Sales Trainee

Red Bull•Bolingbrook, IL

About The Position

The Sales Trainee supports sales initiatives and provides route coverage for colleagues during vacations, illness, injury, and special projects. The role works with management to maintain customer relationships across sales, merchandising, and operations for large- and small-format off-premise stores. Sales Trainees service customers safely, productively, and professionally in accordance with Red Bull executional standards. The role manages Red Bull products in assigned distribution accounts, determines account product needs, builds customer relationships to increase sales and selling space, maintains product freshness and brand flow, and keeps Red Bull equipment clean and in good working order. Sales Trainees train with senior Account Sales Managers, cover their routes as needed, monitor competitor activity, and meet monthly KPIs covering sales, distribution, pricing, displays, new accounts, and merchandising. The position involves regular hand use, reaching, and speaking or hearing; frequent walking and sitting; occasional standing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, or crawling; and regularly lifting or moving up to 25 pounds as needed. The work may involve moving mechanical parts and outdoor weather conditions, usually with moderate noise. Forklift and commercial vehicle operations are involved.

Requirements

High school diploma or equivalent.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Outstanding relationship-building and people skills.
Good mathematical skills.
Organizational skills.
Current driver’s license with a clean driving record.
Ability to work flexible shifts.
Fluency in English.
Ability to perform forklift and commercial vehicle operations.
Ability to meet the stated physical requirements, including regularly lifting or moving up to 25 pounds as needed.

Nice To Haves

Prior sales experience; experience in consumer packaged goods or a retail organization is an asset.
Knowledge of the beverage market.
University or college experience.
Additional language skills.

Responsibilities

Manage Red Bull products in assigned distribution accounts.
Determine current and ongoing product needs at accounts.
Establish and maintain friendly, professional customer relationships to increase sales and selling space.
Rotate products properly to ensure freshness and maintain brand flow according to Red Bull standards.
Ensure Red Bull equipment is clean and in good working order.
Train with senior Account Sales Managers on their routes.
Cover Account Sales Managers’ routes when needed.
Evaluate competitors’ activities, including new launches and price reductions, and communicate findings to the District Sales Manager.
Meet monthly KPIs focused on sales, distribution, pricing, displays, new accounts, and other merchandising components.
Service customers safely, productively, and professionally according to Red Bull executional standards.