Carvel Route Sales Representative - Wilmington, DE

Rich Products Corporation; Deutschland; Vor Ort; EUR 40.000 - 55.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

A family-owned food company is looking for a Carvel RSR to handle direct store deliveries and ensure quality customer service. You will manage inventory, build customer relationships, and execute merchandising standards. A valid CDL class B License is preferred, alongside 2+ years of relevant experience. This role offers competitive compensation and various employee benefits.

Leistungen

Competitive compensation

Paid time off

Parental leave

Family planning support

Volunteering opportunities

Holiday gatherings

In-house taste tests

Qualifikationen

• 2+ years in grocery, retail, food service, or direct store delivery.
• Valid CDL class B License preferred (or must obtain within 30 days).
• Self-motivated and able to take initiative.
• Punctual and reliable attendance is essential.
• Professional with strong communication skills.

Aufgaben

• Responsible for direct store delivery of products.
• Build and maintain relationships with supermarket personnel.
• Execute merchandising standards and increase sales through promotions.
• Manage inventory and ensure safety during transport.

Kenntnisse

Customer relationship management

Sales strategies

Inventory management

Communication skills

Time management

Ausbildung

High school diploma or GED

Tools

Computer systems

Jobbeschreibung

Rich’s, also known as Rich Products Corporation, is a family-owned food company dedicated to inspiring possibilities. From cakes and icings to pizza, appetizers and specialty toppings, our products are used in homes, restaurants and bakeries around the world.

As a Carvel RSR, you will be fully responsible for the direct store delivery of quality products to our supermarket accounts. This includes all aspects of store and customer service, product handling and transportation, merchandising, and communication. Key goals include sales volume, as measured on a per-store average basis, as well as overall sales in the market area, and customer service and retention.

Sales and Customer Service

• Sells all products into all accounts, as appropriate, and accurately implements Carvel pricing strategies, including promotional pricing.
• Sells the Carvel program to new accounts.
• Builds and maintains positive relationships with supermarket personnel, resolving product or service problems promptly and ensuring excellent customer relations.
• Executes merchandising standards and objectives at specific accounts. Increases sales through promotions and displays.
• Maintains an accurate record of all transactions using hand-held computer units.
• Performs preventive maintenance on supermarket freezers.

Product Handling and Transportation

• Manages and accurately tracks inventory.
• Ensures safety completing pre-trip safety and maintenance inspections and preventive maintenance.
• Loads and unloads product from delivery truck.
• Rotates product and maintains supermarket Carvel freezers in a neat manner.

Communication and Teamwork

• Maintains regular communication with Manufacturing.
• Working with District Sales Manager, uses data to accurately forecast sales.
• Maintains accurate records by completing product ordering and other paperwork.

Knowledge, Skills, and Experience

Requirements:

• Experienced (2+ years) in grocery, retail, food service or related industries in a direct sales, customer service, delivery, or other related position - Direct Store Delivery sales positions preferred.
• Prefer valid CDL class B License (Must obtain CDL class B License within 30 days of employment) and a clean driving record.
• Self-motivated, able to take initiative in decision making.
• Punctual and reliable in their work attendance.
• Professional and with organizational and communication skills.
• Possess solid general computer, math, and analysis skills.
• 21 years or older
• High school diploma or GED

Physical Requirements:

• Driving required, while complying with all traffic laws and maintaining full DOT compliance.
• Maintaining DOT required medical certification.
• Extended periods of standing and sitting on a daily basis.
• Extended walking (multiple trips truck-to-store merchandising-to-truck each stop).
• Frequent climbing in and out of Company vehicle daily (approximately 4 ft distance from ground to truck cab and/or cargo box); climbing ladders/stairs using a proper Three-Points of Contact process.
• Lifting not to exceed 55 pounds: required on a routine basis.
• Walk and roll product at customer locations (parking lots, sidewalks, ramps, etc.) while encountering vehicle traffic using carts or hand truck, and encountering powered industrial trucks operated by others inside customer locations.
• Periodically parking along city streets.
• Frequent bending, twisting, turning, squatting, and kneeling while moving and merchandising product.
• Frequent exposure to outdoor weather conditions.
• Frequent exposure to refrigerated walk-in truck/storage temperatures below 0 degrees.
• Frequent handling of frozen product maintained at temperature below 0 degrees.
• Company provided uniform and safety shoes (certified safety toe and slip resistant) required.
• Pushing product carts (up to 450 pounds fully loaded).
• Able to maintain alertness and work long hours that typically start in the early AM.

Compensation:

In accordance with state law, the rate or range provided is Rich Products Corporation, its subsidiaries and affiliates (Rich's), reasonable estimate of the base compensation for this role. The actual amount may be higher or lower, based on non-discriminatory factors such as experience, knowledge, skills, abilities, shift differential, and location.

Annual Range/Hourly Rate

$46,985.45-$63,568.55

Rich Products Corporation, its subsidiaries and affiliates (“Rich’s”), are committed to a policy of Equal Employment Opportunity, standing up for fairness and maintaining a culture of belonging, to provide an exceptional experience for all. We will not discriminate against an applicant or employee on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, military or veteran status, or any other Federal or State legally protected classes.

Applicants with disabilities may be entitled to reasonable accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act and certain state or local laws. A reasonable accommodation is a change in the way things are normally done which will ensure an equal employment opportunity without imposing undue hardship on Rich’s. Please contact Rich’s Associate Experience Network at [e-mail] if you need assistance completing this application or to otherwise participate in the application process.

BRINGING YOUR BEST SELF TO WORK.

As a family-owned company, caring for our associates—their whole selves—is a top priority. That’s why we provide benefits and tools to help our people balance the integration of work and life:

• Competitive compensation
• Paid time off
• Parental leave
• Family planning support
• Associate resource groups
• Volunteering & community impact opportunities
• Holiday gatherings
• In-house taste tests (we are a food company after all)!