Outside Sales Representative - Bilingual

Gordon Food Service • Coppell, TX

1d • Onsite

About The Position

For over 125 years, Gordon Food Service has delivered excellence, expertise, and quality products to customers, establishing itself as the largest family-operated broadline food distribution company in North America. The company is passionately committed to putting its customers first. As an Outside Food Sales Representative, you will be responsible for cultivating relationships, developing new business, and providing innovative solutions to customers, helping them achieve their goals. This position is based in Garland, TX. The role emphasizes servant leadership and provides cutting-edge tools and training to support career growth and financial objectives. You will manage overall sales and relationship efforts for both existing and prospective customers within your assigned territory, focusing on new customer acquisition, strengthening current relationships, and effective territory management.

Requirements

• A high school diploma/GED is required
• 1 year of prior sales, business, or food service experience
• Maintaining a valid, unrestricted state driver's license and a safe driving record
• If applicable, must participate in the company vehicle reimbursement program and maintain required insurance levels
• Ability to obtain your food safety certification

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor's degree and/or culinary certificate preferred

Responsibilities

• Cultivate relationships
• Develop new business
• Provide innovative solutions to customers
• Manage overall sales and relationship efforts for existing and prospective customers within an assigned territory
• Pursue new customers
• Deepen and strengthen existing customer relationships
• Manage sales territory
• Research industry and market trends impacting restaurants within your territory
• Identify and research prospective customers within your territory
• Develop sales strategies that highlight products, services, values, and solutions offered by Gordon Food Service
• Present sales strategies to prospective customers
• Visit all customers within the assigned territory on a weekly, bi-weekly, or monthly basis
• Conduct business reviews to determine existing customers needs and areas of opportunity for growing sales
• Provide ongoing training to customers on Gordon Food Service product offerings
• Identify opportunities within existing customers businesses where Gordon Food Service can add value through product and service offerings
• Balance new customers acquisition and deepening and strengthening existing customer relationships
• Coordinate visits to prospective customers and existing customers
• Communicate order status and order processing updates to customers

Benefits

• A generous 401(k) matching program that is above industry standards
• Financial rewards for performance compensation structure which includes salary, commission, and bonuses
• Low-cost benefit options for you and your family's health and future
• An Automobile expense reimbursement plan
• Cell phone reimbursement plan

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees