Field-based role managing a NSW foodservice territory: build relationships with customers and distributors, run product demos, grow accounts, deliver KPIs, maintain CRM records, and travel regionally (quarterly overnight trips).
Position Title:Foodservice Sales Representative, NSW
Position Type: Regular - Full-Time
Requisition ID: 43909
In every role, McCainers are ambitious, curious, and passionate about creating exceptional work experiences - together. With a customer-first mindset, we make doing business with McCain easy.
About the role.
This is a field-based sales role managing a territory across Sydney CBD, North Sydney, Eastern Suburbs, Inner West, North Shore, Northern Beaches, Northwest Sydney, Paramatta, and Tamworth.
You'll spend most of your time out with customers, visiting sites, building relationships, and identifying opportunities to grow our presence. A big part of the role is being proactive: showing up, starting conversations, and finding ways to add value.
You'll work with a diverse customer base ranging from independent operators through to premium hospitality venues across some of Sydney's most dynamic Foodservice markets.
You'll work a structured weekly rhythm:
Travel to Tamworth and surrounding areas is required approximately once per quarter and will include overnight stays.
Success in this role comes from staying consistent, thinking on your feet, and building strong relationships, even during challenging conversations. You'll be working across a competitive market and managing relationships with both customers and distributor partners, strong relationship-building skills and commercial awareness are essential. It takes time to build momentum, so your initial focus will be on learning the territory, understanding your customers, and building strong relationships to support long-term growth.
What you'll be doing.
What you'll need to be successful.
About the team.
Reporting to the Field Sales Manager NSW, you'll be part of a close-knit Foodservice field team made up of experienced Sales Representatives and newer team members who bring fresh perspectives.
The team takes pride in what they do, supports one another, and holds a high bar for performance and accountability, while maintaining a collaborative and positive working environment. While much of the role is spent on the road, the team stays closely connected through regular collaboration and weekly office connection.
About McCain.
Click Here to learn more about McCain and how we provide you with opportunities to make an impact that matters.
Leadership principles.
At McCain, our leadership principles guide how we engage with customers, collaborate as a team, and achieve success. We focus on understanding customer needs, driving innovation, empowering people, and taking ownership to clear obstacles and deliver results.
The McCain experience.
We are McCain. This statement is a testament to our collective strength and our individual value. Your contributions play a vital role in our success. Our winning culture is rooted in authenticity and trust, empowering us to bring out the best in one another. Here, you'll find opportunities to learn, grow, and thrive. Join us and experience why we're better together.
#LI-IT1, #LI-Hybrid
*We've got this covered! No external agency support required and unsolicited CVs will not be considered.
McCain Foods is an equal opportunity employer. As a global family-owned company, we strive to be the employer of choice in the diverse communities around the world in which we live and work. We recognize that inclusion drives our creativity, resilience, and success and makes our business stronger. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.
McCain is an accessible employer. If you require an accommodation throughout the recruitment process (including alternate formats of materials or accessible meeting rooms), please let us know and we will work with you to find appropriate solutions.
Your privacy is important to us. By submitting personal data or information to us, you agree this will be handled in accordance with McCain's Global Privacy Policy and Global Employee Privacy Policy , as applicable. McCain leverages AI in the hiring process, though all final decisions are made by humans. You can understand our approach to AI and how your personal information is being handled here .
Job Family: Sales
Location(s): AU - Australia : New South Wales : Sydney
Company: McCain Foods (Aust) Pty.
Position Type: Regular - Full-Time
Requisition ID: 43909
In every role, McCainers are ambitious, curious, and passionate about creating exceptional work experiences - together. With a customer-first mindset, we make doing business with McCain easy.
About the role.
This is a field-based sales role managing a territory across Sydney CBD, North Sydney, Eastern Suburbs, Inner West, North Shore, Northern Beaches, Northwest Sydney, Paramatta, and Tamworth.
You'll spend most of your time out with customers, visiting sites, building relationships, and identifying opportunities to grow our presence. A big part of the role is being proactive: showing up, starting conversations, and finding ways to add value.
You'll work with a diverse customer base ranging from independent operators through to premium hospitality venues across some of Sydney's most dynamic Foodservice markets.
You'll work a structured weekly rhythm:
- Monday to Thursday: on the road visiting customers across your territory
- Friday: based in the Sydney office for planning, admin and team connection
Travel to Tamworth and surrounding areas is required approximately once per quarter and will include overnight stays.
Success in this role comes from staying consistent, thinking on your feet, and building strong relationships, even during challenging conversations. You'll be working across a competitive market and managing relationships with both customers and distributor partners, strong relationship-building skills and commercial awareness are essential. It takes time to build momentum, so your initial focus will be on learning the territory, understanding your customers, and building strong relationships to support long-term growth.
What you'll be doing.
- Manage and grow a portfolio of Foodservice customers across your territory
- Proactively seek out new business opportunities and convert them into ongoing relationships
- Build strong relationships with end-users and key customer contacts, while developing effective partnerships with distributor representatives to support product availability, growth and execution within your territory
- Spend time in the field each day, engaging customers, understanding their needs, and responding to challenges
- Run product demonstrations ("cook-ups") to showcase the McCain range and drive interest within accounts
- Increase product ranging, profitability and drive presence within existing accounts
- Deliver targets and KPIs through Cycle Plans and market initiatives
- Plan and prioritise your call cycle across metro and regional areas
- Maintain accurate records in CRM and track opportunities, risks, and performance
- Develop an understanding of customer and distributor commercial drivers, including pricing, margins and growth opportunities
- Work closely with the broader Foodservice team to share insights and improve results
What you'll need to be successful.
- Experience in a customer-facing sales or service role (Foodservice, hospitality, FMCG, retail or similar), with Foodservice or closely related industry experience preferred
- A strong self-starter mindset with the ability to manage your own time and territory
- Confidence building relationships and engaging a wide range of customers
- Demonstrated ability to build and maintain strong relationships with both end-users and distributor partners
- Strong negotiation skills and the ability to influence a range of stakeholders
- Commercial awareness and some understanding of customer profitability, distributor margins and business drivers
- Resilience, with the ability to handle rejection, solve problems and adapt to changing circumstances
- Strong organisational skills and confidence using systems (e.g. Salesforce, Excel, Outlook)
- Ability to work independently while contributing to a team environment
About the team.
Reporting to the Field Sales Manager NSW, you'll be part of a close-knit Foodservice field team made up of experienced Sales Representatives and newer team members who bring fresh perspectives.
The team takes pride in what they do, supports one another, and holds a high bar for performance and accountability, while maintaining a collaborative and positive working environment. While much of the role is spent on the road, the team stays closely connected through regular collaboration and weekly office connection.
About McCain.
Click Here to learn more about McCain and how we provide you with opportunities to make an impact that matters.
Leadership principles.
At McCain, our leadership principles guide how we engage with customers, collaborate as a team, and achieve success. We focus on understanding customer needs, driving innovation, empowering people, and taking ownership to clear obstacles and deliver results.
The McCain experience.
We are McCain. This statement is a testament to our collective strength and our individual value. Your contributions play a vital role in our success. Our winning culture is rooted in authenticity and trust, empowering us to bring out the best in one another. Here, you'll find opportunities to learn, grow, and thrive. Join us and experience why we're better together.
#LI-IT1, #LI-Hybrid
*We've got this covered! No external agency support required and unsolicited CVs will not be considered.
McCain Foods is an equal opportunity employer. As a global family-owned company, we strive to be the employer of choice in the diverse communities around the world in which we live and work. We recognize that inclusion drives our creativity, resilience, and success and makes our business stronger. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.
McCain is an accessible employer. If you require an accommodation throughout the recruitment process (including alternate formats of materials or accessible meeting rooms), please let us know and we will work with you to find appropriate solutions.
Your privacy is important to us. By submitting personal data or information to us, you agree this will be handled in accordance with McCain's Global Privacy Policy and Global Employee Privacy Policy , as applicable. McCain leverages AI in the hiring process, though all final decisions are made by humans. You can understand our approach to AI and how your personal information is being handled here .
Job Family: Sales
Location(s): AU - Australia : New South Wales : Sydney
Company: McCain Foods (Aust) Pty.
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