Job Description

The Field Sales Consultant is responsible for the development of the business plan based upon pivotal initiatives. The Field Sales Consultant is a highly visible, entrepreneurial role and a key lead in driving the sales strategy for new accounts directly, as well as through matrixed internal and external relationships. This position will focus on driving customer acquisition through interactions with current or developed networks of top organizational leaders in various organizational settings, including premier client environments. This new Director of Business Development will be responsible for a territory inclusive of Texas and Oklahoma.

Job Responsibilities

Team Leader

• Process leadership from contact through strategy, proposal, presentation, and successful conclusion
  •Influence and develop team members without formal authority •Demonstrate personal ownership in prospects and sales process •Create a competitive differential by identifying and developing the right team
  •Manage efforts of proposal development with coordinator
  •Develop knowledge base to ensure proposal compliance and guiding the internal approval process (i.e.: contract requirements)

Client-Focused Sales Acumen

• Research and analyze prospect/client goals and objectives
  •Develop insights that provide opportunities to teach the prospect/client innovative approaches to reach their goals and objectives
  •Deliver client-focused presentations that address client objectives and generate two-way dialogue
  •Demonstrate how ARAMARK’s capabilities meet identified needs and enable success
  •Gain collaborative support for customized solutions
  •Build results-focused relationships with prospective customers •Introduce appropriate ARAMARK team members to further enhance sales process Strategist
  •Develop and lead strategy process with regard to: competitive environment; accounts sales strategy, and territory development strategy
  •Build specific sales strategies for prospects: goals, competitive position, client relations and actions to advance sales opportunities
  •Align ARAMARK’s selling process to the prospects buying process and maintain momentum to advance the sale Innovator •Help develop customer specific solutions
  •Utilize regional and national resources to help "push the envelope" towards market leadership•Develop and introduce tools and techniques for improved efficiency and effectivenessTerritory Manager•Network proactively using traditional and social media methodologies to build relationships in target accounts•Proactively manage territory by developing territory plans and building a pipeline of target accounts to meet current and future growth objectives•Research, identify, qualify, and target market potential•Develop access strategy to initiate contact•Provide appropriate market and competitive information for corporate analysis•Leverage territory opportunities to deliver expected results