Food Demo Contractor

Affinity Group•Wilkes-Barre, PA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Affinity Group is in search of a Food Demo Contractor at Restaurant Depot. The Food Demo Contractor will demonstrate and sell products and merchandise those products. To promote sales, the representative is responsible for educating and informing customers about products, pricing information, versatility of the products and where they are in the store. All demos are four hours and require one hour of setup and approximately 30 minutes of breakdown. All demos require a demo recap form in Excel to be filled out and sent in. Demos are a flat rate fee of $260. Other duties include merchandising products and coordinating with department managers for product displays. Merchandising is a flat rate of $150 and is for 4 hours. Food Demo Contractors are required to have smart phones where they can utilize our merchandising app. All food demos and merchandising will take place in Restaurant Depot. Applicant must hold or be willing to attain a valid ServSafe certificate. This Demo Contractor will be responsible for the following Restaurant Depot Locations: Restaurant Depot Wilkes-Barre 650 Scott Street Wilkes-Barre, PA 18705 This Demo Contractor will perform 1 demo per month and 2 merchandising days per month. (Note: the amount of demos and merchandising days are subject to change)

Requirements

Must be able to work for extended periods of time in a standing position
Requires excellent communication skills, neat appearance, and good grooming
Prior food service experience a plus
Eighteen (18) years of age or older
Excellent interpersonal skills
Must own a computer and have internet access
Must have a smart phone with the ability to take and send pictures
Basic computer skills, a must
Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals
Ability to lift 50lbs.

Nice To Haves

Prior food service experience a plus

Responsibilities

Greet customers enthusiastically
Provides excellent customer service by answering product-related questions and helping customers locate items representing
Set up and organize table for demonstration
Prepare vendor products using Demonstration POS to enhance product display
Serve samples and demonstrate products and explaining it’s attributes and features
Maintain friendly, positive, well-groomed appearance
Maintain professional, clean, healthy and safe work environment
Provides daily accurate and timely reporting of time worked and sales results
Responsible for cleaning up workstation area
Loads, unloads and moves products that are sometimes heavy or bulky
Responsible for checking on other merchandise in the store to be sure there are shelf tags, it is packed out and monitoring expiration dates.