Market Business Manager

Reports To

Director, Operational Merchandising

Location

Sysco East (Ontario and Quebec)

Type

FT/Permanent

Closing Date

18th Sep 2025

Company Overview

Sysco connects the world to share food and care for one another. Sysco leads from the heart of food and service to deliver the freshest of foods and ideas to restaurants, healthcare and educational facilities, lodging establishments and other customers who prepare meals away from home. Our customers can count on us to deliver on-point products and solutions since only Sysco is the global leader, sitting at the heart of innovation supply, delivery, culinary and more.

With over 57,000 colleagues and a fleet of over 13,000 vehicles, Sysco operates approximately 326 distribution facilities worldwide and serves more than 625,000 customer locations. For fiscal 2022 that ended July 2, 2022, the company generated sales of more than $68 billion USD.

Sysco, one of Canada’s Best Employers 2023, as listed by Forbes, is dedicated to our global corporate social responsibility goals and to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace. 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.

Sysco is more than just a place to work. Our passion for food and our customers has made us the industry leader. To remain on top, we will continue to think bigger, work harder and never give up. Are you ready to drive success?

For more information, visit www.sysco.ca or follow us @SyscoCanada at facebook.com/SyscoCanada; twitter.com/SyscoCanada or instagram.com/SyscoCanada

For a full list of opportunities, visit www.sysco.ca/careers

Role:

Responsible for driving European Imports, Greco, and additional specialty business within the Canada market, providing support to the regional Italian specialists to grow specialty products and drive cuisine strategies as they relate to specialty products

Role Responsibilities:

• Develop relationships within assigned Sysco market level team, regional level teams and follow up on business goals.
• Drives new business through by leading a team of business developers. The business manager will be responsible for the training, day to day coaching and driving of results through the business development team.
• Participate in quarterly and annual business reviews with their assigned Sysco markets, regions and sites.
• Support and participate in training and offer encouragement for the sales force with particular emphasis on facilitating sales through Site Product Specialist.
• Identify underperforming Sysco sites and develop improvement plans.
• Communicate relevant product and marketing information to key Sysco site players.
• Support the sales force in selling products to customers.
• Work with Sysco sales force on facilitating quotes to increase wins.
• Prepare presentations and train and participate in monthly sales meetings at Sysco regions and sites.
• Comply with Sysco’s Food Safety Policy and procedures to ensure food safety, quality and legality requirements are met.
• Understand both the economic and cultural value that a safe organization with minimal environmental impact brings to an organization.
• Is willing to drive Environmental, Health and Safety performance by providing necessary resources and holding their team accountable to complying with EHS programs, policies, and requirements.
• Enable, champion and embrace an inclusive culture.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications/Skills/Job Requirements (About you):

• 2-5 years prior foodservice sales experience
• Specialty food and chain sales experience an asset;
• HS diploma/equivalent required; bachelor’s degree is an asset
• Advanced computer skills required
• Bilingual in French or Italian preferred
• Valid driver’s license with access to a vehicle may be required as there may be travel up to 30%
• Customer centric and internet savvy
• Superior time-management and project management skills including ability to service multiple customers simultaneously; knowledge or marketing principles, product lines, ordering procedures and credit terms; familiarization with customer service activities; inter-departmental communications and
• General finance concepts; ability to manage end to end initiatives through challenging deadlines; ability to sell, multitask and problem solve

Internal candidates apply via the Career Centre on your HR Portal / ADP Workforce Now.

External candidates submit cover letter & resume via www.sysco.ca/careers

Our Purpose:

Connecting the world to share food and care for one another

Our Mission:

Delivering success for our customers through industry-leading people, products and solutions

Our Identity:

Together we define our future of foodservice and supply chain

Sysco is committed to Employment Equity. Accommodations during the recruitment process are available upon request for candidates with disabilities.

Here’s a sample of the many benefits Sysco colleagues enjoy:

Comprehensive Flexible Benefits including Health and Dental, Health Care Spending and Wellness Accounts • Short-Term and Long-Term Disability • Life Insurance • Voluntary Optional Insurance • Parental Leave Plan • Company Pension Plan • Group RRSP & TFSA • Employee and Family Assistance • Stock Purchase Plan • Maple Virtual Care • Unlimited on-line learning • Sysco product discounts • Preferred vendor discounts • Colleague Resource Groups

(*benefits may vary based on location or bargaining unit)