Sales Trainee

The Sales Trainee (ST) function is to support sales initiatives and provide route coverage for the Sales Activator during vacation, sick, injury or any special projects as needed. The ST will work with management to maintain customer relationships between sales, merchandising and operations primarily for Large Format retailers. The primary role of the ST is to learn and develop into an Account Sales Manager (ASM) or Sales Activator while proving effective route relief by delivering, merchanting, and selling red bull product to every customer.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Areas that play to your strengths

All the responsibilities we'll trust you with:

• KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• MANAGEMENT

  · Manage Red Bull products in assigned RBDC Large Format retailers

  · Determine current and ongoing product needs at accounts

  · Establish and maintain friendly and professional relationships with your customers to increase sales and selling space

  · Build and protect the Red Bull brand through proper rotation to ensure fresh product and set proper brand flow following Red Bull standards.

  · Ensure that all Red Bull equipment is clean and in good working order

  · Other duties as assigned

• EXECUTION

  · Train with Sales Activators and ASMs on their routes.

  · Cover ASMs and Sales Activators routes when needed.

  · Evaluate all competitors’ activities such as new launches and price reductions and communicate with District Sales Manager

  · While covering a route, meet daily key performance indicators (KPI‘s) focused on the following areas: sales, distribution, pricing, display, new accounts and other merchandising components.

  · Flexibility in covering multiple routes in different location within the Profit Center.

EXPERIENCE

Your areas of knowledge and expertise

that matter most for this role:

• · High school diploma or GED required
• · Excellent communication skills
• · Good mathematical skills
• · Organizational skills
• · Current driver’s license with clean driving record
• · Must be at least 21 years old
• · DOT medical card required
• PREFERRED EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS
• · Preferred Sales Experience
• · Knowledge of the beverage market preferred
• TRAVEL 
• · 30%
• PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS
• · Employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear.
• · Employee frequently is required to walk and sit.
• · Employee is occasionally required to stand and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
• · Employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 50 pounds of inventory as needed.
• · Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
• · Exposed to moving mechanical parts and outside weather conditions.
• · Noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
• · Moving, lifting, and placement of inventory and advertising displays in furtherance of sales functions.
• · Regularly operate a motor vehicle in excess of 10,000 pounds.
• · Responsible for overall safety and safe operation of motor vehicle.

• Travel 0-10%
• Permanent
• Benefits eligible