Sales Representative - Hattiesburg

Performance Food Group • New Orleans, LA

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About The Position

The Sales Representative manages a geographical sales territory, developing independent and regional account business and achieving budgeted sales and profit objectives. The role regularly calls on existing and potential customers, develops and executes business plans, manages time and resources to attain results, and builds business through support of company-branded products. It also manages pricing and monitors compliance with credit terms.

Performance Foodservice, PFG’s broadline distributor, serves local customers such as independent restaurants and hotels, healthcare facilities, schools, and quick-service eateries. Its sales representatives work with chefs, consultants, and other experts to build close customer relationships and advise customers on operations, menu development, product selection, and operational strategies.

Requirements

• High school diploma or GED.
• Two years of industry-related experience, or a culinary school degree considered equivalent experience.
• Outside sales experience in a fast-paced environment.
• Excellent verbal and written presentation skills.
• Organizational and time-management skills.
• Strong desire to build new business.
• Strong work ethic and attention to detail.
• Excellent customer service skills.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Word and Excel.
• Valid driver’s license, clean motor vehicle record, and dependable transportation for extensive local travel.
• Ability to occasionally lift 25–30 pounds.
• Must pass a post-offer background check and drug test.

Nice To Haves

• Four-year college degree or two years of business-to-business sales experience.
• Foodservice distribution experience.

Responsibilities

• Manage a geographical sales territory.
• Develop independent and regional account business and achieve budgeted sales and profit objectives.
• Regularly call on existing and potential customers.
• Develop and execute business plans.
• Manage time and resources effectively to attain results.
• Build business by supporting company-branded products.
• Manage pricing and monitor credit-term compliance.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: High school or GED