Outside Sales Representative

Job Responsibilities:

• Providing extraordinary customer service to assigned accounts
• Developing, building and maintaining customer relationship and new business
• Maintaining, identifying and increasing sales of old and new accounts
• Generating potential new accounts through connecting with decision-makers and presenting benefits/features of a General Produce relationship
• Training new accounts on General Produce procedures including order placement, web ordering and others
• Answering questions, investigating, resolving and providing information to customers in response to inquiries, concerns regarding product, prices, services and delivery dates
• Maintaining a working knowledge on the products the customers carry
• Increase company market share for our products and brands
• Participating with Procurement and Sales Departments in developing new items and special requests
• Working effectively with the Operations Department to resolve issues related to delivery, quality and others

Experience you will need:

• Excellent sales and customer service skills
• Ability to write promotional ads
• Proficiency in Windows-based computer applications
• Maintain a valid California Driver License with one point or less on DMV record
• Two to three years of college with coursework in marketing, sales, and business
• Position requires five to six year's retail or wholesale produce industry sales experience