Route Sales Specialist

Bimbo Bakeries USA•Lansing, MI

20h•Onsite

About The Position

The Route Sales Specialist is responsible for following procedures and good business practices to enable routes to grow to their potential. This role involves delivering fresh products to existing customers, setting up new accounts, and merchandising. The RSS will collaborate closely with customers and support all sales initiatives to meet expectations, focusing on customer development in terms of ordering, merchandising, and display opportunities. Bimbo Bakeries USA produces well-known brands such as Arnold®, Brownberry®, Oroweat® bread, Thomas’® English muffins or bagels, and Sara Lee®, Entenmann’s® or Marinela® cakes or donuts. The company employs over 20,000 associates and offers a safe, inclusive work environment that values diversity, promotes development, and encourages authenticity.

Requirements

At least 21 years of age.
Valid driver’s license.
Ability to obtain and retain a DOT medical card.
Successfully able to obtain Chauffer License (If job location is in IN, MI, TN).
Ability 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

Provide vacation relief for Route Sales Professionals and Loaders.
Assisting the Sales Leadership Team in day-to-day operations and/or issues as needed.
Assists with the training of new Route Sales Professionals.
Delivers fresh product to existing customers on open routes until new RSPs are trained.
Assists with rack resets.
Partners with Route Sales Professionals to create alignment in account chains.
Route operation activity, including ordering and distribution, merchandising, promotional activity, holiday planning and meeting customer expectations.
Communicate with customers to assist them in understanding the promotional activity and understand what our customer delivery expectations are.
Ensure the product distribution is accomplished to customer satisfaction in agreement with any contract terms and requirements.
Assists customer relations to include selling of new products, and space/position gains.
Provides a high level of customer service and solve customer issues as they arise.
Work location will vary depending on staffing needs.