Now Hiring - Arena Provisions - Food Service Sales Representative in Jacksonville, FL

Full description of the position

FOOD SERVICE SALES REPRESENTATIVE Arena Provisions, a distributor of Boars Head Brand, is currently seeking an energetic, dependable, and motivated individual to join our team. POSITION SUMMARY: Unique foodservice sales position with an exclusive Premium Food Brand Distributor. Ideal candidate is a dynamic and polished, relationship driven professional with a knowledge and passion for food and foodservice industry. Position involves daily interaction with various foodservice establishments and operators with a focus on product penetration and Branding. RESPONSIBILITIES: - Responsible for generating opportunities within a defined geographic area by researching potential accounts. - Responsible for performing selling events (demos) of products in foodservice accounts or associations. - Maintaining a sales call balance of new branded business opportunities along with current business retention and expansion. - Responsible for maintaining, developing, and growing only branded business within diverse customer base - Maintaining a consistent touch point cycle within assigned geography along with daily account of activities and progress for every call. - Manage incoming customer and company needs - Interface with cross-functional employees. - Responsible for representing the brand and portfolio at local customer event and training meetings - Responsible for traveling to and from client sites. - 80% on average of driving responsibility. - Overnight travel may be required. - Other duties as assigned. REQUIREMENTS: - Minimum 3 years of successful street sales experience in a foodservice B2B (business-to-business) environment. - Representing a premium or luxury brand experience may be a plus, though not required. - Culinary/ restaurant management experience may be a plus, though not required. Individuals with culinary experience, strong relationship capabilities, and excellent follow up process are usually well-suited for this position. - Experience in a similar or relevant, route-to-market process, such as Direct Store Delivery environments are usually well-suited for this position. - Proficiency with Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook as well as a high level of Internet savvy are required. - College degree not necessary but preferred or equivalent 3-5 successful sales or sales management experience - A broad understanding of basic mathematical functions, including weights and measures. - Strong written and verbal communication, interpersonal, leadership, planning, and organizational skills. - Sales personality that demonstrates patience and persistence for the sales process. - Ability to manage a large geographical area may be required - Ability to represent the brand internally and externally, and be able to stand behind our company vision process - Can sell branded concepts as well as branded solutions. - Oriented to Team success - Customer focused and sales driven - Self-starter who requires minimal direct supervision - Able to influence and drive change Please respond to this ad with your resume including your current contact phone number and we will contact you for an interview. Job Type: Full-time Pay: From $18.00 per hour

Benefits

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• Company car
• Paid training

Compensation

Package:

• Commission pay Work Location: In person