Account Executive - Metro Denver
Required skills
- Sales growth
- Commission base
- Face-to-face interactions
- Prospect new customers
- Grow customer base
- Maintain current customer base
- Grow share of business
- Customer menu engineering
- Customer food cost analysis
- Waste reduction
Nice to have
- Culinary experience
- Restaurant operations experience
- Foodservice experience
- Related experience
- Successful sales experience
- Analyze customer data
Role summary
Shamrock Foods Company is seeking an Account Executive in Metro Denver to drive profitable sales growth by representing their products and services to restaurants, resorts, hotels, and other institutional establishments. Responsibilities include prospecting new customers, maintaining and growing the existing customer base, supporting customer success through menu engineering and food cost analysis, sharing market intelligence, conducting product demonstrations, and managing accounts for optimal sales, service, and delivery. The role requires leveraging technology for customer efficiency and experience enhancements, and participating in ongoing training. A HS Diploma/GED is required, with an Associate or Bachelor's degree being a plus. Preferred qualifications include 2+ years in culinary, restaurant operations, or foodservice, previous successful sales experience, a driver's license, problem-solving expertise, comfort with technology and data analysis, knowledge of industry trends, and proficiency in Microsoft Office.
The Account Executive is responsible for maximizing sales growth profitably. To accomplish this, they are responsible for regularly representing products and services for Shamrock Foods Company on a commission base to restaurants, resorts, hotels, and other institutional establishments through face-to-face interactions.
Essential Duties:
- Prospect new customers and build a territory to grow the customer base.
- Maintain current customer base and grow the share of the customer’s business.
- Impact customer success through:
- Supporting customer menu engineering.
- Supporting food cost analysis to ensure waste reduction and improve customer profitability.
- Consuming and sharing market intelligence and industry trends.
- Conducting product demonstration and comparisons by taking sample product to customer‘s restaurant or facility.
- Facilitating demonstrations of capabilities we have to support the customer.
- Share new product innovation through utilization of Shamrock resources.
- Build multi-level relationships in the businesses you serve.
- Keep accounts current; optimizing sales, service, and delivery and collecting past-due balances from customers.
- Leverage technology for improved customer efficiency and to drive customer experience enhancements.
- Participate in on-going training to continuously develop skills.
- Other duties as assigned.
Qualifications:
- HS Diploma and/or GED required; Associate or Bachelor’s degree a plus.
- 2 plus years’ experience in culinary, restaurant operations, foodservice, or other related experience preferred.
- Previous successful sales experience a plus.
- Current drivers license.
- Demonstrated expertise in problem solving.
- Comfort using technology; and analyzing customer data.
- Knowledgeable on industry trends.
- Expertise in Microsoft office (Word, Excel, Outlook).
- Must be flexible and willing to work the demands of the department which may be subject to evenings, weekends and holidays.
Physical Demands:
- Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- Regularly lift and /or move up to 40 pounds.
- Frequently lift and/or move up to 60 pounds.
Starting compensation of $40,000-$100,000 per year based on achievement of performance goals, eventually transitioning to commission-basis.
Shamrock anticipates closing the application window for this job opportunity on or before December 31, 2026
Corporate Summary:
At Shamrock Foods Company, people come first – our associates, our customers, and the families we serve across the nation. A privately-held, family-owned and -operated Forbes 500 company, Shamrock is an innovator in the food industry and has been since being founded in Arizona in 1922.
Our Mission:
At Shamrock Foods Company, we live by our founding family’s motto to “treat associates like family and customers like friends.”
Why work for us?
Benefits are a major part of your overall compensation, and we believe offering them at an affordable cost is not only the right thing to do, but it helps keep you and your family healthy. That’s why Shamrock Foods pays for the majority of your health insurance, allowing you to take home more of your paycheck. And it doesn’t stop there - our associates also enjoy additional benefits such as 401(k) Savings Plan, Profit Sharing, Paid Time Off, as well as our incredible growth opportunities, continued education and wellness programs.
Equal Opportunity Employer
At Shamrock Foods Co all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other basis protected by applicable law.
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