Hourly Route Sales Representative

Herrs Food Inc; Hampton (VA); On-site; USD 22,000 - 31,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Retention bonus up to $250

Medical, dental, vision insurance

401k with company match

Job summary

Herr Foods Inc. seeks a full-time Route Sales representative for the Hampton, VA area. The role involves merchandising, stocking, and delivering Herr’s branded snacks to grocery retailers, with a Monday–Friday schedule and 45–50 hours per week.

Candidates should have a high school diploma or GED, be 18+, possess a clean driving record, and demonstrate strong customer service and safety awareness. English proficiency is required; bilingual is a plus.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED required.
• Must be at least 18 years old.
• Clean driving record and safe driving history.
• Courteous with customer service orientation and listening skills.
• Ability to understand and speak English; bilingual a plus.
• All Herr Foods Inc. offers contingent drug testing.

Responsibilities

• Merchandise and stock Herr’s products on shelves and displays.
• Replenish stock as needed and ensure correct product placement.
• Conduct inventory counts using a hand-held scanner and report discrepancies.
• Sell, deliver, stock and merchandise product to grocery retail and independent stores.
• Execute company promotions by setting up displays and promotional fixtures.
• Perform snack resets inside retail and grocery stores.

Skills

Customer service

Driving

Communication

Safety awareness

Teamwork

Education

High school diploma or GED

Tools

Hand-held scanner

Point-of-sale systems

Job description

Building a great career never tasted so good!

ELIGIBLE FOR UP TO A $250.00 RETENTION BONUS!

We are currently seeking a qualified individual for the Full-Time Route Sales position, joining our Hampton, VA team.

• HOURLY RATE: $19.00/hour
• SCHEDULE: Monday-Friday approximately 45-50 hours a week.
• BENEFITS: This position is full-time benefit eligible, elective benefits include:
• Medical, dental, hearing and vision insurance.
• Marathon Health Clinic - a premier on-site healthcare provider. A separate entity from Herr's, located at our Nottingham, PA facility. This facility ensures easy access to tailored healthcare services, preventative care, wellness programs, for employees on any medical plan.
• Opportunity to contribute to a 401k, with a generous Company Match Program, Annual Company Profit Sharing.
• Paid vacation, holiday and sick time.
• Paid Employee referral program.

Qualifications You Bring

• High school diploma or GED
• Must be at least 18 years of age.
• Clean driving record.
• Courteous with customer service orientation and demonstrated listening skills.
• Understands and embraces value of safety.
• Professionally and safely operate a personal vehicle.
• Able to understand and speak English. Bi-lingual a plus.
• All Herr Foods Inc. job offers are contingent upon successfully passing a drug test. Herr Foods also has a Random Drug Testing program for all active employees.

Physical Requirements And Work Environment

• Frequently walking, bending, kneeling, squatting, balancing and lifting and reaching using fine manipulation
• Regularly lifting and/or moving up to 25 pounds. Occasionally lifting and/or moving up to 50 pounds.
• Exposed to outside weather elements.

Benefit (Details)

Herr’s is proud to offer a variety of quality benefits and wellness programs where we have been recognized as a 5-time Well Workplace Award winner in the area! Elective benefits include medical, dental, vision and hearing insurance; long term disability, life insurance, accident, hospital and critical illness indemnity plans, critical illness indemnity plans, identity theft coverage, and legal plans. The company also provides opportunities to contribute to a 401k with generous company matching, annual company profit sharing, vacation, sick and holiday pay; EAP services, and tuition reimbursement. Benefits start the first of the month following 30 days of service (unless otherwise noted in plan description). Also enjoy low or no cost medical care through our Assured Excellence Program which provides high quality health care for orthopedic procedures, cancer treatments, cardiac surgery and care, along with treatment for many other conditions. Assured Excellence Program partners with nationally renowned facilities such as John Hopkins, Cleveland Clinic, Shriners Children’s Hospital, Hazelden Betty Ford, and others. OSS Health Company Direct Program, based in York, PA, is available to benefit-eligible employees offering bundled package rates for orthopedic care and imaging.

Merchandising

• Rotating, labeling, and stocking product onto shelves and promotional displays.
• Replenish stock as needed.

Scan Based Trading

• Conduct inventory checks in franchise accounts that use scan based trading as their receiving and point-of-sale business method.
• Use hand-held computer to count and input inventory of Herr’s branded products. Update Zone and Branch Manager with any questions or concerns that evolved during visit.

Other Duties & Responsibilities May Include

• Sell, deliver, stock and merchandise product to grocery retail and independent chain stores. Manage daily accuracy of product inventory.
• Execute company sponsored promotional programs by acquiring temporary and incremental product displays, shelving, and permanent merchandising fixtures.
• Perform snack resets inside retail, independent chains, and grocery stores.
• May recommend improved merchandising opportunities to increase sale growth.
• Assembles, modifies and customizes merchandising racks, specific to franchise and non-franchise accounts sales needs. Uses creativity as a means to resolve and limit merchandising space challenges that may arise in franchise and non-franchise accounts.
• Conduct space surveys for accurate market share.

In addition to the essential functions listed above, the employee is expected to exercise honesty, integrity and respect with all clients and co-workers, preserve confidentially of all business information and data, maintain a professional appearance and demeanor, demonstrate a positive attitude, communicate effectively with co-workers and clients, work with accuracy, efficiency, and attention to detail, respect the work environment and keep it as environmentally friendly as possible, and exercise initiative to learn new skills and tasks and to help co-workers when possible. Reliable attendance and punctuality are also required. The employee is also expected to perform other related duties, special projects and functions as required from time to time.

Any questions about this position or any others, please contact the Human Resources department at 610-932-6500 or [e-mail]

Herr Foods Inc. is a drug-free workplace and an equal opportunity employer M/F/Veterans/Disabilities