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We are excited that you are thinking about opportunities with us, and we have an amazing story to share. Here's a quick glance of who we are and the impact you could have on the food service industry. There's a seat at our table for you...\nAt Gordon Food Service, our continued focus on quality and exceptional service has made us one of Canada’s largest food service distributors. We believe in treating each other with respect and working as a team to get things done right. And because of this collaboration, we've created an atmosphere that's fun, supportive, and alive with energy!\n** This is a temporary position for 12 months with the potential to become permanent and will service the Surrey and Langley areas. Preference given to those who reside in the territory.\nWhat We Offer\nThis is a commissioned role\n\nMedical, Dental, Prescription Drug, and EAP Benefits after 30 days of employment\n\nComprehensive customizable benefits program to suit you and your family needs including dental, vision, prescription drugs and extended health coverage\n\nCompany matched retirement program\n\nProfit sharing\n\nTraining and career advancement opportunities\n\nGordon Food Service product discounts\n\nEmployee appreciation events\n\nFamily culture\n\nDuties & Responsibilities\nConstantly seeking opportunities for growth and development for new and existing customers.\n\nYou will be responsible for the profitability of your overall territory, maximizing the tools that Gordon Food Service provides you, to exceed your customer's expectations of service, quality and partnership.\n\nAct as a business partner to customer accounts, with a focus on helping the customer increase their business, providing customer menu solutions as needed.\n\nPromote new products and marketplace trends to new and existing customers.\n\nReview territory reports to evaluate progress and sales volume by tracking budgets and business plans as well as identifying product line targets for accounts.\n\nLiaise with your District Sales Manager (DSM) to ensure consistency of customer contracts and opportunities that exist to increase business through selling to the contract.\n\nLiaise with Customer Support Center, Marketing, Warehouse, Transportation and Credit Department and as required to ensure customer satisfaction with all products and services.\n\n What we are looking for\n3+ years of experience in food service sales\n\nExperience with Sales and proven skills in negotiation\n\nMust love taking initiative and driving results\n\nMust have the ability to multi-task and work well under pressure\n\nExcellent in customer service and self driven\n\nCollaborative and dynamic skills to work under pressured environments\n\nPost-secondary education in Business, Sales or Marketing is an asset\n\nHospitality industry experience an asset\n\nWe thank all applicants for their interest, however only those selected for the next stage will be contacted.Gordon Food Service is an equal opportunity employer who strives to provide an inclusive work environment that involves everyone and embraces the diverse talent of its people.All qualified applicants and employees will receive consideration for employment, or in terms or conditions of employment, without regard to any enumerated or analogous grounds of discrimination, including race, religious beliefs, colour, gender, gender identity, gender expression, physical disability, mental disability, age, ancestry, place of origin, marital status, source of income, family status, sexual orientation or status as a qualified individual with disability.\nIf you require reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process due to a disability, please submit your request to  and use the words “Accommodation Request” in your subject line.","description_format":"text","description_chars":3798,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":3,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":null,"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":[],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Health Care","Hospitals & Clinics"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-09-24T21:32:55Z"}],"liveness":{"score":86,"band":"hot","label":"Hiring now","p_open":1,"p_active":0.86,"p_room":1,"age_days":0,"expected_fill_days":19,"reasons":["conf:3","win:early","comp:brand"],"computed_at":"2026-09-25T01:03:46Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/gordon-food-service-district-sales-representative-5","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/gordon-food-service-district-sales-representative-5.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-09-25T01:03:46Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","usage":{"tier":"crawler","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":986,"day_limit":5000,"remaining_today":4014,"minute_limit":60,"resets_at":"2026-09-26T00:00:00Z"}}}