Commissioned Salesperson

C&S Wholesale Grocers•Wethersfield, CT

2d•Onsite

About The Position

Keep our communities fed. Our focus is simple but meaningful, from our distribution centers to our offices — every employee of C&S and their family of companies works to help feed local families, neighbors, and communities. As a Salesperson with Davidson Specialty Foods, you will be responsible for sales, ordering merchandise, and building customer relationships with Stop & Shop. You will also be responsible for stocking the merchandise sold and should be an early self-starter who can organize and prioritize to complete their daily functions. Working with minimal supervision, you will develop customer relationships to provide exceptional service.

Requirements

Basic mathematical skills including addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division of whole numbers.
Ability to manage difficult or emotional customer situations and respond promptly to customer needs
Willingness to solicit customer feedback to improve service
Communication skills including speaking clearly and persuasively in positive or negative situations
The capability to read and interpret written information and comprehend simple instructions

Responsibilities

Developing relationships of trust and respect with customers' store management in assigned accounts
Relaying pertinent order information and coordinating lead times with store management/ customers
Responsible for making sales and placing orders to ensure merchandise remains stocked to capacity
Observing displays and merchandise for competitive products on store shelves for opportunities
Responsible for checking in all service orders and writing adjustments such as a credit or charge to the customer if necessary for shortages, overages, or mis-ships.
Working with store management/customers to resolve and discuss opportunities to develop sales and improve merchandising.
Maintaining price changes and price tags in assigned accounts
Selling displays and shippers by presenting promotions and deals to the store management/customers
Calling on assigned stores to make orders for the assigned territory, which could include any product category available for service.
Back stock must be kept to a minimum and maintained in an orderly fashion in the back room of the store
Performing routine maintenance in assigned departments, such as cleaning shelves and soiled products, and fronting the departments on all store calls
Stocking and merchandising ordered products in assigned stores and departments
Building and putting up displays or shippers for which the employee is responsible, including making sure that all displays and shippers are properly signed