District Sales Manager

sysco; Toronto; On-site; CAD 85,000 - 115,000; Full time

Job summary

Sysco in Downtown Toronto East seeks a seasoned Sales Leader to coach and drive a cross-functional team to exceed regional sales targets and customer experience standards. You will mentor, train, and maximize team performance while liaising with other departments to fuel territory growth.

The role requires 7+ years in B2B sales leadership, a bachelor’s degree, and strong financial acumen. Travel is substantial as listed, with a focus on customer growth and promotions.

Qualifications

• Lead a team of high-performing sales professionals to meet deadlines and deliver results.
• Post-secondary education completed.
• Strong financial and business acumen for planning and executing business plans.
• Proven consultative selling, networking, and negotiation skills.
• Excellent interpersonal skills to influence stakeholders.
• Strong organizational and project management capabilities; able to handle multiple initiatives.
• Ability to learn and use proprietary CRM tools for forecasting and planning.
• Analytical problem-solving with data-driven insights.
• Willingness to adapt to change and drive corporate initiatives.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook.
• Valid driver's license with vehicle access.

Responsibilities

• Lead cross-functional sales teams including Marketing Associates and Business Development Managers.
• Deliver annual sales and growth targets while managing expenses.
• Assist in advocating and supporting changes to meet customer needs and grow sales.
• Drive promotions, customer incentives, and development support for sales.
• Provide timely feedback on market opportunities and competitive activity.
• Prepare annual sales plans and forecasts; manage territory expenses.
• Negotiate new contracts with key local customers.
• Track sales results and provide tools for team to act on insights.
• Coach direct reports to become high-performing business partners.
• Participate in formulating marketing promotions and vendor promotions.
• Coordinate with Marketing and Business Resources to fulfill commitments.
• Ensure credit practices are followed by the sales force.

Skills

Team leadership

B2B sales

Negotiation

CRM tools

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

CRM software

Job description

JOB DESCRIPTION

Territory: Downtown Toronto East

Salary range: $85,000 - $115,000 + bonus potential

Role:

This role will be responsible for coaching, mentoring, developing, and leading a motivated a cross functional Sales Team to exceed planned sales targets and customer experience standards for the region. Responsible to coach, train, mentor, and maximize performance to meet profit goals and act as a liaison with other departments that impact sales territory growth and team performance.

Role Responsibilities:

• Lead a cross functional sales teams of Marketing Associates, Business Development Managers, Inside Marketing Associates, and Category Growth Specialists


• Deliver annual sales and pieces growth targets while managing expenses for the sales area


• Assist in advocating and supporting change to help meet customers' needs and grow sales


• Help drive sales promotions, customer incentives, and sales development support incentives


• Provide accurate, complete, and timely feedback of all new market opportunities and competitive activity in 360


• Prepare the annual sales plans and forecasts and manage the territory operating expenses


• Negotiate new contracts with key local customers


• Monitor and measure Sales results. Provide feedback, tools, and resources to the team to find solutions within territories.


• Continually coach direct reports to grow as high performing business partners to customers; encourage a better understanding of various aspects of the business and how to take effective courses of action that lead to appropriate solutions and positive consequence


• Participate in the formation of Marketing promotions, including food showcases and vendor promotions


• Works closely with Business Resources and Marketing team, ensuring that commitments to the Sales team are delivered


• Ensures that proper credit practices are being maintained by the sales force and develops good communication between the sales force and the credit department


• Complies with Sysco's Food Safety Policy and procedures to ensure food safety, quality and legality requirements are met.


• Understands that their role is critical in creating a safe organization with minimal environmental impact and the value that brings to the organization.


• Is willing to drive Environmental, Health and Safety performance by acting as an example and holding their team accountable to complying with EHS programs, policies, and requirements.


• Enable, champion and embrace an inclusive culture


• Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications/Skills/Job Requirements (About you):

• Ability to lead a team of high performing sales associates to deliver against deadlines and produce high-quality results (accuracy, thoroughness in the deliverables they are producing), minimum 5 years' experience leading a B2B sales team in a professional sales environment,


• Completion of post-secondary education


• Strong financial and business acumen and ability to properly plan and execute business plans


• Demonstrated skills in the area of consultative selling, networking and negotiations


• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work with and influence a variety of key stakeholders


• Excellent organizational and project management skills, including the ability to execute multiple initiatives at the same time


• Ability to learn the use of proprietary CRM tools for planning and forecasting sales growth


• Solid analytical problem-solving skills, including familiarity with analyzing reports and deriving insights from data


• Embraces change and champions corporate initiatives


• Intermediate proficiency in Microsoft Applications Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook)


• Valid driver's license with access to a vehicle required.

Education

• Bachelor's degree in related discipline or an additional 4 years of relevant experience in lieu of degree

Experience

• 7+ years of experience, of which at least 2 leading a team

Physical Demands:

Requires driving to customer accounts.

Travel Requirements:

75%

Sysco is committed to Employment Equity. Accommodations during the recruitment process are available upon request for candidates with disabilities.

At Sysco, we aspire to create a global culture that is decidedly diverse, equitable, and inclusive - one where we foster belonging as we care for one another and connect the world through food and trusted partnerships. We are Better Together.

COMPANY OVERVIEW

Sysco is the global leader in foodservice distribution. With over 71,000 colleagues and a fleet of over 13,000 vehicles, Sysco operates approximately 333 distribution facilities worldwide and serves more than 700,000 customer locations. We offer our colleagues the opportunity to grow personally and professionally, to contribute to the success of a dynamic organization, and to serve others in a manner that exceeds their expectations. We're looking for talented, hard-working individuals to join our team. Come grow with us and let us show you why Sysco is at the heart of food and service.

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