Sales Trainee

Red Bull; Toronto; On-site; CAD 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading beverage company in Canada seeks a Sales Trainee to support sales initiatives and provide route coverage. The position involves managing customer relationships and ensuring effective product distribution. The ideal candidate will have sales experience, knowledge of the beverage market, and strong communication skills. This role requires flexibility in work hours and offers a salary based on performance with commission eligibility.

Qualifications

• Preferred prior sales experience in consumer packaged goods or retail.
• Knowledge of the beverage market is preferred.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Good mathematical and organizational skills.
• Clean driver's license and ability to operate a forklift.

Responsibilities

• Support sales initiatives and provide route coverage.
• Manage Red Bull products in assigned accounts.
• Build and maintain professional customer relationships.
• Evaluate competitors' activities and communicate findings.
• Meet monthly key performance indicators.

Skills

Sales experience

Knowledge of beverage market

Communication skills

Organizational skills

Relationship building

Mathematical skills

Flexibility

Education

High school diploma or GED

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. This is a salaried position and will also be eligible for a commission bonus target on top of the base salary, depending on targets being hit.

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.
• High school diploma or GED required.
• Fluent in English, additional language skills an advantage.

Red Bull Canada is committed to treating all people in a way that allows them to maintain their dignity and independence. We believe in integration and equal opportunity. Accommodations are available throughout the recruitment process and applicants with a disability may request to be accommodated throughout the recruitment process. We will work with all applicants to accommodate their individual accessibility needs.