Retail Sales Representative
RDD Associates
Hartford, CT
Full-time
Sales
Posted on May 4, 2023
COMPETITIVE SALARY, COMPREHENSIVE BENEFITS (HEALTH, DENTAL, VISION, 401K, LIFE INS., LTD, STD)
OVERVIEW:
The Retail Sales Representative’s primary responsibility for this position is to provide effective coverage for client-manufacturers at designated retailer-partner stores.
CORE ACTIVITIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Establish and maintain respectful, responsive and effective partnership at retailer stores, to facilitate the execution of impactful sales and merchandising initiatives.
- Plan the store call in advance, adhere to itinerary and assigned company hours. Collaborate with supervisor on above.
- Track and maintain item authorizations.
- Rotate products to ensure product freshness and to reduce spoilage.
- To win “first moment of truth” by ensuring brands are clearly visible, accessible and have shelf tags.
- Participate and document results from merchandising initiatives and client sponsored contests
- Compile, maintain and communicate accurate and timely performance for new item cut-in, POS placement, secondary
displays and all distribution orders.
- Communicate store issues, client partner issues and competitive activity to leadership
- Utilize technology systems and sales tools to include IP home and Go Spot Check.
Qualifications:
- High school graduate, 5 years’ experience in retail deli or deli wholesale headquarter sales
- Competency with MS Windows software suite (Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint and Word)
- Effective verbal and written communication skills; comfortable and effective in presentation and selling environments.
- Effective collaborator and contributor functioning in a team environment
- Self-motivating, engaging, high-energy, reliable and results-oriented
- Attention to detail, accuracy and timelines
- Professional appearance, winning attitude and comfortable operating in a dynamic customer activation environment, and physically able to perform merchandising activities in a refrigerated, store environment
Reporting Structure:
- Directed by, and reporting to Retail Supervisor