Sysco

Sales Representative

Sysco
Posted 10/21/2026full-timeBrooklyn • New York • United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $53,000 - $88,400 per yearWebsite
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Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates strong sales acumen with a focus on building customer relationships and achieving sales goals. Proficient in market analysis, product training, and managing customer accounts within the foodservice industry.

Highest-signal resume keywords
B2B Sales ExperienceRestaurant ManagementCustomer Relationship ManagementMarket Trend AnalysisProficiency in MS Office

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies
Chef

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Promote Sysco's products and services and build relationships with new and existing accounts
  • Help customers succeed while achieving company sales and profit goals
  • Develop new business, penetrate existing accounts, and minimize lost business within the assigned territory
  • Seek and qualify prospects following company account stratification goals
  • Research customer business needs and develop product and service mixes to meet them
  • Evaluate market trends and recommend products
  • Provide customers with market, product, pricing, availability, and product-use information
  • Provide product information and practical training to customer personnel
  • Drive a personal vehicle to customer accounts, conventions, company meetings, and other events
  • Communicate and collect accounts receivable as necessary
  • Manage deliveries and troubleshoot order-process issues
  • Participate in company functions, promotions, customer visits, and events
  • Attend sales and district meetings and ongoing training sessions
  • Assist with training new employees
  • Review and analyze sales, special-order, bid-file, and gross-profit reports
  • Prepare sales budgets and reports, maintain sales records, process credits and pick-up requests, prepare sales quotes and menu suggestions, and file reports

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • Bachelor's degree in Business, Sales, Marketing, Hospitality, Culinary Arts or related discipline OR HSD/GED and 3 years Restaurant Management, B2B or outside sales experience, or equivalent relatable experience including completion of the Sysco Sales Internship
  • Valid driver’s license with a driving record that meets company insurability standards
  • Current automobile insurance with bodily injury limits of $100,000 each person and $300,000 each accident, and property damage limit of $100,000
  • Pass employment testing
  • Must sign Sysco Protective Covenants Agreement
  • Reside or willing to relocate to the geographical vicinity of territory
  • Basic PC skills and proficiency with MS Office
  • Ability to read, write, speak English
  • Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States
  • Bi-Lingual preferred
  • Restaurant Management, Foodservice Outside Sales, Chef Experience preferred

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • Competitive base salary, bonus, plus promotional incentive opportunities
  • Car allowance (mileage reimbursement for candidates in CA) and cell phone provided
  • Career pathing opportunities for both entry level, and experienced individuals
  • Specialized sales training
  • Monthly and annual sales rewards and recognition
  • Robust benefits package including an Employee Stock Purchase Plan and 401(k) with automatic matching

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Hard Skills
Sales ReportingSales Budget PreparationProduct KnowledgeOrder ProcessingAccount Management
Soft Skills
Communication SkillsTraining and MentoringProblem-Solving
Certifications & Qualifications
Valid Driver’s LicenseCurrent Automobile Insurance
Industry Keywords
Foodservice SalesCulinary ArtsHospitalityCustomer VisitsSales Internships