Sales Associate

About the role

We are seeking a Sales Associate to join our team. This role involves maximizing sales and distribution of all products on assigned routes, assisting in marketing and merchandising efforts, building strong relationships with customers and delivery personnel, and managing the quality of products at retail outlets.

Responsibilities

• Maximize retail efforts through the execution and implementation of established sales and marketing programs
• Builds strong relationships with customers and delivery personnel
• Addresses customer needs in a timely manner
• Maximize retail execution within assigned accounts through the use and utilization of retail account standards
• Increase consumer awareness of brands through proactive shelf management practices to include presentations for additional space, location, and flow of products
• Manage quality of all Company products to ensure that only fresh and damage-free product is available for sale and consumption
• Utilizes ordering systems effectively to ensure proper inventory and orders thus eliminating out of stock and out of code situations
• Solicits the primary placement of permanent point of sale within identified route
• Stays abreast of competitive placement of signage
• Completes administrative duties in a timely fashion
• Perform other job-related duties as assigned

Requirements

• Associate degree from a two-year college or technical school, or equivalent combination of education and experience
• 1+ years’ sales experience in beverage and/or hospitality industry
• Current valid driver’s license
• Ability to work a flexible schedule including evenings and weekends
• Ability to secure and maintain a State Sales Permit in accordance with state laws and must be 21 years of age or older

Preferred Qualifications

• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals
• Ability to write routine reports and correspondence
• Ability to speak and write English (Spanish a plus); communicate effectively and build strong relationships with customers, peers, and management
• Basic math skills: add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals
• Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs
• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists
• Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form
• Ability to learn and abide by the laws regulating the sale of alcoholic beverages in the state of Texas and enforced by the TABC

Physical Requirements

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to: Use of hands and fingers to handle or feel product, bend, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl frequently
• Occasionally required to stand, walk, sit, and climb or balance
• Regularly lift and/or move up to 25 pounds

Benefits

• Medical, dental and vision insurance
• 401k matching
• Roth Post-Tax Retirement Plan
• Life Insurance
• Employer-paid Disability
• Flexible spending accounts
• Paid time off
• Tuition reimbursement
• Paid Maternity Leave and Paid Parental Leave

Pay

Commensurate with experience

Schedule

Flexible schedule including evenings and weekends