Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Acosta Group is hiring a Territory Sales Representative to drive sales growth across an assigned retail territory. The role focuses on presenting products, developing customer relationships, increasing distribution and merchandising activity, managing inventory, and reporting sales while traveling to customer locations.
Responsibilities
- Conduct professional product presentations to current Retail customers
- Stimulate market growth through new distribution and coverage in independent Retail C-Stores that are supplied by cash & carry and c-store distributors in assigned geography
- Evaluate customers skills, needs and build productive long-lasting relationships
- Achieving sales goals and brand building presence and merchandising
- Attend meetings, sales events and trainings to keep abreast of the latest developments
- Assists customers with ordering information and configurations; provides quotations on customer requirements and provides appropriate follow up
- Utilize iPad technology for reporting all inventory/sales made daily and weekly
- Perform any other appropriately related duty as requested by the Sales Manager
- Be able to drive a company van (Ford Transit, Connect or similar) throughout the work day
- Manage cash and client product inventory
- Must have a valid driver’s license—noCDL necessary
- Ability to follow navigation/directions, communicate, and solve customer challenges that might arise
Skills
- Be able to bend/stoop/squat/kneel throughout the workday
- Be able to push/pull/reach/twist throughout the workday
- Be able to lift up to 30 lbs
- Be able to push/pull weight up to 50 lbs
- High School Diploma or GED or equivalent experience required
- Must possess strong interpersonal, organizational skills with the ability to work effectively with team members, peers, management and external customer contacts
- Must be able to read and follow a plan-o-gram (POG)
- Must possess good problem-solving skills
- Must be able to use an iPad/Tablet
- Must have trip planning skills and comfort with driving a commercial van (Ford Transit Connect or similar)
- Sales or consumer goods experience a plus
Benefits
- Job stability
- Set schedule
- Team setting
- Paid time off
- Medical benefits
- Dental benefits
- Vision benefits
- 401(k) options for full-time and part-time associates
- Employee Assistance Program with free, confidential access to counseling, programs, tools and services for employees and eligible family members
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