Food Service - College Sourcing - Full-time

Overview:

Acosta’s mission is to be the premier national foodservice sales and marketing agency by delivering superior results for our clients and customers through strategic insight, essential expertise and unparalleled coverage. Combining strategic expertise, innovative technology, integrated solutions, and extensive reach, we provide top-notch sales and marketing services to more than half a million foodservice operators across the United States.

To help achieve our mission, we are considering recent or soon to be college graduates for our Account Manager and Key Account Manger positions in the Foodservice area. Candidates with bachelor’s degrees in business, marketing, hospitality, culinary arts, food service management and related areas are encouraged to apply for these opportunities.

Opportunities will be available nationwide.

Responsibilities:

Foodservice Field Account Manager

The Field Account Manager actively works with the Account Executive assigned to the distributor on a regular basis handling the “day to day” sales side of the business. This individual needs to be able to work closely with the Distributor Account Management Teams to support our principal’s needs as well as those of the distributor. This individual will build and maintain business relationships with independent operators at the assigned distributor in order to understand and successfully promote their products.

Foodservice Key Accounts Manager

The Key Accounts Manager is responsible for planning and executing a customized sales strategy for their unique segment of accounts, including Healthcare, Compliance, K-12, Multi-Unit, Hospitality, and College/University. This individual is deeply knowledgeable in key account segment and builds and maintains close relationships with the Food Service Directors and the Chefs at all assigned operators. The Key Account Manager is always available to their clients, contacting them on a regular basis, participating in local functions, cutting/demonstrating products, training and educating the key personnel and continually working to understand their product needs.