Route Sales Representative

At Aramark, the Route Sales Representative builds business partnerships with customers and is dedicated to meeting their expectations and requirements. The role involves engaging in ongoing conversations with key decision‑makers, using that information to improve product offerings and services, capitalizing on sales opportunities, and focusing on account retention with an account ownership mentality.

• Meet sales expectations and promote overall route growth, service agreement renewal, and customer retention to enhance the profitability of the market center.
• Identify opportunities to solicit new business and increase revenue through selling new items to current customers and obtaining new accounts.
• Establish and maintain effective and respectful relationships with customers, providing outstanding customer service by maintaining an account ownership mentality.
• Focus on account retention and seek opportunities to improve the account by being the primary responder to all customer issues and opportunities.
• Ensure products are loaded and unloaded safely, proper items and quantities of merchandise are delivered on schedule, merchandise is stocked, products are rotated, and all equipment is maintained and cleaned.
• Operate company vehicles safely and courteously while following the rules of the road.
• Verify daily preventative maintenance of the vehicle and keep the interior clean, organized, and safely maintained, complying with all DOT requirements.
• Install and maintain appropriate inventory levels at customer locations and ensure proper quality and working condition.
• Maintain a complete and accurate accounting of all monies and product daily in accordance with established guidelines.
• Practice attentive and active listening and communicate effectively under adverse conditions through the internal/external communication process.
• Communicate with the GM, RSM, CSM, and CSA regarding customers, reporting on pending problems, or evidence of competitors in customer locations.

1–2 years of experience in a position requiring heavy public contact.

Must have a valid driver’s license and be able to obtain DOT certification to operate DOT regulated vehicles.

Ability to communicate at high efficiency and effectiveness with clients and operations staff.

Ability to respond quickly to changing demands.

Incumbent must be proficient or able to be trained to sell product to customers.

Must have good interpersonal and customer‑service skills.

Must possess an acceptable driving record in accordance with the CMV policy and a valid driver’s license.

Client interaction, communication, organization/time management are critical to the success of this role.

The ability to work efficiently and independently is important as well.

We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, gender, pregnancy, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, military status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to these characteristics.