Sales Representative: Wholesale Food

Michael’s Finer Meats and Seafoods is looking for a self-starting, professional, customer-service-minded individual with a winner’s mind set.  This person will join our established team in order to escalate our already rapid growth in the Cleveland area.  Michael’s, known throughout the Midwest as the “Center of the Plate Specialists�, has built our business on two non-negotiable concepts:  Superior product quality and extraordinarily close customer relationships.  We do much more than supply food to the top fine dining restaurants, private clubs, and caterers; we are a trusted partner with these establishments, providing solutions as well as products.  Our customers trust us to provide consistent and reliable products and customer service so they can concentrate on serving their guests.  As a result, we enjoy great respect in the marketplace as well as a strong market position.

 

 

Necessary Qualities: Critical to success is a winner’s mind set:  Committed to constant personal growth and improvement Enjoys competition and thrives on having their performance measured and compared to others, both inside and outside the organization Tenacious, determined to succeed Successfully balances individual performance with team achievement Sets and achieves goals Is coachable Motivated by opportunity to increase personal income by increasing performance Able to handle many tasks/customers simultaneously Skilled relationship builder Excellent verbal and written communication skills Professional, businesslike appearance and demeanor Outgoing, personable, conversational

 

  Needs-based professional sales background a plus but not required. Food wholesaling background a plus but not required. Mid- to upper-level food service (chef, buyer, general manager, etc.) background a plus but not required.