Sales Trainee

Red Bull; Edmonton; On-site; CAD 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

Red Bull Canada is seeking a Sales Trainee to support sales initiatives and cover routes during vacation or special projects. You will work with management to maintain relationships across sales, merchandising and operations for on‑premise and off‑premise stores, while upholding Red Bull execution standards.

You will train with senior staff, learn route management, and help ensure proper brand rotation and display, while developing customer relations and sales skills in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Experience in sales or retail is a plus.
• Ability to build friendly relationships with customers and drive sales.

Responsibilities

• Support sales initiatives and provide route coverage.
• Maintain relationships between sales, merchandising and operations.
• Assist in achieving KPI targets for sales, distribution and display.

Skills

Customer relations

Communication

English fluency

Driver's license

Education

High school diploma

Tools

Forklift operations

Job description

The Sales Trainee (ST) function is to support sales initiatives and provide route coverage for their colleagues during vacation, sick, injury or any special projects as needed. Sales Trainee will work with management to maintain customer relationships between sales, merchandising and operations for all large & small format “off premise” stores. The primary role of the ST is to effectively service all customers in a safe, productive and professional manner to Red Bull executional standards.
All the responsibilities we’ll trust you with:
MANAGEMENT
Manage Red Bull products in assigned distribution accounts. Determine current and on going 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.
EXECUTION
Train with senior Account Sales Managers on their routes. Cover Account Sales Managers’ routes when needed. Evaluate all competitors’ activities such as new launches and price reductions and communicate with District Sales Manager. Meet monthly key performance indicators (KPI‘s) focused on the following areas: sales, distribution, pricing, display, new accounts and other merchandising components.
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 25 pounds 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. Forklift and commercial vehicle operations.
Your areas of knowledge and expertise that matter most for this role:

• Preferred prior sales experience; having worked in consumer packaged goods or retail organization is considered an asset.
• Knowledge of the beverage market preferred.
• Additional language skills an advantage.
• High school diploma or equivalent (university or college experience is an asset).
• Excellent communication skills (written and verbal).
• Outstanding relationship building and people skills.
• Good mathematical skills.
• Organizational skills.
• Current driver’s license with clean driving record.
• Forklift and commercial vehicle operations.
• Ability to work flexible shifts.
• Fluent in English, additional language skills an advantage.

Red Bull Canada is an equal opportunities employer. We believe passionately that employing a diverse workforce is central to our success. We make recruiting decisions based on your experience and skills. We welcome applications from all members of society irrespective of age, sex, disability, sexual orientation, race, religion.