Trade Trend Specialist
About the role
Sysco is the global leader in foodservice distribution. With over 71,000 colleagues and a fleet of over 13,000 vehicles, Sysco operates approximately 333 distribution facilities worldwide and serves more than 700,000 customer locations. We offer our colleagues the opportunity to grow personally and professionally, to contribute to the success of a dynamic organization, and to serve others in a manner that exceeds their expectations. We're looking for talented, hard-working individuals to join our team. Come grow with us and let us show you why Sysco is at the heart of food and service.
Compensation
$72,200 - $135,400
Purpose
Trade Trend Specialist owns day‑to‑day program operations for Sysco's vendor engagement programs that provides enhanced visibility, field engagement, and marketing activation across regions. This role orchestrates communications between regional teams and vendors, maintains a consistent operating cadence, and turns data into clear, actionable reporting to accelerate vendor onboarding, training, and sales execution.
Responsibilities
-Program Management
- Lead the end‑to‑end operating rhythm for the Vendor Partnership programs, including calendar, milestones, and deliverables; ensure vendors progress through onboarding and activation gates on schedule.
- Maintain and continuously improve program playbooks (e.g., item launch, marketing guidelines) and best‑practice decks for regional adoption. (Playbooks/guidelines referenced in program docs.) -Communication & Stakeholder Enablement
- Serve as the central point of contact between regional merchandising leaders and program participants; drive transparent updates, decisions, and issue resolution.
- Assist with sales‑facing touchpoints to prioritize partner vendors and ensure structured, high‑impact training engagements.
- Prepare concise briefing notes, FAQs, and weekly status emails to stakeholders. -Data, Dashboards and Reporting
- Own program activity and performance dashboards; collect, validate, and publish standardized weekly and monthly reports for regions and vendors. (Quarterly vendor activity dashboards and "enhanced" dashboards are program elements.)
- Monitor category growth maps, vendor scorecards, and other reports; highlight trends, gaps, and recommended actions.
- Define and enforce data quality standards; partner with Finance/Analytics for metric alignment. -Vendor & Region Engagement
- Manage vendor program onboarding checkpoints (qualification, training content readiness, calendar placement, sales enablement assets). (Vendor qualification criteria outlined in program guidance.)
- Track and escalate blockers (e.g., competing vendor access, content gaps, pricing readiness) to protect program integrity. -Governance & Process
- Maintain a clear "rules of engagement" and participation criteria for sales‑facing activities; ensure consistency across regions.
- Document processes (surveys, huddle submissions, dashboard intake) and drive adoption; audit compliance and close feedback loops.
- Complies with Sysco's Food Safety Policy and procedures to ensure food safety, quality and legality requirements are met.
- Is willing to work safely with minimal environmental impact and understands the importance of reporting all hazards, incidents, and environmental spills immediately to their Supervisor.
- Understands that they play an integral role in their own safety and that of their colleagues and is willing to speak out when hazards are present.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Skills
- 2-4 years in merchandising, partner activation, category management, or program operations; vendor‑facing experience required.
- Experience in retail or foodservice sales is an asset.
- Bachelor's degree in business, marketing, or a related field is preferred.
- Proven ability to run multi‑stakeholder programs across regions with structured cadences and clear SLAs.
- Strong data skills (Excel; familiarity with BI dashboards/Tableau or similar) and experience building standardized reports. (Program tools reference Tableau and scorecards.)
- Exceptional written/verbal communication; comfortable presenting to vendors and field leadership.
- High attention to detail; process thinker who can simplify complexity and drive adoption.
- Asset: Experience with item launch playbooks, omnichannel marketing guidelines, and sales training events. (Program artifacts include launch playbooks and marketing guidelines
Education
Bachelor's degree in business, marketing, or a related field is preferred.
Experience
2-4 years in merchandising, partner activation, category management, or program operations; vendor‑facing experience required.
Physical Demands
Reasonable accommodations will be taken where necessary
Travel Requirements
0-25%
About Sysco Canada Inc.
Our Vision
To be our customers’ most valued and trusted business partner.
Sysco lives at the heart of food and service. We are passionately committed to the success of every customer, supplier partner, community, and associate. We know at the core of achieving this vision is understanding and meeting the needs of our customer. As a result, everything we do begins and ends with our customers. Our passion for food – and for our customers – has made us the industry leader.
Company Overview
Sysco Canada Inc. is made up of approximately 6,000 associates who work hard to ensure the success of every customer, delivering to every major city nationwide. We are proud to contribute to the ongoing success of Sysco Corporation (NYSE: SYY) - the global leader in selling, marketing and distributing food products, equipment and supplies to restaurants, healthcare and educational facilities, lodging establishments, and other customers who prepare meals away from home.
Good things come from working at Sysco.
At Sysco, you’ll have a purpose. Our service impacts more than 500,000 customers each and every day who rely on us to deliver the most important products and services to their success. Sysco is looked to as a trusted advisor who can provide customers with experienced support in growing their business- whether we are helping a family-owned business to compete in a tough market, or providing needed supplies to hospitals and nursing homes, helping our customers succeed is what we do.
At Sysco, we offer our associates the opportunity to grow personally and professionally, to contribute to the success of a dynamic organization, and to serve others in a manner that exceeds expectations.
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Trade Trend Specialist
About the role
Sysco is the global leader in foodservice distribution. With over 71,000 colleagues and a fleet of over 13,000 vehicles, Sysco operates approximately 333 distribution facilities worldwide and serves more than 700,000 customer locations. We offer our colleagues the opportunity to grow personally and professionally, to contribute to the success of a dynamic organization, and to serve others in a manner that exceeds their expectations. We're looking for talented, hard-working individuals to join our team. Come grow with us and let us show you why Sysco is at the heart of food and service.
Compensation
$72,200 - $135,400
Purpose
Trade Trend Specialist owns day‑to‑day program operations for Sysco's vendor engagement programs that provides enhanced visibility, field engagement, and marketing activation across regions. This role orchestrates communications between regional teams and vendors, maintains a consistent operating cadence, and turns data into clear, actionable reporting to accelerate vendor onboarding, training, and sales execution.
Responsibilities
-Program Management
- Lead the end‑to‑end operating rhythm for the Vendor Partnership programs, including calendar, milestones, and deliverables; ensure vendors progress through onboarding and activation gates on schedule.
- Maintain and continuously improve program playbooks (e.g., item launch, marketing guidelines) and best‑practice decks for regional adoption. (Playbooks/guidelines referenced in program docs.) -Communication & Stakeholder Enablement
- Serve as the central point of contact between regional merchandising leaders and program participants; drive transparent updates, decisions, and issue resolution.
- Assist with sales‑facing touchpoints to prioritize partner vendors and ensure structured, high‑impact training engagements.
- Prepare concise briefing notes, FAQs, and weekly status emails to stakeholders. -Data, Dashboards and Reporting
- Own program activity and performance dashboards; collect, validate, and publish standardized weekly and monthly reports for regions and vendors. (Quarterly vendor activity dashboards and "enhanced" dashboards are program elements.)
- Monitor category growth maps, vendor scorecards, and other reports; highlight trends, gaps, and recommended actions.
- Define and enforce data quality standards; partner with Finance/Analytics for metric alignment. -Vendor & Region Engagement
- Manage vendor program onboarding checkpoints (qualification, training content readiness, calendar placement, sales enablement assets). (Vendor qualification criteria outlined in program guidance.)
- Track and escalate blockers (e.g., competing vendor access, content gaps, pricing readiness) to protect program integrity. -Governance & Process
- Maintain a clear "rules of engagement" and participation criteria for sales‑facing activities; ensure consistency across regions.
- Document processes (surveys, huddle submissions, dashboard intake) and drive adoption; audit compliance and close feedback loops.
- Complies with Sysco's Food Safety Policy and procedures to ensure food safety, quality and legality requirements are met.
- Is willing to work safely with minimal environmental impact and understands the importance of reporting all hazards, incidents, and environmental spills immediately to their Supervisor.
- Understands that they play an integral role in their own safety and that of their colleagues and is willing to speak out when hazards are present.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Skills
- 2-4 years in merchandising, partner activation, category management, or program operations; vendor‑facing experience required.
- Experience in retail or foodservice sales is an asset.
- Bachelor's degree in business, marketing, or a related field is preferred.
- Proven ability to run multi‑stakeholder programs across regions with structured cadences and clear SLAs.
- Strong data skills (Excel; familiarity with BI dashboards/Tableau or similar) and experience building standardized reports. (Program tools reference Tableau and scorecards.)
- Exceptional written/verbal communication; comfortable presenting to vendors and field leadership.
- High attention to detail; process thinker who can simplify complexity and drive adoption.
- Asset: Experience with item launch playbooks, omnichannel marketing guidelines, and sales training events. (Program artifacts include launch playbooks and marketing guidelines
Education
Bachelor's degree in business, marketing, or a related field is preferred.
Experience
2-4 years in merchandising, partner activation, category management, or program operations; vendor‑facing experience required.
Physical Demands
Reasonable accommodations will be taken where necessary
Travel Requirements
0-25%
About Sysco Canada Inc.
Our Vision
To be our customers’ most valued and trusted business partner.
Sysco lives at the heart of food and service. We are passionately committed to the success of every customer, supplier partner, community, and associate. We know at the core of achieving this vision is understanding and meeting the needs of our customer. As a result, everything we do begins and ends with our customers. Our passion for food – and for our customers – has made us the industry leader.
Company Overview
Sysco Canada Inc. is made up of approximately 6,000 associates who work hard to ensure the success of every customer, delivering to every major city nationwide. We are proud to contribute to the ongoing success of Sysco Corporation (NYSE: SYY) - the global leader in selling, marketing and distributing food products, equipment and supplies to restaurants, healthcare and educational facilities, lodging establishments, and other customers who prepare meals away from home.
Good things come from working at Sysco.
At Sysco, you’ll have a purpose. Our service impacts more than 500,000 customers each and every day who rely on us to deliver the most important products and services to their success. Sysco is looked to as a trusted advisor who can provide customers with experienced support in growing their business- whether we are helping a family-owned business to compete in a tough market, or providing needed supplies to hospitals and nursing homes, helping our customers succeed is what we do.
At Sysco, we offer our associates the opportunity to grow personally and professionally, to contribute to the success of a dynamic organization, and to serve others in a manner that exceeds expectations.