Sales Trainee

About the Role

This is a training role designed to prepare the Sales Trainee for the Account Sales Manager position. The primary responsibility is to support sales initiatives and provide route coverage for the ASM during vacations, sickness, injury, or special projects. The Sales Trainee will work with management to maintain customer relationships between sales, merchandising, and operations for all large and small format “off-premise” stores. The role requires effectively servicing all customers in a safe, productive, and professional manner in compliance with Red Bull executional standards.

Training

• The Sales Trainee (ST) is a training role. Upon successful participation in the training program, the ST is eligible to interview for open Account Sales Manager (ASM) roles.
• Upon completion of the program and certification, if no ASM or otherwise qualified role is available and the ST is meeting performance standards, the employee may remain in the ST role for up to 12 months or until an ASM or another qualified role becomes available (whichever comes first).
• Once an ASM or another qualified role is available, the certified ST must interview for that role.
• If promotion to ASM (or another role) does not occur prior to the expiration of the 12-month completion period, the ST role will be vacated unless an exception applies.
• For exceptions, based on continued high performance, no open roles, and certification completion, a manager may extend the 12-month completion period by an additional 6 months.
• The ST role is an at-will position, meaning either the Company or the ST can terminate the employment relationship at any time, for any reason or no reason, with or without cause.

Responsibilities

Business Acumen

• Understand and learn the basics of Red Bull and Red Bull Distribution Company, the brand, and products.
• Build and protect the Red Bull brand through proper product rotation to ensure freshness.
• Set proper brand flow following Red Bull standards.
• Establish and maintain friendly and professional relationships with customers to increase sales.

Daily Preparation

• Obtain all necessary tools (insights, displays, Point of Sale, pricing, etc.) to execute the daily plan.
• Effectively communicate with ASMs/DSMs on daily priorities.
• Train with ASMs.

In-Route Support

• Follow the global strategy for in-store execution, measured by Winning vs Competition (WVC) and Perfect Store Audit (PSA).
• Cover ASM routes as needed.
• Meet daily KPIs focused on sales, distributions, pricing, display, new accounts, and merchandising.

Off-Route Support

• Support the team with audits, blitzes, building displays, and merchandising to drive sales.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Valid US Driver’s License and obtainment of DOT Medical card.
• Must be at least 21 years of age.
• Experience in customer service and sales is a plus.
• Ability to lift and transport up to 25 pounds of inventory and/or advertising displays.
• Proficiency in English; additional languages are an advantage.