Premium Protein Growth Specialist

Sysco Northeast Rdc; Concord (NC); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Sysco Northeast Rdc is seeking a professional sales specialist to grow new business in meat and seafood categories. You will drive targeted strategies, analyze market data, and build strong customer relationships to achieve regional goals.

The role emphasizes thorough knowledge of meat/seafood trends, consultative selling, and robust collaboration with the sales team to maximize opportunities and profitability.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED with 3+ years of sales experience in retail, broker, wholesale or distribution.
• Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent educational level preferred.
• Proficiency in center of the plate meat & seafood knowledge and trends.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute targeted meat & seafood sales strategies to achieve region and individual annual business goals, delivering profitable sales growth and penetration across categories, specialty segments, and Sysco brand
• Identify the needs of customers and prospects to assemble a product mix that delivers solutions and helps achieve business objectives
• Utilize data analytics to prioritize meat & seafood opportunities
• Actively seek, qualify, and support top prospect conversion to Sysco
• Be informed of market conditions, product innovations, and competitors' products, prices, and sales; share information with customers as part of value-added services provided
• Track activities and results, collaborate on opportunities, and champion the team selling process through use of Salesforce (Sysco’s CRM tool)
• Leverage sampling in a solutions-oriented manner to close sales
• Provide feedback to specialty companies and merchandising on product quality, product integrity, product mix, customer satisfaction, perceived value and competition
• Develop and maintain relationships with customers, chefs and sales team members
• Support execution of prioritized sales strategies through direct selling and engagement of customers and prospects at Sysco events (e.g. food shows, industry events)

Skills

Meat & seafood knowledge

Sales experience

Data analytics

CRM (Salesforce)

Communication & interpersonal skills

Negotiation

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Bachelor's degree preferred

Tools

Salesforce

Microsoft Office

Job description

Sysco Northeast Rdc is seeking a professional sales specialist to grow new business in meat and seafood categories. You will drive targeted strategies, analyze market data, and build strong customer relationships to achieve regional goals.

The role emphasizes thorough knowledge of meat/seafood trends, consultative selling, and robust collaboration with the sales team to maximize opportunities and profitability.