Sales Consultant - Atascocita/Baytown, TX.
The Sales Consultant role at Confidential Client involves outside sales responsibilities focused on promoting products and building strong customer relationships within the Atascocita/Baytown, TX territory. The position requires developing new business, managing existing accounts, and achieving sales and profit goals while providing excellent customer service and product knowledge. This role offers career development opportunities, specialized sales training, and requires some non-traditional working hours to meet customer needs.
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Confidential client is hiring an Outside Sales Consultant to cover the Atascocita / Baytown territory (based in Stewart Heights, TX). The ideal candidate will live within ~30 miles of the territory and bring outside sales or restaurant/foodservice experience. This role is field-based, customer-facing, and focused on building long-term relationships with foodservice and hospitality operators to help them grow their business while meeting territory sales and profit targets.
What You’ll Do
- Promote the confidential client’s product and service solutions to new and existing accounts across the assigned territory.
- Build and execute territory plans to develop new business, penetrate existing accounts, and minimize lost business.
- Identify and qualify prospects, research customer needs, and recommend product mixes and services tailored to each account.
- Provide product information, demonstrations, and practical training to customer staff as needed.
- Monitor market trends and competitor activity; share market insights with customers and internal teams.
- Prepare sales quotes, menu suggestions, and customer proposals to support account growth.
- Manage order and delivery issues with internal operations and logistics partners; troubleshoot out-of-stock and special-order situations.
- Collect receivables and coordinate with credit where needed to maintain acceptable account balances.
- Participate in sales meetings, promotions, customer events, and ongoing sales training.
- Maintain accurate sales records, reports, and forecasts; review daily/weekly sales and margin data.
- Drive a personal vehicle to customer sites, conventions, and company meetings as required.
Who We’re Looking For (Qualifications)
Required:
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Sales, Marketing, Hospitality, Culinary Arts, or related discipline
OR High school diploma/GED plus 3 years of restaurant management, B2B/outside sales, or equivalent related experience (completion of a sales internship may be accepted). - Valid driver’s license and driving record that meet the employer’s insurability standards.
- Current automobile insurance meeting these limits: Bodily injury — $100,000 per person / $300,000 per accident; Property damage — $100,000.
- Authorization to work in the United States.
- Basic PC skills and proficiency with Microsoft Office.
- Ability to read, write, and speak English.
Preferred:
- Bilingual candidates (Spanish/English) preferred.
- Prior restaurant management, chef, culinary, or foodservice outside sales experience is strongly preferred.
Requirements:
- Pass employment testing and background checks as required.
- Willingness to sign the confidential client’s protective covenants agreement.
- Reside in or be willing to relocate to the geographic vicinity of the territory.
Compensation & Benefits
- Competitive base salary plus bonus and promotional incentive opportunities.
- Car allowance or mileage reimbursement where applicable and a company-provided cell phone.
- Career progression and specialized sales training programs.
- Monthly and annual sales recognition and rewards.
- Robust benefits package including retirement plan with matching and an employee stock purchase offering (details provided by the confidential client).
Estimated pay (source listing): $42,844 per year (estimated).
Skills & Competencies
- Strong sales ability, persuasion, and follow-up skills.
- Customer-focused with strong relationship-building and trust-building capabilities.
- Effective communication and time / territory management.
- Adaptable, self-motivated, and able to work independently in a field-based role.
- Comfortable performing administrative tasks to support sales activities (quotes, reports, budgets).
Location & Travel
- Job location: Stewart Heights, TX (will serve the Atascocita/Baytown territory).
- This is an outside sales role and requires regular travel within the assigned territory. Some non-traditional hours (evenings, weekends) may be required to meet customer needs.
Equal Opportunity & Hiring Transparency
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