Position Summary: Sales professional to manage and develop new and existing wholesale and key account protein customers within the New York Metro Market.  To support the company’s sales goals utilizing professional sales techniques, effective marketing, and good customer service to promote quality relations and retention goals with existing accounts.

Essential Skills and Experience:

• Minimum high school graduate
• Wholesale or key account farming/hunting sales experience
• Experience in meat industry sales a plus
• Proven sales achievement – consistently meeting sales quotas/budgets
• Demonstrated ability to persuade and influence others (good negotiation skills).
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Long range planning ability with both anticipation and insight.
• Ability to develop and utilize selling materials /sell book effectively.
• Must have excellent listening skills and ability to use open and closed probes.
• Must have excellent analytical ability, including problem-solving and conceptual thinking.
• Ability to re-prioritize work as necessary to meet timelines.
• Must be accurate, thorough, and maintain consistent follow-through.
• Demonstrate strong sales skills and a commitment to customer service
• Required to operate in a collaborative team spirit to meet company goals and objectives.
• Computer/ PC literate.
• Commitment to high standards and sharing company values.

Position summary:   From an Inside, primarily office-based position, perform as a member of a sales team to develop new and existing customers within an assigned customer base and/or a given sales territory.  Support the company’s sales goals by working in conjunction with assigned field sales representatives/account managers and category managers to maintain and grow the assigned accounts business.  Utilize professional sales techniques, effective marketing of company products, and good customer service to promote and build deep, high quality customer relationships resulting in improved sales and profitability in your assigned accounts.

Essential Skills and Experience:

• Minimum high school graduate. Advanced degree preferred.
• 1 to 3 years of previous Inside Sales experience.
• Fluency in Spanish required for this position.
• Previous food service distribution experience strongly preferred.
• A proactive self-starter, motivated and resourceful to reach and exceed sales goals, while achieving a high level of customer satisfaction.
• Ability to manage multiple customers concurrently at various stages of the sales process.
• Must have the ability to persuade and influence others (good negotiation skills).
• Must possess excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Must have excellent listening skills and ability to use open and closed probes.
• Must be able to prioritize work.
• Must be accurate, thorough, and maintain consistent follow-through.
• Must have strong sales skills, but also be willing and able to “roll-up shirt sleeves” to provide service when needed.
• Strong working knowledge of AS400, Excel, Word, PowerPoint & Outlook
• Must demonstrate sales leadership skills.
• Must share a commitment to company values.