Sales Trainee - Brooklyn, NY
About The Position
The Sales Trainee (ST) is a training role designed to prepare the employee for an Account Sales Manager (ASM) position. The ST supports sales initiatives and provides route coverage for ASMs during vacation, sickness, injury, or special projects. The role works with management to maintain customer relationships across sales, merchandising, and operations for large- and small-format off-premise stores, while servicing customers safely, productively, and professionally in accordance with Red Bull executional standards. After successful participation in the training program and certification, the ST is eligible to interview for open ASM roles. If no ASM or other qualified role is available and the ST meets performance standards, the employee may remain in the ST role for up to 12 months or until a qualified role becomes available, whichever occurs first. A certified ST must interview when an ASM or other qualified position becomes available. If promotion does not occur before the 12-month period expires, the assignment ends unless an exception applies. A manager may extend the period by an additional six months for continued high performance when the employee is certified and no roles are open. The ST role is at will. The position involves learning Red Bull and Red Bull Distribution Company, the brand and products; maintaining fresh product through proper rotation; setting brand flow to Red Bull standards; building professional customer relationships; preparing tools and coordinating daily priorities; training with ASMs; covering routes; meeting sales and merchandising KPIs; and supporting off-route audits, blitzes, displays, and merchandising. Travel is listed as 0–10.
Requirements
- Valid U.S. driver's license.
- Obtain a DOT Medical Card.
- Must be at least 21 years of age.
- Ability to lift and transport up to 25 pounds of inventory and/or advertising displays.
Nice To Haves
- Experience in customer service and sales.
- Additional languages.
Responsibilities
- Learn the basics of Red Bull and Red Bull Distribution Company, including the brand and products.
- Build and protect the Red Bull brand through proper product rotation to ensure freshness.
- Set proper brand flow in accordance with Red Bull standards.
- Establish and maintain friendly, professional customer relationships to increase sales and selling.
- Obtain the tools needed to execute the daily plan, including insights, displays, point-of-sale materials, and pricing.
- Communicate daily priorities effectively with ASMs and DSMs, and train with ASMs.
- Support in-store execution measured by Winning vs Competition (WVC) and Perfect Store Audit (PSA).
- Cover ASM routes as needed.
- Meet daily KPIs focused on sales, distribution, pricing, displays, new accounts, and merchandising.
- Support audits, blitzes, display building, and merchandising to drive sales.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
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What This Job Offers
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
