Job Description

Fresh Start Foods Canada Ltd.

Join one of the BEST teams in the Industry

At Fresh Start Foods you'll find qualified professionals that stand out with their experience and understand that customers are at the centre of everything we do.

We are seeking individuals:

• Who are customer centric
• Who are able to deliver on their commitments
• Who value individual excellence and collective performance
• Who care and give back - sustainable agriculture, the environment, corporate citizenship
• Who go above and beyond to provide options for our customers
• Who understand the foodservice/hospitality/retail business and bring extensive knowledge and experience

Sales Representative - Windsor Territory

Fresh Start Foods is hiring a Full-Time, Permanent Sales Representative to drive business development and market penetration across the Windsor territory This role is designed for a "hunter" who excels at lead generation, B2B sales, and client relationship management

Schedule & Territory

Schedule: Monday to Friday.

Location: Territory covers Windsor

Salary and Allowance: $65,000/year plus commission, car allowance

Fresh Start Foods offers a range of benefits, including:

• Team-based work environment

• Training provided

• Group Health Care Benefit Program

• Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP) Program

• Opportunity for advancement

• Profit-Sharing Bonus

Provides friendly and efficient customer service, order processing and delivery support to customers of Specialty Companies via phone, email and internet. Strengthens customer relationships through strong product knowledge and product application, delivery coordination, and error resolution.

Essential Functions:

• Serves as liaison between the Outside Sales Representative and customer.
• Develops and maintains customer relationships.
• Supports and partners with assigned division and customer assignment.
• Manages customer orders manually and completes timely callbacks/e-mails to discuss edits and confirm complete orders.
• Maintain current knowledge of product and system status within divisions to assist Outside Sales Representatives and customers.
• Serves as information resource to Outside Sales Representatives, on product related questions regarding inventory levels and general product information
• Arranges exception deliveries in collaboration with Transportation departments, 3rd party order/delivery systems, aligned with Halperns’.
• Supports Outside Sales Representatives with order entry.
• Supports Sales penetration.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Knowledge / Skills / Abilities:

• Must have excellent written, verbal, organizational and communication skills.
• Must have the ability to multitask, prioritize and be able to work independently or within a team environment.
• Highly motivated self starter with a focus on details and accuracy in a fast paced environment
• Must be a strategic thinker, inquisitive, innovative, and creative in order to build relationships, network, link resources and apply business practices
• Must have good customer service and time management skills.
• Ability to problem solve and develop solutions on a variety of complex business issues with the ability to balance customer needs within the framework of Gordon Food Service business practices
• Ability to demonstrate understanding of Foodservice industry and operations for Non Commercial Segment
• Understand government regulations and commodities
• Ability to perform 10-key data entry

Equipment / Tools / Technology:

• Desktop or laptop computer
• Networked printer/copier/facsimile machine
• Google Apps (Chrome, Gmail, Calendar, Docs, Sheets, Drive, Sites, Groups, etc...)
• Microsoft Office products (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Internet Explorer)
• GFS Business Applications, including Dobbin II and other GFS sales order entry software
• Telephone & headset

This is an existing Vacancy

We thank all applicants for their interest, however only those selected for the next stage will be contacted. Fresh Start Foods is an equal opportunity employer who strives to provide an inclusive work environment that involves everyone and embraces the diverse talent of its people. All qualified applicants and employees will receive consideration for employment, or in terms or conditions of employment, without regard to any enumerated or analogous grounds of discrimination, including race, religious beliefs, colour, gender, gender identity, gender expression, physical disability, mental disability, age, ancestry, place of origin, marital status, source of income, family status, sexual orientation or status as a qualified individual with disability.

If you require reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process due to a disability, please submit your request to:

For Jobs in British Columbia

careers@freshstartfoods.com

For Jobs in Ontario

fsferecruitment@freshstartfoods.com

Use the words “Accommodation Request” in your subject line.