Sales Representative Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• Equivalent of (1) Bachelor’s degree in Business, Marketing or closely related field and minimum of 4 years of directly applicable experience as a sales representative and/or sales manager; OR (2) 7 years of directly applicable experience as a sales representative and/or sales manager.
• Must maintain a valid Driver’s License.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office (PowerPoint, Word, excel, etc.)
• Experience in the beverage industry.
• Experience developing comprehensive strategies, business and sales plans, and schedules.
• Two years’ experience recruiting, hiring, leading, and managing performance for an outside sales team.

Responsibilities

• Assists in developing and implementing comprehensive business strategies and marketing plans.
• Responsible and accountable for sales and revenue/margin plan attainment.
• Directs a staff of sales and administrative personnel including hiring, training and performance management.
• Provides assistance to sales reps with customer relations strategies/issues.
• Reviews sales activity, performance and training needs with sales personnel.
• Provides sales coaching and training on the street and in sales meetings.
• Pro-actively contacts assigned accounts to identify customer needs, changing requirements, or potential problems and resolve accordingly.
• Maintain Company owned cold drink and display equipment in the trade and ensures compliance with exclusivity policies.
• Develops and maintains a thorough knowledge of the Company’s available services, product line and pricing structure, promotional activity and sells additional services as appropriate to existing customers.
• Responds to service change requests or requirements by processing orders in a prompt, professional, and courteous manner.
• Exercises judgment in resolving service, billing, or pricing problems not resolved by other departments.
• Develops and maintains an awareness of market behavior and competitive trends and responds accordingly.
• Completes all required sales reports in a timely fashion.
• Continues sales and industry training, as assigned.
• Performs other duties as required.

Benefits

• medical
• dental
• vision
• Six (6) days of sick leave
• two (2) weeks of vacation accrued throughout the year
• nine (9) Company Paid Holidays
• a 401K Plan with employer match