Job Description
Job Description
Allen Brothers Commitment to Excellence
Consistent Quality | Responsible and Strategic Sourcing | Unmatched Craftsmanship / Service
The Elite Brand Since 1893
Allen Brothers sources the highest quality product available in the market. Our team of master butchers hand cuts each piece of consistently aged meat to perfection. Delivering excellence, for 130+ years. Allen Brothers has proudly stood as a symbol of excellence for generations and remains committed to leading the way for many more to come.
Allen Brothers passionately consult, sell, and build relationships with customers through the most experienced network of 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 & Allen Brothers 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)
Position Summary: As a key member of our rapidly growing organization, The Food Sales Associate ultimately acts as the face of our company by delivering outstanding customer service and building strong relationships. They will be responsible for selling products for distributor to restaurants and caterers, hotels and retail, establishments or individuals at place of business by performing the following duties.
What you’ll do:
- Sales Associates will adapt the process of cultivating and producing sales revenue through the development and growth of new sales and by increasing sales with existing accounts.
- Compiles lists of prospective customers for use as sales leads, based on information from newspapers, business directories, industry ads, trade shows, Internet Web sites, and other sources.
- Travels throughout assigned territory to call on regular and prospective customers to solicit orders, or talks with customers or by phone.
- Displays or demonstrates product, using samples or catalog, and emphasizes salable features.
- Quotes prices and credit terms and prepares sales contracts for orders obtained.
- Estimates date of delivery to customer, based on knowledge of own firm's production and delivery schedules.
- Prepares reports of business transactions and keeps expense accounts.
- Works with inside sales representatives to keep account activities and literature up to date.
- Tracks stock levels.
- Enters new customer data and other sales data for current customers into computer database.
- Develops and maintains relationships with purchasing contacts.
About you:
- One to two years of related experience in restaurant, food sales, or professional catering
- High energy and enthusiastic
- Candidates must live in the assigned geographic sales area
- Ability to manage multiple, concurrent projects and initiatives
- Outstanding verbal and written communication skills
- Excellent organizational skills with the ability to handle and prioritize multiple projects
- Self-starter. Must ask questions and learn new skills quickly on the job
- Driven, team player that is motivated to take responsibility and ensure successful outcomes across activates
- Ability to work under tight deadlines with short turnarounds in a fast-paced working environment
- College Degree desired but not required
- Past experience working as a Chef highly desired
- High Energy and enthusiastic
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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.
Company DescriptionOne of the leading meat purveyors in North America, Allen Brothers is recognized for outstanding products, industry-leading practices and unrivaled service. From the hand-selection of our meats to our meticulous aging methods and hand-cut custom portioning, every step of the Allen Brothers' process is precise, time consuming, and performed to our customer's exact specifications. No shortcuts, no compromises.
In 2013, The Chefs’ Warehouse, Inc., acquired the Allen Brothers business, now known as Allen Brothers 1893, LLC, as part of its Midwest and center-of-the-plate expansion. Today, Allen Brothers continues to focus on distributing the highest quality meats and other products to the best chefs across the country.
The Chefs’ Warehouse, Inc. ( WWW.CHEFSWAREHOUSE.COM ) is North America’s leading distributor of specialty, protein, and broadline offerings, providing the world’s greatest ingredients to North America’s best chefs for over three decades. From the most dish-dazzling center of the plate proteins to highly sophisticated and luxurious ingredients to integrate across any menu, The Chefs’ Warehouse provides our large base of more than 35,000 customers a world-class variety of products that are 2nd to none: supporting chefs in their pursuit of culinary excellence and making their wildest culinary visions a reality.
We are also proud to share that we are Great Place to Work®-CertifiedTM and live by our values of always being curious and creative, hungry for food and for results, entrepreneurial, flexible and supportive of our peers and our clients.
Company Description
One of the leading meat purveyors in North America, Allen Brothers is recognized for outstanding products, industry-leading practices and unrivaled service. From the hand-selection of our meats to our meticulous aging methods and hand-cut custom portioning, every step of the Allen Brothers' process is precise, time consuming, and performed to our customer's exact specifications. No shortcuts, no compromises.\r\n\r\nIn 2013, The Chefs’ Warehouse, Inc., acquired the Allen Brothers business, now known as Allen Brothers 1893, LLC, as part of its Midwest and center-of-the-plate expansion. Today, Allen Brothers continues to focus on distributing the highest quality meats and other products to the best chefs across the country.\r\n\r\nThe Chefs’ Warehouse, Inc. ( WWW.CHEFSWAREHOUSE.COM ) is North America’s leading distributor of specialty, protein, and broadline offerings, providing the world’s greatest ingredients to North America’s best chefs for over three decades. From the most dish-dazzling center of the plate proteins to highly sophisticated and luxurious ingredients to integrate across any menu, The Chefs’ Warehouse provides our large base of more than 35,000 customers a world-class variety of products that are 2nd to none: supporting chefs in their pursuit of culinary excellence and making their wildest culinary visions a reality. \r\n\r\nWe are also proud to share that we are Great Place to Work®-CertifiedTM and live by our values of always being curious and creative, hungry for food and for results, entrepreneurial, flexible and supportive of our peers and our clients.