Sales Account Rep

• Fast growing meat distributor is expanding the sales team and is looking for a protein sales rep toe help expand the Chicago and the Midwest territory
• MUST HAVE PROTEIN OR PRODUCE SALES EXPERIENCE TO GROCERY

Responsibilities:

• Sell various proteins to new and existing customers. Includes asking questions to pinpoint the best offerings giving demos or presentations and maintaining customer relationships.
• Reach out to leads through a variety of channels such as email phone text and social media.
• Negotiating with leads and using persuasion techniques to overcome objections and landing deals that are beneficial to the company while also providing customers with optimal value.
• Participate in company meetings with sales managers and other sales reps. Involves providing a recap of recent results and accomplishments.
• Manage and grow existing customer accounts across large and small grocery chains

Qualifications:

• 2 years of sales experience or account management from the protein industry selling to grocery stores
• MUST HAVE knowledge of various proteins or produce; ideally meats fishes pork chicken lamb and related
• Proactive
• Excellent communication skills
• Hungry to go after new business
• Team player
• Selfdirected
• Motivated by commission sales

Preferred experience:

• BS/BA in Business Operations Economics or related
• Bilingual English / Spanish is preferred