Job Description
Wholesale Inside Sales Trader Shift: Monday - Friday, 4am - 12pm
Type: Full-Time
Pay Rate: Commensurate with experience
Start Date: ASAP
Job Overview Bring on the fruit and veg! As a Wholesale Inside Sales Trader, growing our business and delighting our customers is key while selling some of the most interesting, exciting, and fun specialty produce to retailers, foodservice distributors, and wholesalers. We’re looking for someone who is passionate, proactive, detail-oriented, and confident communicating with customers!
What Makes This Job Great There are lots of other jobs out there with big-name companies.
Why choose JVI?Here’s what we think:
- Never Boring : By being the internal face of the company for current and potential customers, you will be a key part of getting healthy food from farms to tables.
- Feel at Home : JVI is a family-owned business, and we are a close-knit team – here you are a name, not a number.
- Teammates You Can Rely On : Many of our employees have been on the team for 20+ years. They know JVI is a great place to work and stay!
- Great Benefits : From FULLY PAID high-quality medical and dental insurance for you AND your dependents to a defined benefit pension plan, you and your family will be well taken care of at JVI.
- Easy Commute: We’re centrally located right off of I-95 and I-76 near the Philadelphia Airport – the perfect location for anyone living in the Greater Philadelphia region.
What Makes You a Great Candidate We are looking for diverse, energetic, collaborative people who love fast-paced work and have an eye for detail.
Do you have what it takes to drive sales and build strong customer relationships?- Building and Fostering Relationships – If you love connecting with people and providing great customer service, this could be the place for you.
- Committed to Quality – Are you someone dedicated to offering the best products to your customers, answering their questions regarding product availability and pricing and product seasonality?
- Dedication & Accountability – If you love going the extra mile to make customers happy, you’ll do well here.
- Reliable & Collaborative – You’ll join a high performing team who will count on you to do your part.
- Eligibility to Work in US – You must be eligible to work in the US.
About the Job What does a Wholesale Inside Sales Trader do? Your primary focus will be the go-to contact for customers, making sure the produce they purchase through you is accurate and answering their questions regarding availability, pricing, market trends, and produce seasonality. Upselling to customers, assisting with managing inventory, and helping with fulfilling customer orders are also important parts of the role.
What else will you be doing?- Customer Service : Great customer service is what we do here at JVI. We treat everyone with courtesy and respect.
- Partnerships : You’ll work with team members to create promotions for ads, develop new product findings and vendor relationships, and with shipping colleagues, report discrepancies.
- Safety First: We are a SAFETY FIRST culture here at JVI – full stop. We have policies in place to ensure this is a safe, healthy environment for you and all our team members.
- Intensity : Things can move quickly at JVI. Orders come and inventory goes out throughout the day, and staying on top of it will keep you busy.
- Collaboration : You’ll work closely with our logistics, marketing, and inventory teams to ensure customers know what’s in stock when ordering from JVI.
About the Benefits Ok, so
what’s really in it for you? Let’s get down to it:
- Competitive wage, paid weekly
- FULLY PAID healthcare (medical, dental, vision, prescription drugs) for you AND your dependents
- Retirement savings plan with employer match
- Paid holidays (after 90-day probation period)
- Paid sick time
- Optional Aflac short-term disability, life insurance, and accident plans
About John Vena Inc. John Vena Inc. (AKA JVI) is a specialty produce wholesaler, distributor, and importer. We’ve been in business since 1919 – that’s more than 100 years! We source fruits, vegetables, and herbs from hundreds of growers around the world and distribute them to retailers, foodservice distributors, and food manufacturers up and down the East Coast. Our home is in the Philadelphia Wholesale Produce Market in Southwest Philadelphia. You can’t miss our facility – the building is more than a quarter mile long!
How to Get Started You can apply right here online. We just need some basic information and a resume to get started. If you need help with your application, or you have questions about a job, you can contact us here: .
John Vena Inc. provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.
Job Tags
Weekly pay, Full time, Temporary work, Local area, Immediate start, Trial period, Monday to Friday, Shift work,