Sales Consultant (Retail Chain Div.)
Great Lakes Wine & Spirits · Ypsilanti, MI · 3 wk ago
Business Development$52k/yrFull-time
We need to produce HTML fragment with sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections with real specific content. Must not repeat job title as heading. Must not include Job ID etc. Must remove boilerplate, navigation, legal, EEO, etc. Must preserve all substantive info.
We need to parse the posting.
Key info:
- Company: Great Lakes Wine & Spirits
- Position: Sales Consultant (Commission) for Retail Chain Team servicing multiple accounts in Ypsilanti, MI.
- Essential Duties & Responsibilities: description and list of duties.
- Work Schedule: full-time, flexible schedule Sunday through Friday, if master route satisfied free to set schedule, evening/weekend hours may be required.
- Work Environment & Physical Demands: description.
- Pay & Benefits: $750 Draw (semi-monthly) Commission off total revenues sold; Bonus opportunities and Sales Incentives (estimated total earnings $52,000 per year); $300 Monthly Car Allowance (non-taxed); Vacation and Personal Time; 6 Paid Holidays; Competitive benefits including Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Disability, Employee Assistance Programs, Group Legal coverage; Buy-Up Life Insurance and Disability coverage available; Eligible for 401K enrollment upon date of hire.
- Required Qualifications: Minimum age 21; High School Diploma/GED (bachelor's degree preferred); Sales experience (2 years preferred); Retail experience (2 years preferred); Proficient in Microsoft and iOS devices (Outlook, Excel, iPad); Positive & Entrepreneurial Attitude; A Success-Oriented, Competitive, and Creative Mindset; Desire to learn and implement these learnings.
- Additional Requirements: Adhere to policies; Cooperate with management; Follow MLCC rules; Use alcohol responsibly; Ability to pass pre-employment screenings (background check, drug test, physical evaluation, agility test); Maintain safe driving record.
- About Great Lakes Wine & Spirits: description.
We need sections: About the role (maybe summary), Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule.
We must not create sections with filler. So we need to decide what content goes where.
"About the role": Could be introductory paragraph: "Great Lakes Wine & Spirits is a growing statewide company seeking a Sales Consultant (Commission) for our Retail Chain Team servicing multiple accounts in Ypsilanti, MI. The Sales Consultant is a field-based sales role that focuses on selling, servicing, developing and growing the GLWAS portfolio of products within established customer accounts. This role provides a phenomenal introduction into both sales and the adult beverage industry with one of the strongest portfolios around - coupled with a winning team culture. Great Lakes Wine & Spirits takes pride within and provides upward mobility into possible on-premise, independent, management roles based upon performance."
That seems appropriate.
"Responsibilities": list of duties. Use
- . Should include all duties from "Essential Duties & Responsibilities" and "Duties" bullet list. Also "Other duties include but not limited to:" list. We need to preserve all substantive info; not invent or summarize away detail. So we need to include each duty as a list item. Let's extract duties: From "Essential Duties & Responsibilities" paragraph: "The Sales Consultant is a field-based sales role that focuses on selling, servicing, developing and growing the GLWAS portfolio of products within established customer accounts." That's more description; maybe we can include as a duty. Then "Duties" bullet list (actually paragraph with sentences): - Sales Consultants will be responsible for their 'Master Routes' to back-stock shelves, sell programs, straighten and beautify the department, and write the order for upcoming delivery days. - This position also requires the employee to merchandise orders for shelving and displaying on delivery days. - As a Sales Consultant, you will also be responsible for growing total territory volume and revenue while achieving other growth objectives for the company. - Other duties include but not limited to: - Achieve monthly objectives on priority brands, specified programs and qualitative initiatives - Generate positive business relationships with decision makers in assigned accounts - Execute assigned headquarters programs from our major customers - Present prepared, professional, persuasive, fact-based, personalized sales presentations - Develop and maintain good product knowledge on relative GLWAS products - Attend weekly and monthly team meetings to discuss objectives, progress, and outstanding issues - Demonstrate initiative to grow overall spirits, beverage, and category knowledge - Demonstrate competency of account 'Standards of Performance' through account conditions - Maintain product so that it is clean, rotated, and saleable - Post retail pricing in a timely manner, while ensuring accuracy - Ensure point-of-sale is accurate, relevant, up-to-date, and advantageously placed - Consistently services accounts as outlined on Master Route - Utilizes surveys, control book, planners, and tracking forms as instructed to execute priorities - Communicates proactively with customers and management - Aligns daily activities to the needs and priorities of the company, as directed - Ensures vehicle is clean, organized, properly stocked with adequate point-of-sale We should include each as separate
- . Also include the earlier sentences as list items maybe. "Work Schedule": we have schedule info: full-time, flexible schedule Sunday through Friday; if master route satisfied free to set schedule; evening and weekend hours may be required as schedule demands. We can put that under Schedule section. "Pay & Benefits": we have pay and benefits details. According to instruction, we should create Pay and Benefits sections only if posting actually states them. It does state both Pay and Benefits. We could combine them? The instruction says prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones. But we have both Pay and Benefits separate headings allowed. We could make a Benefits section and a Pay section. However we could also combine into one Benefits section that includes pay details. But they said "Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones." So maybe combine Pay and Benefits into one section titled "Benefits" that includes pay details. But they also said "include a section ONLY when the posting has real, specific content for it — never emit a heading followed by filler/placeholder text". So we need to decide. We have both Pay and Benefits content. Could make two sections: Pay and Benefits. That's okay; they are substantive. But we could also combine to reduce number of sections. The instruction: "Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones." So maybe better to combine into one section "Compensation & Benefits" but headings allowed are only those listed: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. So we cannot create a custom heading. We must use those exact headings. So we could either have Benefits section (including pay) and omit Pay section, or have Pay section (including benefits) and omit Benefits section. Which is better? The posting has both pay and benefits details. If we put all in Benefits, we still cover pay details. If we put all in Pay, we still cover benefits. Which is more appropriate? The heading "Benefits" usually refers to benefits like vacation, holidays, insurance, etc. Pay heading refers to salary/commission. Since we have both, maybe we should include both sections to avoid losing detail. However the instruction says prefer fewer sections. But we need to preserve all substantive info; we can put pay details in Benefits section and benefits details also there; that would be one section with both pay and benefits. That would satisfy preserving all info while reducing sections. However the heading "Benefits" may be slightly misleading but still acceptable as it includes pay. The instruction didn't forbid mixing. It said "Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones." So I'd combine into Benefits. Thus we will have Benefits section containing: $750 Draw (semi-monthly) Commission off total revenues sold; Bonus opportunities and Sales Incentives (estimated total earnings $52,000 per year); $300 Monthly Car Allowance (non-taxed); Vacation and Personal Time; 6 Paid Holidays; Competitive benefits including Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Disability, Employee Assistance Programs, Group Legal coverage; Buy-Up Life Insurance and Disability coverage available; Eligible for 401K enrollment upon date of hire. We'll not have a separate Pay section. Now Requirements vs Qualifications vs Skills: We need to decide what goes where. The posting has "Required Qualifications" and "Additional Requirements". Also there are skills like proficiency in Microsoft and iOS devices, positive attitude, etc. We could map: - Requirements: maybe the mandatory requirements: Minimum age 21, High School Diploma/GED, ability to pass pre-employment screenings, maintain safe driving record, adhere to policies, cooperate with management, follow MLCC rules, use alcohol responsibly. These are more like requirements. - Qualifications: Education and experience: High School Diploma/GED (bachelor's preferred), Sales experience (2 years preferred), Retail experience (2 years preferred). Also maybe "Proficient in Microsoft and iOS devices" could be a skill. - Skills: Proficiency in Microsoft and iOS devices (Outlook, Excel, iPad); Positive & Entrepreneurial Attitude; A Success-Oriented, Competitive, and Creative Mindset; Desire to learn and implement these learnings. We need to avoid duplication. Let's parse. Required Qualifications block: - Minimum age of 21 years - High School Diploma/GED (bachelor's degree preferred) - Sales experience (2 years preferred) - Retail experience (2 years preferred) - Proficient in Microsoft and iOS devices (Outlook, Excel, iPad) - Positive & Entrepreneurial Attitude - A Success-Oriented, Competitive, and Creative Mindset - Desire to learn and implement these learnings Additional Requirements: - Adhere to the policies and procedures outlined in the employee policy manual and any applicable contracts, signed agreements, and work rules. - Cooperates with all management and staff of GLWAS. - Follows all MLCC rules and regulations, as they apply to the position. - Use alcohol in a responsible manner when related to business activities. - Ability to pass pre-employment screenings including a full Background Check, 10-Panel Drug Test, Physical Evaluation, and Agility Test - Maintain a safe driving record. Thus we can assign: Requirements: the Additional Requirements (policy adherence, cooperation, MLCC, responsible alcohol, screenings, safe driving). Or we could call that "Requirements". Qualifications: the Required Qualifications block (age, education, experience). Skills: proficiency, attitude, mindset, desire to learn. But the headings allowed: Requirements, Qualifications, Skills. So we can map accordingly. We must not repeat job title as heading. Good. Now About the role: we already have a paragraph. Responsibilities: list of duties. Schedule: schedule info. Benefits: compensation and benefits. Now we need to ensure we don't include boilerplate like EEO, equal opportunity, etc. The posting includes an EEO paragraph at the end about equal employment opportunity and ADA. We must remove that. Also remove "Job Posted by ApplicantPro". Also remove "This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing..." maybe that's boilerplate but it's substantive? It's a disclaimer about duties may change. Might be considered boilerplate but it's still part of job description. The instruction: "Remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions." The disclaimer about duties may change could be considered legal boilerplate? It's a typical disclaimer. Might be considered legal. Safer to remove it. Also remove "Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions." That's also EEO/ADA boilerplate. Remove. Also remove "