Trainer, Sales

Gordon Food Service; Alberta; Hybrid; CAD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the food service industry is seeking a Sales Trainer to enhance the skills of their sales teams. This hybrid role involves creating and delivering training programs, assessing needs, and maintaining KPIs. The ideal candidate will have a background in adult education and experience in training both in-person and remotely.

Qualifications

• Two years’ previous communications or training and development experience.
• Ability to communicate effectively with excellent presentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Create and conduct training to help sales teams achieve goals.
• Assess training needs through surveys and communication.
• Evaluate program effectiveness through assessments and feedback.

Skills

Communication

Presentation Skills

Problem Analysis

Education

Associate Degree in Adult Education

Bachelor's Degree in Sales

Job description

Reporting to the IFS Business Change Manager - West, the BC Sales Trainer will partner with leadership and the national training team to lead learning and development. You will play a key role in creating, implementing and conducting training that is aimed to help the sales teams achieve their sales and career goals.

Note : This is a hybrid role with the expectation to be at the Distribution Centre office 3 days a week.

Essential Functions :

• Assess organizational training and development needs through surveys, interviews and communication with team members.
• Stay up to date with the latest trends in learning & development
• Create, organize, plan, and present various forms of onboarding, orientation, and skills training.
• Develop and acquire unique training plans and materials to fulfill the specific needs of our team members.
• Use various learning formats including in-person and virtual training, experiential / simulations, and videos.
• Maintain training & development KPIs and evaluate program effectiveness through assessments, surveys, and feedback.
• Participates in the National Training Council to develop and maintain training materials for the sales force.
• Delivers Gordon Food Service training and tracks in the Learning Management System and provides expertise and training to others utilizing the learning management system (LMS).
• Occasion travel required.

Knowledge / Skills / Abilities :

• Associate Degree in Adult Education required
• Bachelor's Degree in Sales, Business or related field preferred
• Two years’ previous communications or training and development experience or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience
• Ability to communicate effectively with excellent presentation skills
• Ability to analyze complex problems / situations and provide recommendations and solutions
• Ability to translate strategic initiatives into concrete objectives and action plans
• Ability to develop presentations, and skills using audio / visual equipment for presentations
• Ability to interact with all levels of management to facilitate group discussions and convey company programs and training
• Experience in training both in-person and remote teams