Food And Nutrition Sales Representative

Company Description
Performance Foodservice, PFG's broadline distributor, maintains a unique relationship with a variety of local customers, including independent restaurants and hotels, healthcare facilities, schools, and quick-service eateries. A team of sales reps, chefs, consultants and other experts builds close relationships with each customer, providing advice on improving operations, menu development, product selection and operational strategies. The Performance Foodservice team delivers delicious food, but also goes above and beyond to help independent restaurant owners achieve their dreams.

All the best dishes start with the finest ingredients! At Performance Foodservice, our recipe includes providing quality products and services, customer-focused strategies, and exceptional associates committed to service excellence!
Hungry for a career? Craving Opportunity? Join Performance Foodservice, one of the nation's leading foodservice distributors...and become a key ingredient in our recipe for success!
Our dynamic sales team is growing and here's why you should join us!

• Employee Stock Purchase Plan!
• Paid Time Off!
• Company phone!
• Vehicle expense reimbursement!
• Eligible for Medical, Dental, Vision and Life Insurance benefits on Day1!
• Great employee discount!
• 401K with Company Match!

Performance Foodservice - Thoms Proestler Company is seeking an Account Executive to work with healthcare facilities in a territory covering central and southern Illinois and parts of Missouri, including Peoria, Champaign, Galesburg, Joliet and St Louis.
This is a hybrid position that includes work from a home office (approximately 40% of the time) as well as local and regional travel to visit healthcare customers. Occasional travel to other accounts throughout the Midwest is required, including some overnight travel (approximately 15% of the time.)

• Regularly call on existing and potential customers in order to market Performance Foodservice's high quality products and superior foodservice delivery to healthcare related businesses within the sales territory.

• Provide program support and software training with our Group Purchasing Organization business partners.

• Support bids and menus for products to enhance the customer's business strategy.

• Develop business by being a champion of company branded products.

• Communicate with GPO partners, brokers and manufacturer representatives to uncover sales opportunities

• Manage pricing and monitor credit term compliance

• Develop short and long term strategies and execute business plans.

• Ensure that healthcare account business is developed to grow sales and profit objectives

• Follow through on commitments in a timely manner

• Effectively manage time and resources to cover the entire sales territory and attain desired results

• Work effectively as a member of a dynamic healthcare team

• Present and consult on educational topics with customers

Required Qualifications

• Associates degree in nutrition, business, marketing or a related curriculum, or 3+ years business experience.

• 1+ years working within the foodservice industry

• Excellent communication skills

• Valid driver's license

• The ability to drive a personal vehicle to customer

locations.

• Familiarity with the geographical market area

• Able to set and prioritize goals

• Strong customer service skills

• Ability to occasionally travel overnight

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor degree in nutrition, business, marketing or a

related curriculum

• 5+ years working within the foodservice industry

• Previous sales experience

• Previous experience working with healthcare facilities: long

term care/assisted living or acute care
EEO Statement
Performance Food Group and/or its subsidiaries (individually or collectively, the "Company") provides equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all applicants and employees, regardless of race, color, national origin, sex, marital status, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, and any other characteristic protected by applicable local, state and federal laws and regulations. Please click on the following links to review: (1) our EEO Policy; (2) the "EEO is the Law" poster and supplement; and (3) the Pay Transparency Policy Statement.