Large Format Sales Professional

Bimbo Bakeries USA•Maryland Heights, MO

1d•$52,000 - $63,000•Onsite

About The Position

Come join the largest baking company in the world and our family of 20,000 associates nationwide! Top Reasons to Work at Bimbo Bakeries USA: $52,000 - $63,000 average annual salary. Shift: 3 am start time, Wednesday and Sunday off. Full benefits offered: Medical, Dental, Vision, Retirement Plan. What You Will Be Doing: Merchandising, stocking, and proper ongoing rotation of product on store shelves and displays, ensuring best quality and freshness of products. Drive sales through the acquisition of new display space, incremental displays and through using sales data to establish other store-level plans. Follow up on new account opportunities and build effective customer relationships while ensuring promotions are executed. Introduce new products and services to maximize sales and shelf space within existing accounts and when soliciting new customers. Conduct daily route settlement procedures to account for all products, invoices, and cash while maintaining proper inventory counts. Drives own personal vehicle to customers. If on traditional route sales route; will drive company route truck. Complete DOT (US Department of Transportation) daily log and submit other documentation, paperwork, and deposits on time.

Requirements

Must be at least 21 years of age or older.
Must have a valid driver’s license with a safe driving record.
Must be able to acquire and maintain a DOT medical card.
Successfully able to obtain Chauffer License (If job location is in IN, MI, TN).
Must be able to climb, push/pull, bend, stoop, and kneel for extended periods as well as perform frequent reaching and use of fingers.
Consistent with United States Department of Transportation regulations, the ability to read and speak the English language sufficiently to converse with the general public, to understand highway traffic signs and signals in the English language, to respond to official inquiries, and to make entries on reports and records.

Nice To Haves

1-3 years of related experience in DSD (Direct Sales Distribution) is preferred.

Responsibilities

Merchandising, stocking, and proper ongoing rotation of product on store shelves and displays, ensuring best quality and freshness of products.
Drive sales through the acquisition of new display space, incremental displays and through using sales data to establish other store-level plans.
Follow up on new account opportunities and build effective customer relationships while ensuring promotions are executed.
Introduce new products and services to maximize sales and shelf space within existing accounts and when soliciting new customers.
Conduct daily route settlement procedures to account for all products, invoices, and cash while maintaining proper inventory counts.
Drives own personal vehicle to customers. If on traditional route sales route; will drive company route truck.
Complete DOT (US Department of Transportation) daily log and submit other documentation, paperwork, and deposits on time.