VP Of Sales
As the overall leader of the local sales organization for a given region, the VP of Sales helps shape and execute the sales vision for the organization by ensuring appropriate processes, systems, people, and culture are in place to win in the market. Furthermore, this position will be accountable for successfully meeting all plan goals for local sales growth, contract sales growth, and margin management. Overall, this position is responsible for executing the center led strategies, ensuring top talent in the Director level positions, and leveraging selling resources such as New Business Developers, Specialists, and others to grow market share and enable a consultative team-based selling organization. Coaching all Director level positions to meet and exceed company objectives is a core responsibility. Up to 75% travel required within region.
Responsibilities include :
- Leading a high-performing local sales organization responsible for growing Sysco's market share
- Meeting and exceeding company plan objectives
- Leading and directing customer engagement efforts
- Collaborating and establishing productive working relationships with cross-functional departments
- Recruiting and developing local sales leadership and sales associates
- Managing the performance management and leadership development of regional sales managers and other direct reports
- Championing and leading performance management in all areas
- Partnering and coordinating with the Director of Business Resources to maximize the productivity of selling resources
- Participating in all national campaigns and promotions
- Accountable for successfully implementing key corporate / market changes and programs across all sales positions
- Developing and coordinating sales selling cycle and methodology
- Leveraging sales resources such as Key Account Representatives (KAR) model, Expert roles, Customer Success Team (CST), and Centralized Customer Care (CCC) to manage sales activities
- Developing and executing strategies to deliver sales budgets and Regional Profit Plans
- Directly managing major and critical developing client accounts and coordinating the management of all other accounts
- Professionally representing Sysco at various community and / or business meetings to promote the company
- Accountable for building and leading the strategy for the development of the sales associates and managers by full utilization of the CMP process
Education / Experience : Minimum : Bachelor's degree in a related field or 10 years sales experience, and 7 years leading a B2B sales team in a professional sales environment with demonstrated success. Note to HR : Incumbents in role excused from bachelor's degree requirement
Knowledge & Skills :
Strong performance management capabilities with direct reportsSolid analytical problem-solving skills, including familiarity with analyzing reports & deriving insights from dataAbility to express information in terms of profit and loss, food cost, and expense ratioStrong financial acumen and ability to properly plan and execute business plansEmbraces change and champions corporate initiativesDemonstrated ability to coach and mentor peers and associatesStrong interpersonal skills and ability to work with and influence a variety of key stakeholdersStrong communication skills; ability to effectively communicate with internal and external teamsAbility to learn the use of proprietary CRM tools for planning and forecasting sales growthLead a team of high-performing sales associates to deliver against deadlines and produce high-quality resultsProficient in Microsoft Applications Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook)Excellent organizational and project management skills, including the ability to execute multiple initiatives at the same timeBusiness and restaurant operations acumen to manage sophisticated customersDemonstrated experience with building trust with a prospective customer and securing new businessDemonstrated skills in the area of consultative selling, networking, and negotiationsProactive, self-directed, with the ability to structure a weekly schedule to be successfulDemonstrates mastery of skills in the areas of consultative selling, marketing principles, product lines, prospecting, networking, coaching, training, presentation, and negotiationsAbility to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general publicAbility to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization existsAbility to successfully engage and lead individual and team discussions and meetingsAbility to apply all relevant policies in a consistent, timely, and objective mannerUnderstanding of Sysco's key business metricsAbility to work in a disciplined manner and capable of following established procedures, practices, and comply with local, state, and federal regulationsReports to work promptly and regularly; works well with others; demonstrates the ability to consistently meet deadlinesTo be successful in this position, the individual performing the duties must successfully demonstrate all the Leadership Framework competencies for this positionAffirmative Action Statement : Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer, and consider qualified applicants without regard to race, color, creed, religion, ancestry, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, veteran status, or any other protected factor under federal, state, or local law. This opportunity is available through Sysco Corporation, its subsidiaries, and affiliates.