Outside Sales Representative - Foodservice, Hospitality

Ecolab is the global leader in water, hygiene and energy technologies and services. Around the world businesses in foodservice, food processing, hospitality, healthcare, industrial, and oil and gas markets choose Ecolab products and services to keep their environment clean and safe, operate efficiently and achieve sustainability goals.

Join Ecolab's sales team as an Outside Sales Representative - Foodservice, Hospitality in the Chicago, IL market and see why Selling Power magazine has consistently ranked us as a top company to sell for. This sales opportunity is within our industry leading Institutional division, which offers comprehensive chemical products and solutions to meet the needs of customers across the entire food service and hospitality industry. After completing an initial training program, you will be assigned to an existing territory of restaurants, cafeterias, hotels, schools, long term care facilities, and more. You will serve as the face of Ecolab for your customers, providing recommendations on advanced cleaning and sanitation processes and programs to create cleaner, safer, and healthier environments and drive a positive guest experience.

We are looking for candidates who will reside within 30 miles of Chicago, and are willing to be on call for a weekend rotation.

• Complete a paid training program that includes job shadowing, e-learning modules, structured field activities, and customized classroom style training
• Upon completion of training, maintain and grow sales within an existing territory of food service and hospitality accounts, providing customers with sales demos, regular service, and ongoing training
• Cold call and prospect to secure new accounts as you build Ecolab's brand in your market
• Learn customers' warewashing and devise unique solutions as their expert on advanced cleaning and sanitation
• Apply your mechanical aptitude to install and repair dish machines and dispensing systems, leveraging this service to strengthen the customer relationship
• Demonstrate safe equipment use, ensuring that your customers' laundries are fully operational and that customers' are properly trained
• Provide emergency service coverage to appreciative customers

Basic Qualifications:

• Completed Bachelor's Degree
• 1+ years of outside sales experience or any industry-related experience in food service, laundry, housekeeping, hospitality and/or pool and spa
• Ability to lift and/or carry 50 pounds
• Must have a valid driver's license and acceptable Motor Vehicle Record
• Willing to be on call during off hours and during weekend coverage
• No Immigration Sponsorship available

Preferred Qualifications:

• Previous business to business value-add sales experience
• Industry related experience in food service, laundry, housekeeping, hospitality, pool/spa
• Mechanical ability (plumbing, electrical and/or mechanical experience) and problem solving skills to troubleshoot and repair equipment and dispensing systems