Brand Sales Representative - Temp

About the role

Increase sales of meat and cheeses at the deli counter through customer engagement and interaction.

Responsibilities

• Interact with customers and management in a friendly, enthusiastic, and outgoing manner to generate brand awareness to increase sales
• Prepare and demonstrate new and/or promoted products to store customers through sample arrangements and by demonstrating recipes using company products
• Provide excellent customer service; assess the needs of the customer to best recommend products; use product slicer to fill orders and/or provide samples to customers; complete order process for purchases
• Clean area and equipment as required by supermarket and local health code
• Maintain store shelf standards and inventory through various merchandising strategies, including but not limited to rotation of products; ensure pricing matches current promotions and current marketing and promotional materials are displayed
• Notify management in case of an extraordinary issue, including but not limited to, quality failures and overstock
• Maintain excellent working relationship with supermarket personnel and management
• Other duties as assigned

Requirements

• Minimum Qualifications:
  • High school diploma or equivalent
  • 1 year of retail or face-to-face sales experience
  • Personal vehicle which meets company standards for licensing and insurance
  • MVR which meets Bar-S driving standards with review by Bar-S Human Capital
  • Food handler's permit
• Preferred Qualifications:
  • Driver's License which meets company requirements
  • Associates degree in Business, Marketing or related field
  • Food product and/or consumer packaged goods sales experience
  • Route sales supervision experience in the food products industry
• Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:
  • Excellent communication, interpersonal and customer service skills, must be able to communicate effectively in person
  • Must demonstrate strong organizational, time management, and communication skills
  • Fully fluent in Spanish
  • Proven ability to motivate self and others
• Environmental/Working Conditions:
  • Able to work in a cold environment of approximately 34˚ F for prolonged periods of time
  • Able to travel up to 90% of the time
  • Able to work weekends and evenings
• Physical Requirements:
  • Able to stand for full shift of 6-8 hours with the exception of scheduled breaks
  • Can regularly lift and move 30 pound boxes/buckets on/off shelves or cart/hand truck
  • Can repeatedly twist, turn, kneel, stoop, stand, rotate, bend, push or pull to move 30 pounds

Pay

This position is a temporary position that will pay $24.03 an hour.