Sales Representative - BUNZL
Cleveland, OH
About the Job
Description
Your career path has many avenues available for you to succeed. Are you looking to advance at a rate that matches your ambition and skill set? At Bunzl, we understand and want to invest in you. With our multi-career options, you will not only be able to find the adventure you are looking for today, but can be confident that new opportunities will be there for advancement in your future.
At Bunzl, we know that our employees are our number one asset. We seek to recruit and retain the right people who are passionate about our business and we provide opportunities for our employees so that they may progress within our company based on their talents, experiences, and their aptitude.
The Sales Rep will be accountable for the growth of sales with a variety of disposable products.
These items include but are not limited to paper products, to go packaging, janitorial and food service items. The ideal candidate is committed to continuous improvement, customer satisfaction, and results achievement.
Customers will include hotels, restaurants, resorts and other institutional establishments or individuals at sales office or customer's place of business. The Sales Rep will work in a fast paced and ever changing environment where attention to detail, a strong sense of urgency, initiative and drive are extremely important to achieving company sales goals.
_Responsibilities:_
+ Actively Foster Key Customer Relationships and Realize Future Growth Potential
+ Daily sales calls with distributor reps
+ Weekly Planning of Sales Act
+ Monthly Recaps of Targeted Sales Priorities
+ Contact customers to solicit orders, and establish new relationships
+ Displays or demonstrates product, using samples or catalog, and emphasizes salable features
+ Attend required customer and company scheduled meeting
+ Promote new products within existing customer base
+ Establish and grow new accounts
+ Provide timely and accurate sales forecast to operational team to ensure inventory levels are up to date
+ Evaluate pricing every quarter to ensure and protect margins
+ Grow territory with topline and bottom line results
+ Participate in Industry Association Functions
+ Work with outside vendors on new materials and new innovative packaging solutions with regards to packaging
_Requirements:_
+ Bachelor's degree in Professional Selling, Marketing, Business or related - preferred
+ Must have 2+ years of inside/outside sales experience
+ Ability to effectively plan weekly and daily activity directed towards targeted sales opportunities with the account manager
+ Effectively develop knowledge and skill levels
+ Computer literate in a Windows operating environment
+ Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook) and AS400
+ Self-starter who takes initiative and maintains excellent follow-through and follow-up
+ Strong Organizational skills
+ Effective written and verbal communication skills
+ Work effectively in situations that involve change and/or competing demands
+ Perform well in a fast-paced environment
+ Proficient handling of all confidential and time-sensitive material
+ Strong Results - Orientation and Sense of Urgency
+ High level of Personal Accountability
+ Ability to Identify and Prioritize Key Initiatives
So, what are you waiting for? A new career awaits you with endless opportunities.
Bunzl is a global leader in the Cleaning & Hygiene, Food Processing, Grocery, Health Care, Non-Food Retail, and Safety industries. We have grown both organically and through acquisitions to sales in excess of $10 billion. Bunzl North America is headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri. Bunzl North America owns and operates more than 100 warehouses and serves all 50 states, Puerto Rico, Canada and parts of the Caribbean and Mexico. With more than 5,000 employees and 400,000 plus supplies, Bunzl is regarded as a leading supplier in North America.
_Bunzl Distribution offers competitive salaries, a comfortable work environment, and a full range of benefits including a 401k with a company match._
_Bunzl Distribution has a tradition of commitment to equal employment opportunity. It is the established policy to attract and retain the best qualified people without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex/gender (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, age, disability or veteran status as provided by law._
Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities
The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)
Your career path has many avenues available for you to succeed. Are you looking to advance at a rate that matches your ambition and skill set? At Bunzl, we understand and want to invest in you. With our multi-career options, you will not only be able to find the adventure you are looking for today, but can be confident that new opportunities will be there for advancement in your future.
At Bunzl, we know that our employees are our number one asset. We seek to recruit and retain the right people who are passionate about our business and we provide opportunities for our employees so that they may progress within our company based on their talents, experiences, and their aptitude.
The Sales Rep will be accountable for the growth of sales with a variety of disposable products.
These items include but are not limited to paper products, to go packaging, janitorial and food service items. The ideal candidate is committed to continuous improvement, customer satisfaction, and results achievement.
Customers will include hotels, restaurants, resorts and other institutional establishments or individuals at sales office or customer's place of business. The Sales Rep will work in a fast paced and ever changing environment where attention to detail, a strong sense of urgency, initiative and drive are extremely important to achieving company sales goals.
_Responsibilities:_
+ Actively Foster Key Customer Relationships and Realize Future Growth Potential
+ Daily sales calls with distributor reps
+ Weekly Planning of Sales Act
+ Monthly Recaps of Targeted Sales Priorities
+ Contact customers to solicit orders, and establish new relationships
+ Displays or demonstrates product, using samples or catalog, and emphasizes salable features
+ Attend required customer and company scheduled meeting
+ Promote new products within existing customer base
+ Establish and grow new accounts
+ Provide timely and accurate sales forecast to operational team to ensure inventory levels are up to date
+ Evaluate pricing every quarter to ensure and protect margins
+ Grow territory with topline and bottom line results
+ Participate in Industry Association Functions
+ Work with outside vendors on new materials and new innovative packaging solutions with regards to packaging
_Requirements:_
+ Bachelor's degree in Professional Selling, Marketing, Business or related - preferred
+ Must have 2+ years of inside/outside sales experience
+ Ability to effectively plan weekly and daily activity directed towards targeted sales opportunities with the account manager
+ Effectively develop knowledge and skill levels
+ Computer literate in a Windows operating environment
+ Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook) and AS400
+ Self-starter who takes initiative and maintains excellent follow-through and follow-up
+ Strong Organizational skills
+ Effective written and verbal communication skills
+ Work effectively in situations that involve change and/or competing demands
+ Perform well in a fast-paced environment
+ Proficient handling of all confidential and time-sensitive material
+ Strong Results - Orientation and Sense of Urgency
+ High level of Personal Accountability
+ Ability to Identify and Prioritize Key Initiatives
So, what are you waiting for? A new career awaits you with endless opportunities.
Bunzl is a global leader in the Cleaning & Hygiene, Food Processing, Grocery, Health Care, Non-Food Retail, and Safety industries. We have grown both organically and through acquisitions to sales in excess of $10 billion. Bunzl North America is headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri. Bunzl North America owns and operates more than 100 warehouses and serves all 50 states, Puerto Rico, Canada and parts of the Caribbean and Mexico. With more than 5,000 employees and 400,000 plus supplies, Bunzl is regarded as a leading supplier in North America.
_Bunzl Distribution offers competitive salaries, a comfortable work environment, and a full range of benefits including a 401k with a company match._
_Bunzl Distribution has a tradition of commitment to equal employment opportunity. It is the established policy to attract and retain the best qualified people without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex/gender (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, age, disability or veteran status as provided by law._
Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities
The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)
Source : BUNZL
