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Senior Manager, Local Sales Growth Strategy

Houston, Texas

Overview

At Sysco, we're building long-lasting customer relationships through our top-quality products and services, innovative technology solutions and extraordinary sales colleagues. Here, you’ll leverage our comprehensive, industry-leading training with your outgoing nature, creativity, strategic thinking and commitment to excellence to set your customers up for success. This allows your customers to grow their business—and you to grow your career.

  • Full time
  • Travel: Up to 25%

Senior Manager, Local Sales Growth Strategy

Sysco Corporate

Job ID R238065 Date posted 02/16/2026

Employment Type Full time

Company name US6469 Sysco Payroll, Division of Sysco Resources Services, LLC

Compensation Range The pay range provided is not indicative of Sysco’s actual pay range but is merely algorithmic and provided for generalized comparison. Factors that may be used to determine rate of pay include specific skills, work location, work experience and other individualized factors

Job Profile Summary Sysco’s Local Sales Customer Growth Strategy team is driving the evolution of how we engage with our customers to enable their success and drive growth. Delivering a comprehensive strategy and experience requires blending the best of our people with new programs and initiatives that are grounded with insights and analytics. We strive to ensure the right product, the right offer, and the right message, at the right time in every touchpoint with our customers.

Description

Job Summary:

Sysco’s Local Sales Customer Growth Strategy team is driving the evolution of how we engage with our customers to enable their success and drive growth. Delivering a comprehensive strategy and experience requires blending the best of our people with new programs and initiatives that are grounded with insights and analytics. We strive to ensure the right product, the right offer, and the right message, at the right time in every touchpoint with our customers.

The Senior Manager, Local Sales Growth Strategy will be a core part and leader in Sysco’s local sales strategy and will drive key initiatives across North America. 

Ownership: You’ll own key initiatives, projects, and workstreams that will drive both top-line and bottom-line performance of our core local sales business

Strategize and Problem-Solve: Bring new strategies and solutions to market that is supported by hypotheses, data / insights, and qualitative feedback

Collaboration. You’ll lead projects in a highly collaborative and cross-functional environment with teams like Local Sales, Marketing, Operations, Finance, etc.

Analytics and Insights: You’ll support high-priority areas in our Sysco business unit, including conducting both quantitative and qualitative analyses on current performance and potential opportunities to improve local sales performance

Duties and Responsibilities:

  • Develop and support the North America Local Sales growth strategy and vision for our multiple business segments. 
  • Lead initiatives to drive acquisition, recovery, and penetration improvement of customers
  • Drive initiatives and workstreams to make recommendation on best solution from customer and business perspective including content creation and end to end customer journey mapping. Present on growth roadmap sales and functional leaders

Education Required:

  • Bachelors in an analytical field (e.g., Business, Economics, Engineering)

Education Preferred:

  • MBA

Education Required:

  • 5+ years working experience

Experience Preferred:

  • At least 4-6 years experience post MBA
  • Experience in food service and B2B industries preferred but not required
  • Engagement manager or Associate level with top-tier management consulting with significant case work in development and implementation of growth strategy

Technical Skills & Abilities:

  • Demonstrated ability to create a future state vision, test hypotheses, and synthesize insights
  • Strong problem-solving skills to take an ambiguous problem and develop a structured and logical framework for define the problem, analyze the data, and derive insights and actionable recommendations
  • Strong ability to manage ambiguity and guide the organization through it towards clear and decisive action plans
  • Leader / Self-Starter with the ability to operate effectively and influence others in a matrix organization
  • Experience shaping enterprise strategies and working with senior leadership to drive alignment
  • Proven ability to prioritize and deliver on multiple concurrent initiatives that have significant financial impact with a P&L mindset
  • Ability to structure unique problems and lead cross-functional teams in a way that enables the organization to make significant progress quickly
  • Excellent analytic and problem-solving skills
  • Strong communication and collaboration skills with proven ability to establish credibility and influence executive-level stakeholders and lead through influence
  • Professional attitude, service orientation, strong work ethic; superb team player
  • Strong Experience using Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint

Language Requirements:

  • English Required

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Overview 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.

AFFIRMATIVE ACTION STATEMENT Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer, and consider qualified applicants without regard to race, color, creed, religion, ancestry, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, veteran status or any other protected factor under federal, state or local law. This opportunity is available through Sysco Corporation, its subsidiaries and affiliates.

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Success Profile

We’re looking for a Sales team member who possesses the following traits.

  • Ambitious
  • Proactive
  • Results Driven
  • Achiever
  • Self Starter
  • Trustworthy

What Fuels Sysco

Every day around the planet, the people of Sysco work together to connect the world, innovate with purpose and care for one another. As the leading global foodservice distributor, we’re paving the way for a healthier today and a more sustainable future.

Career Path

There are many ways to grow your career with Sysco. Here is an example.

  • Sales Consultant
  • District Sales Manager
  • Local Sales Director
  • Region VP Sales

Benefits

  • Competitive base salary, bonus, plus promotional incentive opportunities

  • Car allowance (mileage reimbursement for candidates in CA) and cell phone provided

  • Career pathing opportunities for both entry level, and experienced individuals

  • Specialized sales training

  • Monthly and annual sales rewards and recognition

  • 401(k) with automatic matching

  • Employee Stock Purchase Plan

  • Comprehensive healthcare benefits

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