Account Executive

Bunzl is excited to hire an experienced Sales Professional in the Fort McMurray or surrounding region, with a focus on the **Cleaning & Hygiene **channel in the areas of Janitorial and Sanitation, Disposable Packaging and Safety PPE products. This is a full-time position, including salary and bonus program with exceptional benefits and an opportunity to become an important part of our rapidly growing company. You must have 3-5 years of experience of successful account sales experience** within a consultative selling distribution market channel, ideally in the Cleaning & Hygiene market.**

This is a perfect position for someone who knows how to manage both simple and complex sales.

**Responsibilities**

You’ll work towards growing your sales and gross margin through the following six (6) sales priorities:

- Identifying, qualifying and selling new customers.
- Introducing and selling product innovation to current customers.
- Introducing and selling product categories to current customers who purchase elsewhere.
- Replacing competitive products of non-preferred vendors with preferred vendor products.
- Upselling current customers to new or replacement products available.
- Introducing and implementing new services that help improve our customers business. Example: Move them from phone orders to E-Commerce.

This position is supported with a comprehensive on-boarding, training and mentoring program designed to help you make an immediate impact on growing your sales and gross margins.

**Requirements**:

- 3-5 years of experience of successful account sales experience within** a consultative selling distribution business, ideally having Cleaning & Hygiene experience.**:

- a college or university degree or comprehensive practical experience
- ability to effectively deliver both verbal and written communication
- a strong aptitude for organization
- experience using MS Office products (Outlook, Word, Excel & Power Point) that help support and supplement a positive customer experience and strong organizational skills.
- Travel is required with this position including overnight stays for the successful client if they don’t live in Ft McMurray.

**New careernew opportunities What are YOU waiting for?**

Bunzl provides the food and retail packaging, cleaning supplies and equipment, safety products and industrial packaging that keeps over 45,000 businesses in Canada running optimally, every day.

Bunzl plc is a global leader with sales in excess of $10 billion. Bunzl North America is headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri, owns and operates more than 100 warehouses with over 5,000 employees and 400,000 plus suppliers.

At Bunzl, we want to invest in you. With our multi-career options, you’ll not only be able to find the adventure you are looking for today but can be confident that new opportunities will be there for advancement in your future. We know that our employees are our number one asset. That’s why we recruit and retain people who are passionate about delivering the very best for our customers. We provide opportunities for our employees to progress within our company based on their talents, experiences, and aptitude.
- Bunzl Distribution offers competitive salaries, a comfortable work environment, and a full range of benefits including an RRSP with a company match._
- Bunzl Distribution has a tradition of commitment to equal employment opportunity. It is the established policy to attract and retain the best qualified people without regard to race, perceived race, ancestry, place of origin, national origin, colour, ethnic origin, citizenship, creed, sex, sexual orientation, age, record of offences, marital status, family status, disability, social circumstances, political belief and/or source of income; or any other prohibited ground of discrimination as defined in the applicable Human Rights Legislation._

**Experience**: Preferred
- 3 - 10 years: Consultative Selling

**Behaviors**: Preferred
- Dedicated: Devoted to a task or purpose with loyalty or integrity
- Detail Oriented: Capable of carrying out a given task with all details necessary to get the task done well

**Motivations**: Required
- Self-Starter: Inspired to perform without outside help