Sales Assistant

- Promoting and selling food items and ingredients to businesses, restaurants, caterers, event planners, etc.
- Manage and develop new customers, while maintaining existing sales within the assigned customers and a given sales territory.
- Maintain current knowledge of product and system status within divisions and
distribution centers to assist CDSs and customers
- Develop a daily/weekly call list and maintain information accuracy monthly. - Review daily sales reports.
- Review monthly the best monitoring sales report with management to determine if goals and objectives are being met.
- Coordinate sales with the food service department to ensure demand is met. -
Communicate trends/pricing issues and other unique issues as it relate to sales. - Work closely with local suppliers/manufacturers on developing new business and promoting manufacturers’ product lines.
- Develop new markets and accounts by utilizing the current relationships and building new relationships in the food service channel.
- Participate in marketing events such as seminars, trade shows, and
telemarketing events.
- Coordinate shipping schedules and delivery of merchandise and services. - Analyze territory and monitor performance results, daily call reports, and weekly work plans.
- Provide industry expertise to customers in terms of sanitation, safety, quality, and
operations
- Contributing to the attainment of sales targets/strategies and market penetration in line with regional growth