Sales Consultant - Huntington Beach
The Sales Consultant at Confidential Client is responsible for outside sales activities, focusing on developing new business and maintaining existing customer relationships to achieve sales and profit goals. This role involves market research, product promotion, customer training, and administrative duties, requiring adaptability and strong communication skills. The position offers career development, competitive compensation, and requires working some non-traditional hours with travel within the assigned territory.
About Careertakes
👉 Important disclosure: Careertakes is a third-party recruiting platform supporting this hiring process. If selected, you will be employed directly by our client, Sales.
Applicants for this role may also receive access to additional matched opportunities through the Careertakes platform.
Why Join Our Client’s Sales Team
Confidential Client is building a world-class outside sales organization focused on helping foodservice and hospitality customers succeed. This role offers competitive pay, bonus and incentive opportunities, career pathing, specialized sales training, and a robust benefits package including retirement and employee stock purchase plan options.
- Competitive base salary, bonus and promotional incentives
- Car allowance (mileage reimbursement for candidates in CA) and company phone provided
- Career development and specialized sales training programs
- Team and individual selling opportunities, incentives and recognition
Job Summary
This outside sales role is responsible for promoting products and services, building and maintaining customer relationships, and achieving sales and profitability targets within an assigned territory. The role may require non-traditional hours (evenings, weekends, holidays) to meet customer needs and support events.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop new business, penetrate existing accounts, and minimize lost business to achieve profitable sales growth
- Identify, qualify and pursue prospects according to account stratification goals
- Assess customer needs and recommend product and service mixes that drive customer success
- Monitor market trends and competitor activity; provide value-added recommendations to customers
- Respond to customer inquiries about products, pricing, availability and usage
- Provide product information and hands-on training to customer staff as needed
- Drive to customer accounts, company meetings and events using a personal vehicle
- Coordinate with credit and operations teams to manage accounts receivable and order issues
- Manage order/delivery troubleshooting with transportation and operations teams
- Participate in promotions, customer visits, company sales meetings and ongoing training
- Prepare sales reports, budgets, quotes, menu suggestions and maintain sales records
- Assist in training new sales team members and support special projects as assigned
Qualifications
Required
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Sales, Marketing, Hospitality, Culinary Arts or related field OR High School Diploma/GED plus 3 years of restaurant management, B2B or outside sales experience (or equivalent experience, including completion of a Sales Internship)
- Valid driver’s license and an acceptable driving record per company standards
- Current automobile insurance meeting required liability limits (see Certifications)
- Ability to read, write and speak English; basic PC skills and MS Office proficiency
Preferred
- Bilingual skills (Spanish or other) a plus
- Restaurant management, foodservice outside sales or chef experience preferred
Certifications, Requirements & Other
- Current automobile insurance with limits: bodily injury $100,000 each person / $300,000 each accident; property damage $100,000 (required)
- Pass employment testing as required by the client
- Must sign Confidential Client Protective Covenants Agreement
- Reside in (or be willing to relocate to) the geographical vicinity of the assigned territory
Professional Skills & Competencies
- Building trust and customer loyalty
- Strong follow-up and organizational skills
- Sales ability and persuasiveness; territory management
- Adaptability and effective communication
Equal Opportunity & Hiring Transparency
Careertakes and our client are Equal Opportunity Employers committed to building a diverse and inclusive workforce. We prohibit discrimination or harassment of any kind.
To support a fair and efficient hiring process, AI tools may be used to assist with application review or resume screening. These tools do not replace human decision-making. Final hiring decisions are made by people.
If you have questions about how your data is used, please contact us directly.
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