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Senior Manager, Local Sales Growth Strategy

Houston, Texas

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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.

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Senior Manager, Local Sales Growth Strategy

Houston, TX

Job ID R221203 Date posted 09/30/2025

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 The Senior Manager, Local Sales Growth Strategy plays a pivotal role in shaping and executing Sysco’s long-term growth strategy across multiple business segments. This leader partners with cross-functional teams and senior stakeholders to drive customer acquisition, retention, and expansion through data-driven insights, strategic initiatives, and innovative programs. The role blends analytical rigor with strategic vision to optimize customer engagement, identify new market opportunities, and enhance revenue and volume streams.

Description

Job Summary:

The Senior Manager, Local Sales Growth Strategy plays a pivotal role in shaping and executing Sysco’s long-term growth strategy across multiple business segments. This leader partners with cross-functional teams and senior stakeholders to drive customer acquisition, retention, and expansion through data-driven insights, strategic initiatives, and innovative programs. The role blends analytical rigor with strategic vision to optimize customer engagement, identify new market opportunities, and enhance revenue and volume streams.

Duties and Responsibilities:

  • Develop and support the local sales growth strategy and 3-year strategic plan across business segments.

  • Lead initiatives focused on customer acquisition, recovery, and penetration improvement.

  • Conduct both quantitative and qualitative analyses to evaluate new market opportunities and develop business cases.

  • Translate customer insights, segmentation, and data into actionable strategies to improve retention and customer lifetime value.

  • Drive end-to-end customer journey mapping and content creation to support strategic initiatives.

  • Present growth roadmaps and strategic recommendations to sales and functional leaders.

  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams and the North American Center of Excellence (COE) to execute strategies and financial modeling.

  • Support strategic initiatives addressing evolving customer needs, competitive pressures, and emerging market opportunities.

  • Define and monitor KPIs for strategic initiatives.

  • Evaluate strategic questions to ensure alignment with company goals and stakeholder expectations.

  • Shape enterprise strategies and guide senior leadership toward alignment and execution.

  • Lead and influence cross-functional teams in a matrixed organization to drive progress and results.

Education Required:

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

Education Preferred:

  • MBA

Experience Required:

  • 10+ years working experience

Experience Preferred:

  • 4-6 years experience post MBA

Technical Skills and 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
  • 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
  • Experience working in an agile team environment
  • 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
  • Proven ability to establish credibility and influence executive-level stakeholders as well as the ability to work across boundaries and lead through influence
  • Strong communication and collaboration skills
  • Leader/doer with the ability to operate effectively and influence others in a matrix organization
  • Excellent pattern recognition and predictive modeling skills
  • Self-starter with a strong ability to lead and develop a new team
  • Professional attitude, service orientation, strong work ethic; superb team player
  • Experience using Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint

Physical Demands:

  • Reasonable accommodations will be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this job.

Travel Requirements:

  • 0-10%

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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