Sales Rep - Relief Large Grocery/Mass Merch

About the role

This position serves as the primary store‑level sales person for large accounts such as supermarkets, providing service and growing business in assigned territories. The role involves ordering products, generating sales, merchandising, building displays, and interacting frequently with store management. It is labor‑intensive, requiring lifting, loading, pushing, and pulling cases weighing 20‑45 lb repeatedly over 10‑12‑hour shifts, with bending, reaching, and squatting while merchandising. Weekend and/or holiday work may be required.

Responsibilities

• Act as the primary store‑level sales person for large accounts (e.g., supermarkets) and provide service to grow business in assigned accounts.
• Order products to be delivered by another employee to the store.
• Generate sales by selling to and servicing customers.
• Rotate and stock products on shelves and displays, in coolers, in vending equipment, and in customers' backrooms.
• Build displays and set up promotional materials such as pricing signs and banners.
• Maintain frequent interaction with store management.
• Perform labor‑intensive tasks: lift, load, push, and pull cases weighing 20‑45 lb repeatedly over 10‑12‑hour work periods.
• Bend, reach, and squat while merchandising and moving product.
• Work may include weekend and/or holiday shifts.
• Grow sales volume, market share, product distribution, space allocation, and customer service in all assigned accounts.
• Sell product inventory to standard.
• Take inventory and place orders for future delivery.
• Solicit new business to increase volume and new package distribution within area boundaries.
• Sell and execute promotions, solicit placement of equipment, and sell sufficient product inventory.
• Utilize point‑of‑purchase materials to stimulate sales.
• Generate selling opportunities by maintaining and increasing shelf facings, cleaning shelves, and rotating products.
• Provide excellent service to assigned accounts and create/maintain goodwill with all customers (communication, rapport building, attentiveness to customer needs, etc.).
• Merchandise product sections and build displays to stimulate sales.
• Complete paperwork accurately, legibly, and timely.
• Perform additional duties as assigned by manager, potentially including warehouse support.
• Maintain regular, reliable, predictable attendance.

Requirements

• 18 years of age or older.
• Must have a car or personal transportation to access multi‑store locations within the assigned shift.
• Valid U.S. driver's license and proof of insurance.
• Helpful experience (preferred but not required):
• Experience with consumer products (multiple products, packages, sizes, etc.).
• Experience in the beverage industry (segments, customer types, competitors, trends, etc.).
• Experience with power equipment (lift jacks, power jacks, u‑boats, pallet jacks, etc.).
• Experience with handheld computers/mobile technology.
• Experience managing inventory (current stock, projected sales, ordering/re‑stocking, etc.).
• Experience with business‑to‑business selling (sales calls, relationship building, handling complaints, etc.).
• Experience with merchandising (standards, planograms, product displays, stocking/rotating, back‑room organization, etc.).
• Experience managing incorrect orders (solving wrong orders, managing out‑of‑stock product, etc.).
• Experience performing financial and mathematical calculations (profit margins, display size, etc.).
• Experience managing a route (prioritizing stops, setting schedule, servicing accounts, managing delivery windows, etc.).
• Experience with incremental selling (selling above standard order, suggesting additional product, up‑selling/suggestive selling, etc.).
• Experience following safety procedures (proper lifting techniques, safety processes, etc.).

Benefits

• Healthcare insurance (medical, dental, vision, disability, health and dependent care reimbursement accounts).
• Retirement benefits.
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
• Insurance (Accident, Group, Legal, Life).
• Paid time off (subject to eligibility, including paid parental leave, vacation, sick, and bereavement).
• Mileage reimbursement for positions requiring use of a personal vehicle for a sales route.

Pay

$25.85 per hour

Schedule

Typical shifts are 10‑12 hours; weekend and/or holiday work may be required.