Specialty & Import Sales Strategist

Sysco; New Orleans (LA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Sysco New Orleans, a division of Sysco, seeks a professional sales specialist to grow new business within the Specialty/Import segment. You will focus on achieving regional goals while delivering exceptional customer experiences through data-driven strategies and market insights.

The role emphasizes direct selling, relationship building, and cross-functional teamwork with European Imports and merchandising, using Salesforce for planning and forecasting sales growth.

Qualifications

• Proficiency in Specialty/Import knowledge and trends required.
• Analytical problem-solving skills, including familiarity with analyzing reports and deriving insights from data.
• Ability to express information in terms of profit and loss, food cost and expense ratio.
• Strong financial acumen and ability to properly plan and execute business plans.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute targeted Specialty/Import sales strategies to achieve region and individual annual business goals, delivering profitable sales growth and penetration across applicable 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 Specialty/Import opportunities.
• Actively seek, qualify, and support top prospect conversion to Sysco.
• Remain informed of market conditions, product innovations, and competitors’ products, prices, and sales; share information with sales team members and customers as part of value-added services provided.

Skills

Specialty/Import knowledge

Data analytics

Sales experience

CRM tools

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

Salesforce

Job description

Sysco New Orleans, a division of Sysco, seeks a professional sales specialist to grow new business within the Specialty/Import segment. You will focus on achieving regional goals while delivering exceptional customer experiences through data-driven strategies and market insights.

The role emphasizes direct selling, relationship building, and cross-functional teamwork with European Imports and merchandising, using Salesforce for planning and forecasting sales growth.