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Sales Manager

Saskatoon, SK
On-site
Posted Apr 8, 2026
1 position

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Employment type: Full-time
Experience level: Senior · 5+ years
Minimum education: High school
Posting language: English
Working hours: 40 hours per week

Job summary

The Sales Manager is responsible for leading, training, and developing the branch sales team while managing key customer accounts. They will also coordinate with internal departments to maximize customer satisfaction and assist in developing sales budgets and strategies.

Job details

Your career path has many avenues available for you to succeed. Are you looking to advance at a rate that matches your ambition and skill set? At Bunzl, we understand and 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. At Bunzl, we know that our employees are our number one asset. We seek to recruit and retain the right people who are passionate about our business and we provide opportunities for our employees so that they may progress within our company based on their talents, experiences, and their aptitude. Responsibilities: * Maintain leadership, training and development of branch sales effort, including management of sales representatives * Continue development of key customers and target accounts with on-going growth to ensure meeting or exceeding established expectations * Assist the General Manager with developing the sales budget if required * Communicate and coordinate with internal staff (Purchasing, Customer Service, Warehousing, Accounting and Sales staff) to maximize customer satisfaction * Drive a strong customer service mentality and continue building current customer relationships * Develop and deploy sales and customer specific sales strategies * Travel required to periodic mandatory company meetings, to include overnight stays * Other duties as assigned Requirements: * High School diploma or equivalent; Bachelor's degree or equivalent amount of professional experience required * Minimum of 5 years of sales experience with a proven track record selling in competitive markets, previous supervisory experience preferred * Success in selling an outsourcing program and experience working with food service distributors and multi-location chains is highly preferred * Demonstrated ability to understand market in which you are selling and the deployment of resources that ensure maximum coverage and product exposure * Proficient PC skills required, AS400/iSeries experience is preferred * Must possess executive level communication skills; including the ability to sell the concept of improving operating efficiencies while demonstrating value added benefits to executive management * Success contacting and making presentation to key people within customer organizations from purchasing managers, general managers, presidents and owners * Must possess strong planning, organizational and time management skills, as well as strong analytical problem solving skills * Must be a self-starter with strong leadership skills and a creative initiator with the ability to motivate * Must be team orientated with excellent customer service and selling skills Bunzl Canada Inc. (bunzlcanada.ca [https://bunzlcanada.ca/]) provides the food and retail packaging, cleaning and hygiene products and equipment, safety and industrial supplies which keep over 58,000 Canadian businesses running optimally, every day. We bring our customers the advantage of global sourcing, product innovation and national scale combined with responsive local service and deep category expertise. Bunzl Canada is a certified Great Place to Work®. We are committed to creating an inclusive, equitable and positive working environment for all employees so that they experience a strong sense of belonging, while developing individually and professionally. Bunzl Canada is an operating company of Bunzl [http://bunzl.com/] plc (BNZL.L), a FTSE100 company listed on the London Stock Exchange. With 27,000 employees in over 30 countries, our global presence spans the Americas, Europe, Asia Pacific, and the UK and Ireland. At Bunzl, you’ll find Unlimited Potential… Your Career - - Our Future! Bunzl Canada has a tradition of commitment to equal employment opportunity. It is our established policy to attract and retain the best qualified people without regard to race, colour, religion, national origin, sex/gender (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, age, disability or veteran status as provided by law.

What you’ll do

Requirements

Candidates must have at least 5 years of sales experience, preferably with a background in food service distribution and supervisory roles. A high school diploma is the minimum requirement, though a bachelor's degree or equivalent professional experience is required.