Find your Passion!  Food Sales East is looking for Passionate Sales people that like selling through building long-term relationships with their customers! Our sales team succeeds by building deep relationships with local restaurant owners through introducing new menuable concepts and by placing revenue saving items on their menus that help them run a more successful business.   Check out options in the Food Brokerage Business with Food Sales East!

Operator Specialist

Food Sales East is a thriving Foodservice Sales Agency experiencing double digit growth expanding across the southeast with a 60 year track record of success!.

We engage every customer, manufacturer & employee with honesty and integrity as the foundation of our relationship.  FSE ownership is committed to our people and doing things the right way.  We have an intentional company culture that inspires our team to thrive as we live out our Core Values while making a difference in our communities! Website: fse.us.com

We are looking for a sales representative that can be difference maker and that fits our company culture in the Memphis Market. This person will be calling on Foodservice Operators to include Restaurants, Hospitals, Hotels, Colleges, Caterers, B&I Accounts, and Healthcare Facilities.  They will also be working with Foodservice Distributors in the Nashville Area.  The ability to develop long term relationships with these customers is critical for success. The average tenure for Sales People with our company is over 10 years! Foodservice Sales Experience a plus.  Restaurant Management Experience a plus.  Restaurant Operations or Cooking Experience a plus. Sales Experience a plus. High competence with Excel & Outlook a plus. The most important qualifications for these positions are a Strong Work ethic, Integrity, Propensity for Team Work and having a can do will do mindset!

This is a salaried position with bonus opportunity and benefits to include medical insurance, car allowance, cell phone allowance, and 401K. 

This position will require you to make calls to operators and also work food shows and sales meetings. You will be required to submit a PTC sales plan each period in accordance with the goals and objectives set by your manager. Reporting criteria includes submitting a weekly itinerary, maintaining a key account list, filling out and turning in a monthly expense report, and reporting all qualified sales calls in CRM. Responding to email in a timely manner is required, as is maintaining equipment (including a personal or company vehicle) in clean, working order. 

The work environment is unstructured so self-motivation is key. Some overnight travel will be required. Physical Requirements may include: lifting of boxes and equipment weighing up to 40 lbs, loading/unloading equipment and samples, carrying sample bags in and out of accounts, standing / walking up to 11 hours at a food show, driving long distances between calls.