary, restaurant management, or hospitality experience is preferred.
  • Excellent oral and written communication skills and presentation abilities are required.
  • Ability to build internal and external relationships and cold call to develop new business is required.
  • Exceptional customer service and interpersonal skills are required.
  • Problem-solving ability, organization, and negotiation skills are required.
  • Proficient computer skills, including Microsoft Office products, are required.
  • Experience using customer relationship management tools such as Salesforce is preferred.
  • A valid driver's license is required, and the motor vehicle record must be in good standing.
  • Ability to drive to customers and prospects and perform the physical activities specified, including frequently standing, walking, driving, sitting, lifting and carrying lighter loads, and occasionally lifting or carrying medium-weight loads, stooping, kneeling, and bending.

Responsibilities

  • Develop and manage established and new customers by selling food and non-food items to achieve sales and profitability goals.
  • Own customer relationships and engage customers in value-added selling activities.
  • Leverage other resources to pursue top penetration opportunities and open new accounts.
  • Foster customer relationships within a team-based selling model while covering for other Territory Managers.
  • Manage deliveries according to the transportation department's routing schedule and troubleshoot order-process problems, including delivery mispicks, short loads, and stock-outs.
  • Communicate and collect accounts receivable as necessary, working with the credit department and clients, and collect balances due under approved credit terms.
  • Develop new business by identifying prospective customers through market-intelligence databases, business directories, leads from existing clients, organizations and clubs, and trade shows and conferences.
  • Monitor market conditions, product innovations, and competitors' products, prices, and sales, and share relevant information with customers as a value-added service.
  • Drive to existing customers and prospects and support product delivery, which may include lifting or carrying up to 75 pounds.
  • Work frequently outside the office visiting customers in variable weather and temperature conditions.
  • Transition to Territory Manager in approximately 9 to 12 months, subject to sales leadership approval.

Desired Qualifications

  • One or more years of sales experience.
  • Foodservice industry, culinary, restaurant management, or hospitality experience.
  • Experience using customer relationship management tools such as Salesforce.

About the Company

US Foods

Supplies food to restaurants, hospitals and hotels

US Foods distributes food, kitchen supplies and equipment to independent restaurants, restaurant chains, hospitals, hotels and schools across the United States, and it is one of the country's largest foodservice distributors. It buys from manufacturers and growers, stores products in regional warehouses and delivers them on its own trucks, earning a margin on each case it sells. Meat and seafood make up its largest product category, followed by dry groceries and refrigerated and frozen foods. Restaurant owners can order through its MOXē app, and the company sells its own exclusive brands next to national labels. Its roots go back to an 1853 grocery wholesaler, and it is based in Rosemont, Illinois.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Rosemont, IL
Founded
1853

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