Business Solution Specialist

at  Gordon Food Service

Welcome to Gordon Food Service! We are excited that you are thinking about opportunities with us, and we have an amazing story to share. See below for a quick glance of who we are and the impact you could have on the food service industry. There’s a seat at our table for you…
Business Solutions Specialist develops relationships with and provides value-added services to select current and potential customers. Assists in the development of regional segment business plans and provides business segment expertise to the regional sales and marketing team.

What you will do:

• Provide relevant business solutions to complement the initiatives of our Sales and Marketing teams, with an ultimate goal of increasing the overall market share of Gordon Food Service.
• Interface and collaborate with key customers to achieve sales and margin goals.
• Execute key customer menu developmental plans for the region.
• Work collaboratively with Product Specialists to provide back of the house consulting to key current and prospective customers to include recipe development, portioning, and plate presentations.
• Work directly with key customers to provide Back of House consulting in areas such as kitchen layout, development of training programs, and Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP) training.
• Provide front of the house consulting to key and prospective customers to include wait staff training, silent shopper evaluations, and menu layout and design.
• Ensures consistent and relevant business solutions training for sales teams, in collaboration with other divisional marketing team members.
• Participate in planning, coordination, and execution of food shows, sales and marketing meetings, and industry events.
• Leverage Home Office content and insights to be used in the division and direct to customers, support adoption, and leverage of tools (ATR, Customer Success).
• Assist in the development of segment business plans. Analyze of trend data and incorporate the data to develop business solutions that strengthen the relationship between GFS and key regional customers.
• Assist in key customer business reviews.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

What you will bring to the table:

• Bachelor degree plus two years previous food service operations experience -or- six years previous food service operations experience in lieu of a bachelor degree.
• Must maintain a valid, unrestricted state driver’s license and safe driving record per GFS policy.

• Provide relevant business solutions to complement the initiatives of our Sales and Marketing teams, with an ultimate goal of increasing the overall market share of Gordon Food Service.
• Interface and collaborate with key customers to achieve sales and margin goals.
• Execute key customer menu developmental plans for the region.
• Work collaboratively with Product Specialists to provide back of the house consulting to key current and prospective customers to include recipe development, portioning, and plate presentations.
• Work directly with key customers to provide Back of House consulting in areas such as kitchen layout, development of training programs, and Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP) training.
• Provide front of the house consulting to key and prospective customers to include wait staff training, silent shopper evaluations, and menu layout and design.
• Ensures consistent and relevant business solutions training for sales teams, in collaboration with other divisional marketing team members.
• Participate in planning, coordination, and execution of food shows, sales and marketing meetings, and industry events.
• Leverage Home Office content and insights to be used in the division and direct to customers, support adoption, and leverage of tools (ATR, Customer Success).
• Assist in the development of segment business plans. Analyze of trend data and incorporate the data to develop business solutions that strengthen the relationship between GFS and key regional customers.
• Assist in key customer business reviews.
• Perform other duties as assigned