Route Sales Representative

POWERGROUP Resources; St. Albert; On-site; CAD 50,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Weekends off

Company events

Dental care

Extended health care

Flexible schedule

Life insurance

Paid time off

Vision care

Wellness program

Job summary

Cottage Country Snack Foods is seeking a route sales professional to maintain and grow an established customer base across the Edmonton area. You will manage a delivery truck, handle orders, merchandising and stock rotation while building lasting customer relationships.

The role emphasizes outdoor work across diverse weather, with opportunities to advance within the growing company. Salary ranges CA$50,000–CA$60,000 and a comprehensive benefits package are offered.

Qualifications

• Focused, relevant sales experience in route or territory sales.
• Experience managing a geographic territory or customer route.
• Experience developing new business and increasing sales within existing base.

Responsibilities

• Sell regular, seasonal and promotional products.
• Develop business opportunities within a defined geographical territory.
• Serve points of sale within the territory on a regular cadence.
• Build trusted relationships with customers and manage accounts.
• Merchandising and rotating stock; place orders and handle returns.
• Maintain truck inventory and perform routine vehicle upkeep.
• Work independently and travel within the territory, including overnights.

Skills

Route sales

Outside sales

Territory sales

Customer service

Merchandising

Account management

Sales growth

New account acquisition

Inventory management

Job description

Cottage Country Snack Foods is looking for someone with an entrepreneurial spirit to maintain and further develop an already established customer route throughout the Edmonton and surrounding area. Cottage Country is a highly-recognized brand of preferred candies, nuts and trail mixes. Products are of premium quality, are packed fresh and delivered fresh every day, from coast to coast.

We use AI-assisted tools to help identify and match applicants to our open roles. This may include reviewing resumes and suggesting potential matches. All final hiring decisions are made by humans.

Tasks

• Sell regular, seasonal and promotional products
• Develop business opportunities within a defined geographical territory
• Serve points of sale (approximately every 2-4 week) within the territory
• Build a relationship of trust with the customer
• Merchandising
• Expect to work long hours, throughout all kinds of weather conditions
• Place orders for goods
• Manage product returns and rotate them within the store and truck
• Manage your truck's inventory and maintain sufficient stock
• Maintenance of the truck and work equipment according to company requirements
• Focused, relevant sales experience in route sales, outside sales, territory sales, distribution, wholesale, direct store delivery, food sales, merchandising-led account management, or other transferable territory management environments.
• Experience managing an assigned geographic territory or customer route.
• Experience developing new business and increasing sales within an existing customer base.
• Customer service, with strong customer relationship and account management skills.
• Experience taking orders, managing inventory, merchandising products, rotating stock, handling returns, and restocking.
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision.
• Demonstrated sales results, such as sales growth, customer retention, territory growth, new account acquisition, or meeting sales targets.
• Excellent physical condition, including loading, unloading, stocking, merchandising, or lifting products over 30 pounds.
• Knowledge of St Albert and surrounding area or experience working across a geographically dispersed territory.
• Willing and able to work long days, travel within a territory, and occasionally stay overnight.
• Experience driving for work or operating a delivery vehicle, sales vehicle, or company truck is a plus.
• Comfortable working outdoors as part of the route is a plus.
• Pay:CA$50,000.00-CA$60,000.00 per year
• Offers excellent opportunities to advance with this growing company
• Weekends off
• Company events
• Dental care
• Extended health care
• Flexible schedule
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision care
• Wellness program