What are the responsibilities and job description for the Area Manager - Sales Representative for Oxford, MS position at Performance Foodservice?
The Area Manager position will perform the following duties:
- Manages a geographical sales territory ensuring that independent and regional account business is developed and budgeted sales and profit objectives are achieved.
- Regularly calls on existing and potential customers.
- Develops and executes business plans.
- Effectively manages time and resources to attain results.
- Builds business through support of company branded product.
- Manages pricing and monitors credit term compliance.
- Be available for emergency deliveries to customers.
- For Oxford, MS - must live in the sales territory.
- High school diploma or GED.
- 2 years of industry related experience or a degree from a culinary school will be considered equivalent experience.
- Outside sales experience in a fast paced environment.
- Excellent verbal and written presentation skills, organizational and time management skills, strong desire to build new business, strong work ethic and attention to details, excellent customer service skills.
- Proficient in Microsoft Word and Excel.
- Position requires extensive local travel- valid driver’s license and clean MVR with dependable means of transportation.
- Infrequent lifting of 25 – 30 pounds may be required.
- This position must pass a post-offer background and drug test.
