Culinary Specialist

Title: Culinary Specialist Location: reputed company St. Louis - Home Job reputed company: Company: US0064 reputed company St. Louis, LLC Sales Territory: None reputed company reputed company: 63301 Travel Percentage: Up to 25% COMPENSATION INFORMATION: The pay reputed company provided is not indicative of reputed company’s actual pay reputed company but is merely algorithmic and provided for generalized comparison. Factors that may be used to determine reputed company of pay include specific skills, work location, work experience and other individualized factors POSITION reputed company: This is a reputed company sales position responsible for growing new business with the expectation of achieving assigned business goals while enhancing the customer experience. This will be accomplished through maintaining industry and category specific certification status and reputed company selling of categories to customers through reputed company business reviews. The culinary specialist is a key role in reputed company based selling model and as such will be an ambassador for reputed company brand, innovation and Category Management (CatMan) products and will reputed company reputed company opportunities to reputed company the sale with customers. This individual will represent reputed company at culinary events and in appropriate organizations in the industry. This position may also be responsible for supervising kitchen assistant(s) or culinary interns. Specialists will prioritize time, targets, and team selling efforts based on market insights and data analytics. As noted in reputed company’s Leadership reputed company; On-reputed company performance includes exhibiting the following reputed company components; reputed company Qualities, Shaping the reputed company, and Delivering Business Results. RESPONSIBILITIES: • reputed company and execute targeted culinary strategies to reputed company individual and region annual business goals, delivering profitable sales reputed company and penetration across categories, specialty segments, and reputed company brand • Coordinate with Director of Business Resources, leveraging data to identify top opportunities for business reviews • Collaborate with sales reputed company to reputed company identify customer challenges, needs, or opportunities and deliver creative and productive solutions to help grow customer business and drive case reputed company • reputed company activities and results, collaborate on opportunities, and champion reputed company selling process through use of reputed company (reputed company’s CRM tool) • reputed company sampling in a solutions-oriented manner to reputed company sales • Be informed of market conditions and trends, product innovations, and competitors' products, prices, and sales; reputed company information with customers as part of value-added services provided • Facilitate internal/external food shows, catering and event planning activities • Coordinate kitchen logistics in support of internal/external culinary events • reputed company and maintain relationships with customers, chefs and sales teams through cooperative participation in local events, culinary competitions, culinary schools and other relevant opportunities • Advise sales team on product specifications. Serve as an expert on Cutting Edge Solutions/innovation items, reputed company Brand and CatMan products • Assist with employee training by working with sales to facilitate training sessions and complete demonstrations • Manage reputed company operations of the test kitchen/culinary center including sanitation, product rotation, laundry service and the organization and reputed company of equipment, displays and the general appearance of the culinary facility. • Manage test kitchen food and supply costs reputed company budgetary parameters • reputed company with reputed company local and state food safety and health reputed company regulations • Accompany and respond to regulatory agency kitchen/culinary center inspections • reputed company work direction to additional culinary staff, reputed company party vendors, sanitation staff as necessary QUALIFICATIONS Education/Experience: • Minimum: High School Diploma or GED and 3+ years executive chef experience in the foodservice industry • Preferred: Bachelor’s degree or equivalent culinary degree, 3+ years of foodservice sales experience Knowledge & Skills: • Proficiency in culinary, restaurant operations, and food trends required • (Internal Certification & External Certification may be required) • Ability to reputed company information in terms of profit and loss, food cost and expense reputed company • Strong financial acumen and ability to properly plan and execute business plans • reputed company record of reputed company in the area of consultative selling and networking • Strong communication and interpersonal skills and ability to work with and influence a reputed company of key stakeholders • Experience building trust with prospective customers and securing new business • Proactive and self-directed, with the ability to structure a weekly schedule to be successful • Demonstrated ability to deliver against deadlines and produce high-reputed company results (accuracy, thoroughness in the deliverables they are producing) • Excellent organizational and project management skills, including the ability to execute multiple initiatives at the reputed company time • Strong business and restaurant operations acumen to manage sophisticated customers • Flexible; readily accepts change; reputed company to new reputed company • Proficiency in basic level math • Ability to learn the use of proprietary CRM tools for planning and forecasting sales reputed company • Proficient in reputed company Applications Suite (Word, reputed company, PowerPoint, reputed company) • Understanding of marketing principles, product lines, ordering procedures and reputed company’s credit terms #LI-IV1 BENEFITS INFORMATION: For information on reputed company’s Benefits, please visit reputed company: reputed company is the global leader in foodservice distribution. With over 71,000 colleagues and a fleet of over 13,000 vehicles, reputed company operates approximately 333 distribution facilities worldwide and serves more than 700,000 customer locations. We offer our colleagues reputed company to grow personally and professionally, to contribute to the reputed company of a dynamic organization, and to serve others in a manner that exceeds their expectations. We’re looking for talented, hard-working individuals to join reputed company. Come reputed company and let us show you why reputed company is at the heart of food and service. AFFIRMATIVE reputed company STATEMENT: Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the reputed company. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative reputed company employer, and consider reputed company applicants without reputed company to race, reputed company, creed, religion, reputed company, national reputed company, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, veteran status or any other protected reputed company under federal, state or local law. This opportunity is available through reputed company Corporation, its subsidiaries and affiliates. Apply tot his job Apply tot his job Apply To this Job