Sales Representative

As a Sales Representative at Sysco, you will play a critical role in maintaining and increasing market share by satisfying existing and new customer needs and meeting management/department objectives. You will coordinate customer service with all departments within the organization, develop a close working relationship with customers, and all coordinating departments.

• Identify customer and department needs and satisfy them effectively.
• Maintain and develop assigned customer base.
• Working knowledge of all products and categories to drive penetration of existing accounts.
• Cross-train and foster solid working relationships within department and with other departments.
• Input orders into computer system.
• Via telephone and other media, sell all major product categories through the presentation of new products, services, ideas, uses, and applications to meet all established sales and profit objectives.
• Responsible for creating and maintaining necessary company and customer files.
• Responsible for managing daily tasks and reports related to order processing, shipments, deliveries, customer needs, and others as assigned.
• Support company sales and gross profit projections and goals as needed.
• Adhere to operational procedures.
• Attend meetings as scheduled.
• Work with sales team.
• Advance education and knowledge of products, company, and industry through assigned and self-directed internal courses, meetings, and other resources.
• Attends department sales meetings, as scheduled, and participates in other activities as requested.
• Working different days, hours, and overtime may be needed occasionally.
• Adhere to all applicable GMP (Good Manufacturing Practice), personal hygiene, and SQF (Safe Quality Food) policies and procedures.
• Perform other duties as required.

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED)
• One (1) year minimum experience in sales and/or customer service position preferred.
• Specialty food, specialty business, and/or culinary experience preferred.
• Working knowledge of MS Office (Word, Excel, and Outlook).
• Strong numeric and alpha-numeric data entry skills.
• Proven ability to communicate effectively in a positive manner both verbally and in writing.
• Attention to detail, accuracy, effectiveness, and efficiency.

The work environment is moderately loud.

For information on Sysco's Benefits, please visit Sysco's website.