Sales Representative – Sydney
Time Seafood Australia | Foodservice & Wholesale
Time Seafood Australia is looking for a confident, motivated and commercially minded Sales Representative to help grow our wholesale and foodservice customer network across Sydney.
This is a flexible contractor/freelancer role suited to someone who enjoys building relationships, meeting new businesses and identifying new sales opportunities. Experience and existing relationships within the seafood, hospitality, foodservice or FMCG industries would be highly regarded.
The Role
You will be responsible for developing new sales opportunities across Sydney, introducing Time Seafood products to prospective customers, distributing samples, following up with leads and converting opportunities into active wholesale accounts.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Researching target areas and identifying prospective customers
- Planning and conducting customer outreach across Sydney
- Visiting seafood retailers, sushi businesses, restaurants, butchers, grocers and other foodservice businesses
- Introducing the Time Seafood product range and identifying suitable product opportunities
- Delivering product samples and discussing potential applications
- Following up with prospective customers after sampling
- Providing pricing information and coordinating quotations
- Converting prospects into new wholesale customers
- Building and maintaining relationships with accounts you develop
- Identifying repeat sales and upselling opportunities
- Providing weekly activity reports and sales pipeline updates
- Sharing relevant market insights, customer feedback and competitor activity
Weekly Structure
The role is designed around one dedicated outreach day per week, with additional flexible follow-up throughout the week.
The typical weekly commitment is approximately 10–11 hours, including territory planning and preparation, one dedicated day of customer outreach (6-7 hours), reporting and administration, and ongoing customer follow-up.
You will have flexibility to nominate your dedicated weekly outreach day and independently manage your schedule and customer visits.
What We're Looking For
We'd love to hear from someone who:
- Is confident approaching and speaking with new businesses to introduce new products
- Has strong communication and relationship-building skills
- Is proactive, organised and comfortable working independently
- Is confident following up with leads and developing long-term customer relationships
- Has experience in sales, foodservice, hospitality, FMCG, seafood or a related industry
- Ideally has an existing network within Sydney's seafood, foodservice or hospitality industries
- Has a genuine interest in food and can confidently learn and represent our product range
- Holds a valid Australian driver's licence, has access to a reliable car and is comfortable travelling across Sydney
- Holds or is willing to obtain an ABN
Product knowledge can be taught—we're looking for someone with initiative, confidence and the ability to build strong customer relationships.
Compensation
Weekly retainer + performance-based commission
The compensation structure includes a fixed weekly retainer with additional commission and performance incentives based on new customer acquisition, account development and sales growth.
The Opportunity
This is an opportunity to play an active role in growing Time Seafood Australia's presence across Sydney.
You'll have the flexibility to manage your own schedule while developing a portfolio of wholesale and foodservice customers, building long-term industry relationships and earning additional commission as the accounts you develop grow.
Location: Sydney, NSW
Job type: Contract
Engagement: Independent Contractor (ABN)
Commitment: Approximately 10–11 hours per week
Schedule: One dedicated outreach day per week + flexible customer follow-up
Travel: Regular travel across Sydney required; own reliable vehicle and valid driver's licence essential
Pay: $200.00 – $600.00 per week
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Work Location: Hybrid remote in Sydney NSW
