- Lead and mentor a team of 5 sales professionals, providing guidance and support to drive individual and team performance.
- Develop and implement sales strategies and plans to achieve short-term and long-term revenue goals.
- Conduct market research and analysis to identify new business opportunities and potential clients.
- Build and maintain strong relationships with key clients, ensuring their satisfaction and loyalty.
- Oversee the sales pipeline, ensuring accurate forecasting and reporting on sales performance.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including marketing, operations, and product development, to align sales efforts with overall business objectives.
- Stay updated on industry trends and competitor activities, identifying potential threats and opportunities.
- Provide regular performance feedback to team members, conducting performance evaluations and offering development opportunities.
- Represent the company at industry events, conferences, and trade shows, promoting the brand and establishing new connections.
- Ensure compliance with company policies and procedures, maintaining high ethical standards in all sales activities.
- A minimum of 10 years of experience in a sales management role, preferably in the food industry.
- Proven track record of successfully leading and mentoring sales teams, with a history of achieving sales targets.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build strong relationships with clients and internal stakeholders.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities, with a data-driven approach to decision-making.
- Ability to work independently and manage a high-volume workload, with a results-oriented mindset.
- Proficiency in using CRM systems and sales analytics tools to track and analyze sales performance.
- Willingness and ability to travel extensively, as required by the nature of the role.
- Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Sales and Marketing, or a related field.
- Demonstrated leadership skills and the ability to inspire and motivate a team.
- Flexibility and adaptability to work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
Yum! Brands Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Yum! Brands and has not been reviewed or approved by Yum! Brands.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Corporate roles include four weeks of vacation, year‑round half‑day Fridays, company holidays, dedicated “Live Well” days, and paid volunteer days. These policies contribute meaningfully to overall compensation value for corporate employees.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Offerings include free access to mental‑health counselors, onsite/virtual wellness tools, onsite gyms in select offices, and wellbeing discounts. Smoking‑cessation and weight‑management programs further bolster lifestyle support.
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Parental & Family Support — Benefits span family‑planning coverage such as adoption, fertility, and baby‑bonding leave. Corporate materials also note enhanced parental leave for U.S. corporate employees.
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Yum! Brands, Inc., based in Louisville, Kentucky, and its subsidiaries franchise or operate a system of over 55,000 restaurants in more than 155 countries and territories under the Company’s concepts – KFC, Taco Bell, Pizza Hut and the Habit Burger Grill. The Company's KFC, Taco Bell and Pizza Hut brands are global leaders of the chicken, Mexican-style food, and pizza categories, respectively. The Habit Burger Grill is a fast casual restaurant concept specializing in made-to-order chargrilled burgers, sandwiches and more. What makes Yum! a great place to work? It's our people. As the world's largest restaurant company, we invest in people capability so that our global workforce can make the most of their careers. With ongoing opportunities for personal and professional success, we've built a culture that rewards and recognizes great effort while providing the flexibility that is so important to all of us.
