Route Sales Manager

Route Sales Manager

The Route Sales Manager is responsible for the supervision, support, and growth of a team of Route Drivers and Route Sales representatives. Must be able to communicate daily with clientele as well as upper management.

Job Responsibilities include:

• Driving profitability and growth of existing and potential customers and maintaining the market center’s total managed volume.
• Developing the Service and Safety culture and utilizing Route Sales leadership skills in building employee performance to grow base business and enhance client partnerships.
• Utilizing strategic and leadership skills to facilitate employee selection, development, retention, and strong customer relationships.
• Ensuring optimal route sales execution.
• Resolving route service issues for clients, visiting client sites when needed to follow up and/or evaluate issues.
• Owning and fostering effective communication at all levels of the organization.
• Planning, scheduling, assigning, and monitoring daily route assignments to ensure clients are serviced by company standards and agreements.
• Providing route sales employees with ongoing feedback to include recognition and/or coaching on route growth opportunities, performance productivity, sales skills development, service partnerships, safety, equipment operation, routing, vehicle inspection, and client retention risk.
• Maintaining all business records, documentation, and administrative standards as required to include personnel records, delivery and invoice records, product and asset inventories, DOT requirements, and client sales, contact, and pricing.

Qualifications include:

• Prior management or supervisory experience preferred.
• Requires a minimum of 2-4 years of experience in transportation, logistics, or related tasks.
• Bachelor’s Degree preferred.
• Must have a valid driver’s license and be able to obtain DOT certification to operate DOT regulated vehicles.
• Must have clean driving record for 5 years.
• Client interaction, communication, organization/time management, multi-tasking, and computer skills are critical to the success of this role.
• The ability to work efficiently and independently.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office; specifically, Word, PowerPoint, and Excel.

About Aramark: Rooted in service and united by our purpose, we strive to do great things for each other, our partners, our communities, and our planet. At Aramark, we believe that every employee should enjoy equal employment opportunity and be free to participate in all aspects of the company. 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 other characteristics protected by applicable law.