Sysco

Sales Consultant, Trainee

Sysco

full-time

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Location Type: Office

Location: Edmonton • 🇨🇦 Canada

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Job Level

Entry Level

About the role

  • Articulates and demonstrates the Sysco value proposition to engage and onboard new customers to Sysco products, services, and promotions using consultative selling methods
  • Responsible for Strategic Account Planning, developing new business, growing account portfolio, and retaining customer accounts to achieve profitable sales growth within assigned territory
  • Evaluates customer business needs and analyzes market trends to develop customer centric product and service solutions
  • Negotiate and manage profitable margins, pricing strategy and oversight for the territory
  • Leverages Sales technology and business resources (Sysco 360/Salesforce, PMT & Deal Manager) to provide end-to-end consultative sales services and pipeline management
  • Utilizes eCommerce for 70%-100% of all customer order management and mandatory CRM use for communication and measurement
  • Manages all account management and customer service responsibilities, including Credit and Accounts Receivables management
  • Tracks activities and results, collaborates on opportunities, and champions team selling process
  • Participates in learning and development programs to sharpen consultative selling skills and product knowledge
  • Complies with Sysco’s Food Safety Policy and procedures and reports hazards, incidents, and environmental spills
  • May be required to work non-traditional hours and perform other duties as assigned

Requirements

  • 2 years or more of sales experience required
  • Completion of post-secondary education or equivalent experience
  • Professional salesperson with proven ability to cultivate relationships and grow sales
  • Strong financial acumen and ability to properly plan and execute business plans
  • Demonstrated skills in consultative selling, networking and negotiations
  • Business and restaurant operations acumen to manage sophisticated customers
  • Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work with and influence a variety of key stakeholders
  • Ability to express information in terms of profit and loss, food cost and expense ratio
  • Strong communication skills: ability to effectively communicate with internal and external teams
  • Demonstrate a high level of business acumen and interpersonal savvy
  • Excellent organizational and project management skills, including the ability to execute multiple initiatives at the same time
  • Ability to learn the use of proprietary CRM tools for planning and forecasting sales growth (Sysco 360/Salesforce)
  • Solid analytical problem-solving skills, including familiarity with analyzing reports and deriving insights from data
  • Proactive, self-directed, with the ability to structure a weekly schedule to be successful
  • Intermediate proficiency in Microsoft Office including Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook
  • Valid driver’s license in good standing with access to a vehicle is required
  • Ability to travel varying distances based on geographical territory
Benefits
  • Comprehensive Flexible Benefits including Health and Dental, Health Care Spending and Wellness Accounts
  • Short-Term and Long-Term Disability
  • Life Insurance
  • Voluntary Optional Insurance
  • Parental Leave Plan
  • Company Pension Plan
  • Group RRSP & TFSA
  • Employee and Family Assistance
  • Stock Purchase Plan
  • Maple Virtual Care
  • Unlimited on-line learning
  • Sysco product discounts
  • Preferred vendor discounts
  • Associate Resource Groups (*benefits may vary based on location or bargaining unit)

ATS Keywords

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Hard skills
consultative sellingsales experiencefinancial acumennegotiationsbusiness planninganalytical problem-solvingCRM toolseCommerceaccount managementcustomer service
Soft skills
interpersonal skillscommunication skillsorganizational skillsproject managementrelationship buildinginfluencing skillsself-directedproactiveteam collaborationcustomer-centric approach
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