Sales Associate

About The Chefs' Warehouse
The Chefs' Warehouse, Inc. (http://www.chefswarehouse.com) combines exceptional quality and brand building with broadline food service distribution for more than 35 years. With Protein, Specialty, Produce, and Broadline offerings, we service the most discerning chefs in a hybrid approach of convenience and superior quality. We introduce more than 2,000 artisan producers of the world’s finest ingredients from over 40 countries to the finest chefs in the world. We passionately consult, sell, and build relationships with more than 35,000 customers through the most experienced network of over 600 consultive sales associates, best-in-breed technology, rapid service, and support levels that solidify our long-standing ties to both established and up-and-coming premium restaurants.

Mission: The mission of The Chefs’ Warehouse is to provide the world’s greatest ingredients to the world’s best chefs.

Our C.H.E.F.S. Values:
Curious & Creative
Hungry For Food & Results
Entrepreneurial
Forward Thinking & Flexible
Supportive (Of Peers & Chefs)

Position Summary: As a key member of our rapidly growing organization, The Food Sales Associate ultimately acts as the face of our company by delivering outstanding customer service and building strong relationships. They will be responsible for selling products for distributor to restaurants and caterers, hotels and retail, establishments or individuals at place of business by performing the following duties.

What you’ll do:

• Sales Associates will adapt the process of cultivating and producing sales revenue through the development and growth of new sales and by increasing sales with existing accounts.
• Compiles lists of prospective customers for use as sales leads, based on information from newspapers, business directories, industry ads, trade shows, Internet Web sites, and other sources.
• Travels throughout assigned territory to call on regular and prospective customers to solicit orders, or talks with customers or by phone.
• Displays or demonstrates product, using samples or catalog, and emphasizes salable features.
• Quotes prices and credit terms and prepares sales contracts for orders obtained.
• Estimates date of delivery to customer, based on knowledge of own firm's production and delivery schedules.
• Prepares reports of business transactions and keeps expense accounts.
• Works with inside sales representatives to keep account activities and literature up to date.
• Tracks stock levels.
• Enters new customer data and other sales data for current customers into computer database.
• Develops and maintains relationships with purchasing contacts.

About you:

• One to two years of related experience in restaurant, food sales, or professional catering
• High energy and enthusiastic
• Candidates must live in the assigned geographic sales area
• Ability to manage multiple, concurrent projects and initiatives
• Outstanding verbal and written communication skills
• Excellent organizational skills with the ability to handle and prioritize multiple projects
• Self-starter. Must ask questions and learn new skills quickly on the job
• Driven, team player that is motivated to take responsibility and ensure successful outcomes across activates
• Ability to work under tight deadlines with short turnarounds in a fast-paced working environment
• College Degree desired but not required
• Past experience working as a Chef highly desired
• High Energy and enthusiastic

Resumen del puesto: Como miembro clave de nuestra organización en rápido crecimiento, el asociado de ventas de alimentos actúa en última instancia como la cara de nuestra empresa al brindar un servicio al cliente excepcional y construir relaciones sólidas. Será responsable de vender productos para distribuidores a restaurantes y empresas de catering, hoteles y comercios minoristas, establecimientos o individuos en el lugar de trabajo realizando las siguientes tareas.

Lo que harás:

• Los asociados de ventas adaptarán el proceso de cultivar y producir ingresos por ventas mediante el desarrollo y crecimiento de nuevas ventas y mediante el aumento de las ventas con las cuentas existentes.
• Recopila listas de clientes potenciales para usar como oportunidades de ventas, según la información de periódicos, directorios comerciales, anuncios de la industria, ferias comerciales, sitios web de Internet y otras fuentes.
• Viaja por todo el territorio asignado para visitar a clientes habituales y potenciales para solicitar pedidos, o habla con los clientes o por teléfono.
• Muestra o demuestra el producto, utilizando muestras o catálogos, y enfatiza las características vendibles.

Cotiza precios y condiciones de crédito y prepara contratos de venta para los pedidos obtenidos.
Estima la fecha de entrega al cliente, basándose en el conocimiento de los cronogramas de producción y entrega de su propia empresa.
Prepara informes de transacciones comerciales y lleva las cuentas de gastos.
Trabaja con representantes de ventas internas para mantener actualizadas las actividades de las cuentas y la literatura.
Realiza un seguimiento de los niveles de existencias.
Ingresa datos de nuevos clientes y otros datos de ventas de clientes actuales en una base de datos de computadora.
Desarrolla y mantiene relaciones con los contactos de compras.

Acerca de usted:

• Uno a dos años de experiencia relacionada en restaurantes, ventas de alimentos o catering profesional
• Mucha energía y entusiasmo

Los candidatos deben vivir en el área geográfica de ventas asignada

• Capacidad para gestionar múltiples proyectos e iniciativas concurrentes
• Excelentes habilidades de comunicación verbal y escrita
• Excelentes habilidades organizativas con la capacidad de manejar y priorizar múltiples proyectos
• Iniciativa. Debe hacer preguntas y aprender nuevas habilidades rápidamente en el trabajo
• Impulsado, jugador de equipo que está motivado para asumir la responsabilidad y garantizar resultados exitosos en todas las actividades
• Capacidad para trabajar con plazos ajustados con tiempos de respuesta cortos en un entorno de trabajo de ritmo rápido
• Se desea título universitario, pero no es un requisito
• Se desea experiencia previa trabajando como chef
• Mucha energía y entusiasmo
• This is for our Greenleaf entity

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The above job description is not an all-inclusive list of duties and standards of the position. Incumbents will follow any other instructions, and perform any other related duties as assigned by their supervisor.

Perks & Benefits:

• Paid Vacations, Paid Holidays
• Health, Dental and Medical Benefits
• Weekly pay
• Life Insurance
• 5% above cost for our high-quality food products
• Employee discounts for travel and events
• 401k
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan

The Chefs' Warehouse is an Equal Opportunity Employer that does not discriminate based on actual or perceived race, creed, color, religion, alienage or national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, disability or handicap, sex, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation, pregnancy, gender identity or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law. Our management team is dedicated to this policy with respect to recruitment, hiring, placement, promotion, transfer, training, compensation, benefits, employee activities and general treatment during employment. We are dedicated to building an inclusive and diverse workforce.