Sales Manager

Overview:
Imperial Dade, a leading North American distributor, has a Sales Manager role available in Houston, TX. Join a strong and continuously evolving group, helping to continue to grow our business. If you're eager for your next challenge, Imperial Dade is a great place to take that next step.

Relocation is available.

Imperial Dade is the leading independently owned and operated distributor of foodservice packaging and janitorial supplies in North America. As a provider of customized supply chain solutions, we serve customers in many business-to-business market segments including restaurants, grocery stores, healthcare, sports and entertainment, and cruise lines. Founded in 1935 and headquartered in New Jersey, Imperial Dade serves as a mission-critical partner to more than 90,000 customers through our footprint of 125+ branches.

All correspondence will come directly from Imperial Dade and not a personal email address.

Responsibilities:
You will:

Collaborate with senior executives to establish and execute sales goals for the area

Establish sales objectives by forecasting and developing annual sales quotas

Project expected sales volume and profit for existing and new products

Identify opportunities for improvement and expense reduction

Stay current with new trends, economic indicators, and competitor activity

Select, recruit, coach, and counsel team members to ensure strong results

Together with the team, build and maintain strong, trusting relationships with key customers

Partner with the team to nurture and develop new customer opportunities

Manage, develop, coach, counsel, and motivate the sales team

Educate the sales team through regular meetings, seminars, and training.

Qualifications:
You have:

5+ years of sales experience (Jan/San or Food Service)

3+ years of sales leadership experience

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Excellent communication and organization skills

Proficiency in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint

Excellent strategic & creative problem-solving skills

We offer a dynamic environment for our more than 7,500 employees to work, learn, and grow professionally. We value our people and strive to create rewarding career opportunities by offering competitive salaries and benefits (medical, dental, vision), a 401(k) program with company match, a shared ownership program, life insurance, a generous paid time off package, educational reimbursement, paid family leave, and adoption assistance. We are excited to invite talented individuals with a passion for excellence to join our team.

Imperial Dade is an EEO Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, pregnancy, status as a parent, national origin, age, disability (physical or mental), family medical history, or genetic information, political affiliation, military service, or other non-merit-based factors.