Full-Time Account Executive - Contract Sales in Modesto

Pro Tip: Large companies like Sysco often have multiple job openings at a time for COMM majors and graduates. This posting highlights one marketing job, but you can find other sales positions at https://careers.sysco.com/jobs?page=1

Company: Sysco Central California

Job Description

This position is responsible for promoting the company's products and services and for building relationships with new and manage existing accounts. The main focus is to help Sysco customers succeed while achieving sales and profit goals established by the company.

Responsibilities

  • Account Management: Day to Day contact for Customer: Customer & Order Inquiries, Manage Customers to MDA Compliance & Ensure Customer Satisfaction; Build out customer call plan and execute against company expectations
  • Increase Share of Wallet with Existing Customers via: Face-time with Customer to identify customer desires/goals, evaluate market trends and recommend products to customers; work with specialists/brokers for product ideation; share information and knowledge with customers as part of value-added service; answer customer's questions about products, prices, availability and product uses; provide product information and practical training to customer personnel
  • Leverage Account Coordinators to manage activities initiated by: Client Services & RVPs for large business events
  • Sysco 360: utilize the CRM tool for account management, opportunity tracking, task management, logging and maintaining key customer data: contact information, prospective customer, wins, promotions, future business reviews, etc.
  • Ongoing Training: Customer Digital Experience, My Sysco Reporting, My Sysco Truck, Sysco360

Qualifications

Minimum Education/Experience

  • High school diploma or equivalent
  • 3+ year prior outside foodservice sales or B2B experience
  • Bilingual Spanish

Preferred Education/Experience

  • Bachelor's degree in Business, Sales, Marketing, Hospitality or Culinary Arts preferred
  • Preferred 3+ years prior foodservice sales, B2B experience, restaurant management or culinary background

Professional Skills/Abilities:

  • Knowledge of marketing principles, product lines, ordering procedures and credit terms
  • Familiarization with customer service activities, inter- departmental communications and general finance concepts
  • Ability to manage end to end initiatives through challenging deadlines
  • Excellent organizational and project management skills, including the ability to service multiple customers simultaneously; Able to thrive in a fast-paced work environment
  • Expert in Microsoft Suite of applications (Word, Excel, PPT, etc.)
  • Stay current on existing and new Sysco technologies (i.e. My Sysco Reporting, e-Commerce capabilities, etc.) to ensure customers have the latest information.
  • Ability to sell, ability to multi task, familiarity with customer service activities and interdepartmental and cross-departmental communications, effectively present information, problem solver
  • Preferred: Demonstrated experience with and working knowledge of Sysco customers and sales support best practices
  • Certificates, Licenses and Registrations:
  • Valid driver's license with a driving record that meets company insurability standards

To apply (or for more information): 


*Attribution: All information and wording comes from the organization's job website.

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