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.

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What You’ll Do

This outside sales role focuses on territory development, account management, and helping customers succeed by recommending products and services that meet their business needs.

• Develop new business and deepen relationships with existing accounts to drive profitable sales growth in an assigned territory (Midland, TX and nearby areas).
• Qualify prospects and follow account stratification goals.
• Evaluate market trends and recommend product mixes to customers.
• Provide product information and practical training to customer staff.
• Manage order issues and work with operations/transportation to resolve routing or availability problems.
• Drive a personal vehicle to customer meetings, events, conventions, and company meetings.
• Support collections and work with credit when necessary to collect balances per approved credit terms.
• Prepare sales quotes, budgets, and regular reports; maintain accurate sales records.
• Participate in ongoing sales training, meetings, promotions, and customer events.
• Assist training of new employees and perform other duties as assigned.

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Qualifications

Required

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Sales, Marketing, Hospitality, Culinary Arts, or related field OR HSD/GED plus 3 years’ restaurant management, B2B/outside sales, or equivalent relevant experience (including completion of a sales internship).
• Valid driver’s license and a driving record that meets company insurability standards.
• Current automobile insurance meeting the following limits: bodily injury — $100,000 each person / $300,000 each accident; property damage — $100,000.
• Basic PC skills and proficiency with Microsoft Office.
• Ability to read, write, and speak English.

Other hiring conditions

• Pass employment testing.
• Sign the Confidential Client Protective Covenants Agreement (required).
• Reside within or be willing to relocate to the geographical vicinity of the assigned territory (candidates must live no more than ~1 hour from the territory; relocation assistance is not approved for this posting).

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Preferred Qualifications

• Bilingual in Spanish.
• Prior restaurant management, foodservice outside sales, or chef experience.
• Demonstrated outside sales experience with territory responsibility.

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Compensation & Employment Type

• Base salary: $100,000 per year (as advertised).
• Additional compensation: bonus and promotional incentive opportunities.
• Additional perks (typical for this role): car allowance or mileage reimbursement where applicable, company-provided cell phone, Employee Stock Purchase Plan, and 401(k) with automatic matching.
• Employment type: Full time; Contract classification also listed for this posting.

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Territory & Work Conditions

• Primary work territory: Midland, TX and nearby locations (including far east New Mexico areas such as Lovington, Hobbs, Eunice, and Jal).
• May require non-traditional hours (evenings, weekends, holidays) to meet customer needs.
• This role requires frequent travel within the assigned territory and regular in-person customer engagement.

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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.