Distribution Sales

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Remote sales professional driving CORE Foodservice distributor and operator growth. Executing launches, conversions, retention, forecasting, and field selling across assigned territories.

Responsibilities:

  • Sell CORE clients’ products to existing and new customers at distributor and operator levels
  • Build trusted relationships with distributor sales leadership and field teams
  • Develop distributor-specific plans for priority clients, launches, penetration, conversions, inventory risks, marketing, retention, and lost customer recovery
  • Identify and develop leading independent operator opportunities
  • Activate Distributor Sales Representatives through sell-withs, product knowledge, opportunity planning, and lead follow-up
  • Use CORE’s Seven Step sales process to drive trial, conversion, and repeat purchase
  • Translate approved client programs into distributor and operator activity within pricing, contractual, compliance, and program guidelines
  • Monitor stock status, new-item placement, slow-moving items, usage changes, competitive activity, and execution risks; escalate material issues
  • Maintain accurate Salesforce records and a qualified pipeline
  • Use Salesforce, Power BI, distributor reporting, and market data to improve targeting, forecasts, and business reviews
  • Plan and support distributor meetings, trainings, client visits, vendor fairs, and food shows
  • Communicate successes, challenges, market intelligence, roadblocks, and support needs to the Market Director, clients, and internal partners
  • Plan travel and field activities; manage samples, materials, expenses, Everlance, and company resources responsibly
  • Meet or exceed assigned distributor, client, case-volume, distribution, conversion, penetration, and operator-development objectives

Requirements:

  • College degree or equivalent relevant experience in foodservice sales, distribution, restaurant operations, hospitality, or account management
  • Three or more years of experience managing a sales territory, distributor relationship, account portfolio, or comparable book of business preferred
  • Demonstrated success influencing distributor teams and producing measurable results through launches, penetration, conversions, and full-cycle selling
  • Working knowledge of foodservice distribution, operator segments, client programs, buying groups, GPOs, and contract-managed accounts
  • Ability to translate client objectives into distributor plans, influence without direct authority, interpret sales and stock-status data, prioritize opportunities, and communicate a fact-based forecast
  • Proficiency with Salesforce, Power BI, Microsoft Office, Teams, CRM systems, and designated selling and reporting tools
  • Ability to prepare and lead distributor meetings, product training, client visits, food shows, and opportunity follow-up
  • Valid driver’s license and driving record that meets company requirements
  • Ability to travel and stay overnight as business needs require
  • Timely use of Everlance for mileage and expenses
  • Ability to drive extensively throughout the assigned territory, up to 250 miles per day
  • Ability to stand and remain active for extended periods, up to four-hour increments, and sustain 8–10+ hours of activity in the field or at a food show
  • Ability to walk moderate distances and navigate restaurants, kitchens, storage areas, loading zones, stairs, and uneven surfaces
  • Ability to lift, carry, transport, set up, and break down items typically weighing 30–40 pounds
  • Ability to frequently bend, kneel, crouch, reach overhead, and maneuver within tight or active environments
  • Ability to use hands and arms to handle products, prepare samples, operate tools or equipment, drive, and present

Benefits:

  • Reasonable accommodations for applicants with disabilities
  • Equal opportunity employer
  • Opportunity to work remotely
  • Travel and overnight stays for business needs