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This position has been segmented as hybrid meaning the work is a combination of approximately 90 percent remote/virtual and 10 percent onsite at distribution center offices located anywhere in the West Region of the United States as follows: Anchorage AK, Everett WA, Fife WA, Spokane WA, Billings MT, Portland OR, Salt Lake City UT, Phoenix AZ, Las Vegas NV, Corona CA, Los Angeles CA, San Francisco CA, Sacramento CA, Reno NV, Fresno CA within a 50 mile distance to the listed Distribution Offices.
This role will most likely be in the office approximately 1 time per month or occasionally for training.
The Account Coordinator (AC) is part of US Foods' team-based selling strategy to drive profitable growth. ACs proactively support Account Executives (AEs) to optimize AE's selling effectiveness by assisting with prioritizing, preparing, performing, and pursuing customer opportunities. ACs will use their knowledge of US Foods' customer contracts, products, services, and tools to support the selling process.
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Schedule
Monday - Friday
8 - 5 PT
Benefits: Full US Foods Benefits - DAY 1!
medical, dental, vision, 401K, life insurance, and much more!
US Foods is one of the largest food distributors with a culture and history of promoting from within, excellent training programs and a continuous improvement focus.
Main Ingredients of the Job
Daily Operations - 5%
Focus on the timely and accurate completion of transactional support including, but not limited to:
Service queue: Monitor AC service queue and take ownership of assigned AE requests
Corporate requests: Monitor customer requirements for assigned AEs / customers provided from USF's National Sales corporate office (Air Traffic Control-ATC). Take timely and accurate action as directed
Sales Support - 70%
Sales planning: Participate in weekly AE collaboration calls, proactively monitor assigned AE's planned customer visits / activities, and take actions to drive profitable growth
Customer impressions: Contribute to the company's outbound customer impression goals by initiating pre-planned customer interaction
Reporting and analytics: Produce and analyze customer-specific reports to facilitate the following opportunities: maximizing customer's contracted product utilization, decreasing slow/dead inventory, improving service levels, tracking complicated orders (customer events, large special orders)
Customer business reviews (CBRs): Prepare CBRs for AE's upcoming customer sales calls, producing materials from existing templates, tracking completion of reviews and providing detailed analysis on the impact to sales; Monitor follow-up from business reviews, including tracking post review activities, action items and communicating to relevant stakeholders to ensure successful follow-up and resolution
Customer product / services: Utilize customer relationship management platform to proactively analyze customer product and service recommendations based on customer-specific knowledge and leverage USF's e-commerce platform to present opportunities to customers
Customer profitability: Make informed product conversion recommendations to AEs to drive profitability; leverage product research on key attributes (nutritional's, price, EB, compliance, etc.). Monitor follow-up from product conversions including coordinating new item requests, submitting customer's forecasted volume to Replenishment (DCTs), and updating customer lists / order guides
Customer rebates: Analyze quarterly bank statements and other rebate programs to identify opportunities to grow profitable sales, make recommendations to AE and customers
Customer promotions (Limited Time Offers - LTOs): Coordinate and track LTOs and new/discontinued items in conjunction with other functions
Customer shopping lists: Set up and proactively maintain customer's master shopping lists and/or order guides to prevent out-of-stocks during customer's ordering cycle; partner with Merchandising to find acceptable customer product substitutes
Customer proprietary inventory: Monitor customer's proprietary slow moving and dead inventory. Produce product listings and usage to AE and customer. Make recommendations to convert slow items to USF's exclusive brands to optimize customer's service level
General ledger coding: Set up and maintain General ledger Coding and Invoice Sequencing based on customer-specific requirements
Customer pricing / credits: Resolve customer pricing concerns with Customer Operations. Upload mass credit/debit requests, as needed.
New customers: Partner with cross-functional partners to ensure timely and accurate new customer set-up, on-boarding, and maintenance
Prospective customers: Analyze prospective customer's product requirements and produce recommended order guides
Other duties as assigned
Customer Retention - 20%
Identification of at-risk customers: Proactively identify at-risk customers based on churn indicators, including tracking category declines, poor service level and skip days; communicate and make recommendations to AEs of at-risk accounts to be fed into SOS processes and Customer Satisfaction routine
Personal Development - 5%
Engage in formal US Foods performance management programs
Actively participate in personal development through conversations with leadership and contributing to the creation of individual development plans
Attend sales meetings to keep apprised of sales strategies and product trainings / cuttings to develop and grow product / vendor knowledge
Relationships
Internal: Customer Contact personnel, National Sales, National Credit, National Customer Maintenance, Merchandising, Replenishment, Revenue Management/ Pricing, Warehouse, Transportation, Finance/Inventory Control and other functions as required
External: US Foods Customers and vendors
What You Bring to the Table
High School diploma/GED or a combination or education and experience equivalent to a high school diploma, required
Associates / Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience, preferred
Three (3) years in a sales, sales support or sales analysis role with a prior track record for providing key customer support and maintaining customer relations is required
Experience with analytics and preparing presentations to report findings required
Food service / distribution experience preferred
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Ability to prioritize workload, meet deadlines and follow through on commitments
Intermediate computer skills including Microsoft Word, Outlook, Excel and PowerPoint required
Ability to learn proprietary US Foods systems: eCommerce, Salesforce.com (SOUS), PRISM, SODS, CDMR, Tandem
Must possess strong analytical, problem-solving, and organizational skills
Ability to interpret data and translate into actionable steps
Team player who collaborates well with others
Ability to work independently and in a collaborative manner
Ability to work calmly under pressure with limited oversight
Ability to learn new processes and technology while working in a changing environment
Ability to work with individuals at all levels both within USF as well as with our customers; demonstrating business maturity
Ability to work overtime during periods of heavier workload
Ability to work holidays if business needs dictate
This role will also receive: overtime compensation?
?Benefits for this role may include health insurance, pre-tax spending accounts, retirement benefits, paid time off, short-term and long-term disability, employee stock purchase plan, and life insurance. To review available benefits, please click here: https://www.usfoods.com/careers/benefits.html .
Compensation depends on relevant experience and/or education, specific skills, function, geographic location, and other factors as applicable by law (for example: state or local minimum wage thresholds). The expected base rate for this role is between
$19 - $36
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US Foods is one of America's great food companies and a leading foodservice distributor, partnering with approximately 300,000 restaurants and foodservice operators to help their businesses succeed. With 28,000 employees and more than 70 locations, US Foods provides its customers with a broad and innovative food offering and a comprehensive suite of e-commerce, technology and business solutions. US Foods is headquartered in Rosemont, Ill., and generates more than $28 billion in annual revenue. Visit www.usfoods.com to learn more.
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