Field Account Manager- Foodservice

Acosta

12d•Onsite

About The Position

CORE Foodservice is a North American Foodservice Sales Agency that blends engaged leadership with a deep network of market specialists across North America who connect our customers with the brands they love. With over sixty offices, our goal is to hire the best people who want to move fast and make a significant impact. Happy people do happy things; we allow our employees to focus on what they love to do. Our Mission Statement: W.I.N. Willing & Engaged - Integrity - Never Give Up All Together. Different. CORE Foodservice has a Field Sales Team opportunity in Vancouver/ Lower Mainland.

Requirements

High School diploma or equivalent in industry name required.
2+ years with Foodservice industry, preferably as either a broker rep or distributor rep required or equivalent education
Must possess the ability to develop strong client relationships
Must be able to analyze and implement Acosta’s sales and marketing strategies.
Must be a team player and possess the ability to work autonomously.
Self-motivation and passion for results.
Excellent communication skills with the ability to build rapport
A positive, professional, and proactive attitude
Organizational, execution, timely response and follow-through skills.
Advanced knowledge of the Intelligency CRM System.
Excellent communication skills including excellent phone, voicemail and email skills.

Responsibilities

Working closely with the Account Executive and Division Manager to discuss openly new business opportunities. These opportunities may include new launch items; existing line penetration; Dead Wood…slow moving items; conversions; competitive reconnaissance; marketing; end user retention; lost customer reports; couponing strategies; successes and challenges.
Understand the client business as well as what the client does and leverage that knowledge to sell new business.
Develop and implement strategic business sales plans, promotional planning and activity.
Maintain a wide network of industry contacts; gain the respect and loyalty of the Sales management team, VP of Sales, the Distributor Account Managers.
Follow up, timely responses, and sales successes will breed continued opportunity.
Maintain with the assistance of the Account Executive the stock status sheets for each of our principals.
Communicate any changes of usage positive or negative.
Coordinate sales calls and meetings. Make sure they are effective for lead generation and follow up to previous opportunities.
Provide support for the Account Executive in food show planning and execution.
Provide results on an “as needed basis” manufactures request updates regularly.
Interact with our principals, share successes and challenges.
Be able to address quality control issues and what the Principals “process” is for resolving.
Participate in principal work visits and have a prepared itinerary a week in advance.