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Description: Join a Team That Delivers Freshness, Builds Relationships, and Grows Together!Are you passionate about building customer relationships, driving sales, and making a difference every day? At Alsum Farms & Produce, you'll have the opportunity to represent a trusted, family-owned company known for delivering the freshest fruits and vegetables while providing exceptional customer service.As a Sales Representative, you'll be responsible for growing existing customer relationships, developing new business opportunities, coordinating delivery routes and driver schedules, and collaborating with our team to create weekly promotional advertisements that help our customers succeed.If you enjoy a fast-paced environment, thrive on building lasting partnerships, and want to be part of a team committed to excellence, we'd love to hear from you!What You'll Do:Sell fresh fruits and vegetables, including potatoes and onions, to existing and prospective customers.Develop new customer accounts while strengthening current relationships.Coordinate delivery routes and assist with driver scheduling to ensure outstanding customer service.Provide input for weekly advertising and promotional opportunities.Collaborate with operations, transportation, and sales teams to exceed customer expectations every day. Why Alsum? At Alsum Farms & Produce, our people are the heart of everything we do. We believe in supporting one another, celebrating successes, and creating opportunities for growth.Always improving. Always serving. Always winning together. Exceeding expectations every day.If you're looking for more than just a job, if you're looking for a career where your contributions matter, we encourage you to apply today! Requirements: POSITION SUMMARY: Responsible for selling fruits and vegetables (including potatoes and onions) to local accounts, selling new accounts, helping with routing trucks, driver's schedules, and offering input on writing of weekly Ad lists. ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:Contributing to the sales and profit goals for the CompanyAchieving individual sales and margin objectives for assigned customers and new business prospectsProvide inside sales support for current retail accounts by calling specific retailers on their respective order daysComplete telephone selling and become familiar with the Alsum line of products and distribution capabilities Travel to retail sales calls on an as needed basis for resets or account relationsUp to two or three days per week will be for field sales calls to assigned new business prospects to develop new customers and markets for expansion and growthAssist with general sales order entry on an as needed basisWork with sales team on special projects and look for opportunities to streamline processesPrepare account presentations and business reviewsDevelop personal skills and experience in sales, customer service, computer knowledge, truck routing and scheduling, and customer communication to maximize productivity and sales outputResponsible for assisting the retail team with purchasing various fresh fruits and vegetablesSet selling price for the fresh fruits and vegetables that you are responsible for purchasing, ensuring that costs are covered and margin goals are achievedPerform other related duties as necessary or assignedEDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:High School diploma or equivalentAssociate or bachelor's degree in business or marketing is preferred, but not requiredREQUIRED SKILLS AND ABILITIES:Two to five years of retail grocery or foodservice experience desired, preferably in produce or other perishablesStrong communications skills and analytical abilityComputer experience and ability to prepare account presentationsPositive attitude with track record of success in salesSelf-starter and motivatedAbility to get results in sales of fresh produce commodities in a competitive retail and foodservice environmentUnderstanding of developing relationships with customers and providing excelle