Retail Sales Representative

Job summary

The incumbent is responsible for executing sales and merchandising strategies within a designated territory to meet client objectives. This includes maintaining product distribution, ensuring shelf standards, and providing excellent customer service to store staff.

Job details

We are currently looking for a results-oriented sales representative to represent our customers in grocery stores in their territory. As a member of our sales team, you will be responsible for calling customers in order to communicate and execute sales and merchandising strategies, promotions, and guidelines. In this position, you will be expected to achieve results by identifying volume opportunities, providing excellent customer service, providing product information, and ensuring product dominance and distribution. Your excellent communication and sales skills are complemented by your enthusiasm and superior presentation abilities. Highly organized and with excellent communication skills, you are a natural problem solver, good at sales and building strong relationships with customers. RESPONSIBILITIES The incumbent primarily provides coverage of sales merchandising and special retail projects for a given territory by executing our client's priorities and objectives, as set by management, in-store to achieve superior in-store results in a given territory. * Responsible for representing ACOSTA in their territory. * Responsible for ensuring that all client standards are met according to shelf and plan-o-gram procedures. This includes cleanliness and product rotation. * Ensure that new products are put on the shelf according to the recommended procedures and time as well as maintain 100% distribution of existing items 100% of the time. * Effectively communicate information from the principal to store staff. * Meet or exceed sales targets for in-store programs * Make sales presentations to the store and/or store manager. * To respect the company's procedures in the performance of his/her work. * Complete detailed reports. * Complete all documents related to the performance of the work according to the assigned territory. QUALIFICATIONS * Experience in sales/customer service in grocery stores. * Good communicator. * Available to work from Monday to Friday during the day. * Have a valid driver's license and a reliable car. * Capable of driving a vehicle for an extended period of time * Good communicator. * Have storage space for sales materials in the home. We’re excited to fill this role now! Applications are reviewed as they come in—don’t wait, apply today and join our team.

What you’ll do

The incumbent is responsible for executing sales and merchandising strategies within a designated territory to meet client objectives. This includes maintaining product distribution, ensuring shelf standards, and providing excellent customer service to store staff.

Requirements

Candidates must have previous experience in grocery store sales or customer service and possess strong communication skills. A valid driver's license, a reliable vehicle, and the ability to store sales materials at home are required.

Listed skills

• Customer service · Preferred
• Problem solving · Preferred
• Organization · Preferred
• Sales · Preferred
• Communication · Preferred
• Relationship Building · Preferred

Other relevant skills

Identified from the job description. Confirm important requirements above.

• Sales
• Merchandising
• Customer Service
• Communication
• Problem Solving
• Relationship Building
• Presentation Skills
• Organization
• Product Rotation
• Plan-o-gram Execution
• Valid Driver's License
• Management
• Cleanliness
• Sales Presentations
• Enthusiasm

Job areas

• Sales
• Retail
• Customer Service & Support
• Retail Sales Representative
• Sales Representative (General)
• Commercial Sales Representatives
• Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products

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