Outside Sales Rep-Atlanta Area and Surrounding States

Job Description

Job Description

Salary : $1000 per week UNTIL trained-then Commission

Baily Food Service is seeking an Outside Sales Representative in : Atlanta Area, and Neighboring States

Only those candidates that meet the qualifications need apply)

At Baily Foodservice, we offer our associates the opportunity to grow personally and professionally, to contribute to the success of a dynamic organization, and to serve others in a manner that exceeds their expectations.

We are looking for talented, hard-working individuals to join our team. Come grow with us.

This is an outside sales position responsible for promoting the company’s products and services and for building relationships with new and existing accounts.

The main focus is to help Baily Foodservice customers succeed while achieving sales and profit goals established by the company.

This position often requires working non-traditional hours (evening, weekends and holidays) in order to successfully meet customers’ needs.

An individual must be able to satisfactorily perform each essential duty listed below. The requirements listed are representative of the knowledge, skill, and / or ability required.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Responsibilities

• Develop new business, penetrate existing accounts, to achieve profitable sales growth and special objectives within assigned territory.
• Seek and qualify prospects in accordance with Company account stratification goals.
• Research customer business needs and develop a mix of products and service to meet needs.
• Evaluate market trends and recommend products to customers, based on business needs and goals.
• Be informed of market conditions, product innovations, and competitors' products, prices, and sales; share information with customers as part of value-added services provided.

Essential Duties

• Answer customers' questions about products, prices, availability, and product uses. Provide product information and practical training to customer personnel.
• Drive personal vehicle to customer accounts, conventions, company meetings, etc.
• Communicate and collect accounts receivable as necessary, working with the credit department and client; collect all balances due based on approved credit terms.
• Manage deliveries to the routing schedule published by the transportation department; troubleshoot any problems that occur during the order process (for example, out of stock items, special order items, low inventory, etc.).
• Participate in ongoing training sessions.
• Assist with the training of new employees as requested.
• Review and analyze daily and weekly reports such as special order requests, customer bid files, and sales / gross profit margin data.
• Perform administrative duties, such as preparing sales budgets and reports, maintaining sales records, processing credits and pick-up requests, preparing sales quotes and menu suggestions, and filing reports.
• Other duties may be assigned.

Basic Qualifications

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED), or 1 yrs Foodservice sales experience
• Basic PC skills and proficiency with MS based platforms.
• Reside or willing to relocate to the geographical vicinity of territory
• Valid driver's license with a "clean" driving record (including : no single DUI in the last 3 years and no multiple DUIs within the last 7 years)
• Current automobile insurance with the following limits of liability : Bodily injury - $100,000 each person and $300,000 each accident;

property damage - $100,000 is required

• Must pass pre-employment testing (Drug Screen, Background Check)
• Must sign Baily Foodservice Protective Covenants Agreement
• Ability to read, write, speak English and Spanish

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Sales, Marketing, Hospitality; or Culinary Arts
• 2 years of outside foodservice sales experience
• Previous Foodservice sales experience
• Restaurant management / chef experience

Competencies : To be successful in this position, the individual performing the duties must successfully demonstrate the following competencies

• Building Trust
• Building Customer Loyalty
• Follow-up
• Sales Ability / Persuasiveness
• Managing Work
• Adaptability
• Communication

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, stand, walk and use hands and fingers to operate a computer keyboard, mouse, and telephone to talk and hear.

The employee is frequently required to sit and reach with hands and arms. The employee must occasionally lift and / or move up to 20 pounds.

Working Conditions

NOTICE : The above statements are intended to describe the general nature of the environment and level of work being performed by this job.

This job description in no way states or implies that the duties and responsibilities listed are the only tasks to be performed by the employee in this job.

The employee will be required to follow any other instructions and to perform any other job-related duties requested by his or her supervisor.

Reasonable accommodations will be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

This job description supersedes prior job descriptions. When duties and responsibilities change and develop the job description will be reviewed and subject to changes of business necessity.

Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States.

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Location

Atlanta GA and it’s surrounding areas

Department

Sales

Employment Type

Full-Time

Minimum Experience

Experienced

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