What You Need To Know:
Open your future to incredible career potential. Work for an industry-leader who invests in their people. Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits is North America’s preeminent wine and spirits distributor, as well as a family-owned, privately held company with a 50+ year legacy of success. We were named by Newsweek as a Most Loved Workplace and included on the Forbes lists for Largest Private Companies and Best Employers for Diversity.
Southern Glazer’s offers a competitive compensation package with a salary of $44000 / year plus incentives and auto allowance/reimbursement. This salary range is an average range for this position. In determining a final offer, the company will evaluate a specific candidate's education, skills and experience and will make an offer appropriately.
As a full-time employee, you can choose from a full menu of our Top Shelf Benefits, including comprehensive medical and prescription drug coverage, dental and vision plans, tax-saving Flexible Spending Accounts, disability coverage, life insurance plans, and a 401(k) plan. We also offer tuition reimbursement, a wellness program, parental leave, vacation accrual, paid sick leave, and more.
At Southern Glazer’s, you’ll enjoy an environment where continuous learning and growth are supported and experience a culture where you are respected, and your voice is heard. If you’re looking to fill your glass with opportunity, come join our FAMILY.
Overview:
The Sales Consultant represents Southern Glazer’s in the market as a member of the Southern Glazer’s family. This individual is passionate, innovative, and self-motivated with a business-oriented and customer-focused mindset. The Sales Consultant’s primary responsibilities are to visit the customer, have the right consultative sales conversations, and increase sales revenue. Face-to-face consultative selling built on trusting relationships drives maximum value to our customer and supplier partners as well as to the SGWS organization.
Primary Responsibilities:
- Build positive, credible, lasting customer relationships based on trust.
- Discover and identify customer business growth needs.
- Develop a customer business growth plan for each account and build a pipeline of selling opportunities to drive incremental sales above base business.
- Analyze data and insights to increase sales, grow customer business, and better achieve objectives.
- Regularly and consistently pre-plan account visits with an agenda, service purpose, and selling opportunities documented in CRM (Proof).
- Prioritize sales activities to achieve objectives based on each customer business growth plan.
- Visit accounts regularly, capture visit notes, and build visit plans considering previous visit outcomes and document in CRM (Proof).
- Maintain deep knowledge of SGWS products and correctly present and position them in each account.
- Propose selling solutions to each customer and win the sale using consultative selling skills.
Additional Primary Responsibilities:
- Achieve internal SGWS and supplier objectives as prioritized by management.
- Manage customer issue resolution, seek additional opportunities to support the customer’s needs, and support business growth by providing customers with useful information and guidance.
- Achieve internal SGWS and supplier objectives as prioritized by management.
- Manage customer issue resolution, seek additional opportunities to support the customer’s needs, and support business growth by providing customers with useful information and guidance.
- Adapt the selling approach based on each customer’s buying styles and individual business needs.
- Be knowledgeable and experienced in all accounts staying current with what competitors are offering and how SGWS products are positioned relative to the competition.
- Document and maintain account- and customer-specific information in CRM (Proof).
- Participate in sales meetings, on-site training, and supplier events as required.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Minimum Qualifications:
- 21 years or older.
- Able to analyze and understand data and information.
- Able to leverage SGWS technology to perform duties and responsibilities.
- Able to build and structure customer presentations and product proposals.
- Proficient in using mobile devices (e.g., iPad, smartphone) and online communication techniques (email, posting, texting, etc.) in a professional manner.
- Able to consistently achieve results, even under tough circumstances.
- Able to take responsibility for own actions and results; commits to providing a consistently high level of service to customers, suppliers, colleagues, and management.
- Able to communicate effectively through various methods and express self clearly and concisely while appropriately tailoring the message to the audience.
- Able to be nimble in ambiguity; be open to change; embrace innovative ideas.
- Must possess a reliable vehicle, a valid driver’s license, and the ability to obtain and maintain auto liability insurance on their vehicle in compliance with SGWS company requirements.
- High School Diploma or GED required.
- Able to travel as needed.
Physical Demands:
- Physical demands with activity or condition for a considerable amount of time may include sitting and typing/keyboarding using a computer (e.g., keyboard, mouse, and monitor) or mobile device.
- Physical demands with activity or condition may include walking, bending, reaching, standing, squatting, and stooping.
- Physical demands with activity or condition for a considerable amount of time include driving throughout the day with segments up to 2 hours.
- May require lifting/lowering, pushing, carrying, or pulling up to 56lbs.