Relief Sales - Baton Rouge

Mockler Beverage Co A Lp • Baton Rouge, LA

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About The Position

As a member of the Mockler Beverage Company sales team, the Relief Sales representative provides professional service to the community and competitively manages sales to local accounts from the company’s product portfolio. The role involves account sales, merchandising, maintaining product freshness and inventory, customer service coordination, reporting, and participation in promotional activities.

Requirements

• High school diploma; a bachelor's degree is strongly preferred.
• Must be at least 21 years old.
• Valid driver's license and safe driving record.
• Dependable personal vehicle and proof of insurance.
• Highly self-motivated and results-oriented, with the ability to set priorities, coordinate multiple tasks, and attend to detail.
• Strong selling and negotiation skills.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, including Word, PowerPoint, and Excel.
• Ability and willingness to work flexible hours.
• Strong customer service skills and ability to work in a team environment.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to read invoices, load sheets, job orders, and installation instructions, and calculate simple math functions.
• Ability to move products weighing up to 165 pounds and perform physical tasks including repetitive lifting of up to 50 pounds overhead, bending, and pushing or pulling.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor's degree.
• Previous beverage sales experience.
• One year of merchandising experience.

Responsibilities

• Maximize product sales in assigned accounts by increasing distribution and shelf space, securing displays and price points, obtaining draught taps, and merchandising.
• Maintain regular call frequency at assigned retail accounts to meet sales obligations and customer needs.
• Ensure freshness standards in assigned retail accounts.
• Maintain appropriate retail inventory levels and prevent out-of-stock or overstock situations.
• Prepare daily, weekly, monthly, and quarterly reports, including expense reports.
• Provide periodic feedback on company products and competitive market data.
• Coordinate with other departments to resolve customer service issues, including credit or NSF collection and deliveries.
• Make daily retail inventory decisions using sales history and reports.
• Attend sales and team-leader meetings as directed by management and regularly discuss sales issues, competitor activity, and opportunities with the manager.
• Participate in evening and weekend promotions as necessary.

Benefits

• Excellent medical, dental, and vision benefits.
• Employer-paid life and disability insurance.
• 401(k) with matching.
• Onsite gym and basketball court.
• Free onsite CDL training for employees.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: High school or GED