Inside Sales Coordinator

About The Chefs' Warehouse
The Chefs' Warehouse, Inc. (http://www.chefswarehouse.com) combines exceptional quality and brand building with broadline food service distribution for more than 35 years. With Protein, Specialty, Produce, and Broadline offerings, we service the most discerning chefs in a hybrid approach of convenience and superior quality. We introduce more than 2,000 artisan producers of the world’s finest ingredients from over 40 countries to the finest chefs in the world. We passionately consult, sell, and build relationships with more than 35,000 customers through the most experienced network of over 600 consultive sales associates, best-in-breed technology, rapid service, and support levels that solidify our long-standing ties to both established and up-and-coming premium restaurants.

Mission: The mission of The Chefs’ Warehouse is to provide the world’s greatest ingredients to the world’s best chefs.

Our C.H.E.F.S. Values:

Curious & Creative

Hungry For Food & Results

Entrepreneurial

Forward Thinking & Flexible

Supportive (Of Peers & Chefs)

Seattle Sales Coordinator

Chefs Warehouse is committed to supporting the Pacific Northwest food community with integrity, compassion, and drive. As a key member of our rapidly growing organization, The Sales Coordinator acts as a liaison among all departments - sales, operations, and purchasing/logistics. This position will be the main resource for many inventory-related tasks as well as the point-person for staff training, education, and an overall resource for both internal and external communications. This is a dynamic position with room for creative growth.

Expectations

-- The Sales Coordinator will own and manage all inventory research including receiving shorts, past due Purchase Orders, and general inventory review to mitigate out of stocks and expiration.

-- Owner and facilitator of the daily selling activity to move short, coded product included perishable and non-perishable items- have alignment with operations.

-- Work with marketing to support the outside sales team in launching new products.

-- Coordinate with our vendor partners to broker guaranteed sales and samples to support item launches, re-launches, and market work.

-- Outside Sales Associate support – fielding questions regarding pricing, inventory, ETAs.

-- Backup support to sales management to assist with stretch assignments as required.

-- Occasional vacation coverage for both Inside and Outside Sales Associates.

-- Self-starter, professional, goal oriented and able to handle multiple tasks

Requirements

-- Greater Seattle based, this is an in-office position 

-- Foodservice or purchasing experience is preferred.

-- Experience with Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Outlook, Word)

-- Extensive experience in all aspects of Customer Relationship Management.

-- Outstanding verbal and written communication skills

-- - Strong understanding of Food Service and Retail customers and market dynamics and requirements.

-- Willingness to travel and work in a team of Food Service professionals (5-10% travel, 90-95% in office/remote)

-- Proven leadership and ability to drive an agenda.

-- Flexibility: ability to work well with all departments and levels of staff both internally & externally

-- Manage a small territory of House accounts, build and maintain sales with help of sales management 

-- Ability to read, analyze, and interpret sales data and trends

-- Self-starter with initiative and exceptional communication skills

Benefits

-- Paid Vacations, Paid Holidays

-- Health, Dental and Medical Benefits

-- Weekly pay

-- Life Insurance

-- 5% above cost for our high-quality food products

-- Employee discounts for travel and events

-- 401k

#LI-LD1

The above job description is not an all-inclusive list of duties and standards of the position. Incumbents will follow any other instructions, and perform any other related duties as assigned by their supervisor.

Perks & Benefits:

• Paid Vacations, Paid Holidays
• Health, Dental and Medical Benefits
• Weekly pay
• Life Insurance
• 5% above cost for our high-quality food products
• Employee discounts for travel and events
• 401k
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan

The Chefs' Warehouse is an Equal Opportunity Employer that does not discriminate based on actual or perceived race, creed, color, religion, alienage or national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, disability or handicap, sex, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation, pregnancy, gender identity or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law. Our management team is dedicated to this policy with respect to recruitment, hiring, placement, promotion, transfer, training, compensation, benefits, employee activities and general treatment during employment. We are dedicated to building an inclusive and diverse workforce.