Presales

Admiral Beverage Corporation; Idaho Falls (ID); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Admiral Beverage Corporation in Idaho Falls is seeking a driven Route Sales role to call on customers, solicit orders, and grow business within the territory.

You will negotiate contracts, manage marketing plans, and ensure proper product rotation with FIFO guidelines while maintaining vehicle safety and cleanliness. The position offers growth through hands-on leadership and cross-training opportunities within a family-centered company.

Responsibilities

• Travels through assigned territory to call on regular and prospective customers to solicit orders and new business.
• Takes a leading role with contract negotiations, closing the sale and developing marketing plans for contract accounts.
• Safe/Competent operation of route vehicle and vehicle maintenance and cleanliness.
• Coordinates and leads sales meetings to include agenda preparation.
• Ensures brand and package rotation on a first-in, first-out basis per supplier requirements.
• Establishes good customer rapport through professional selling approaches.
• Solicits new business by conducting reviews, demonstrating products, using samples, and emphasizing features and benefits to customers.
• Estimates and coordinates product delivery dates based on schedules.
• Prepares reports of business transactions and keeps expense accounts.
• Supervisory responsibilities include interviewing, hiring, training, and directing work; evaluating performance; addressing issues.

Job description

Admiral Beverage believes in investing in its people, business partners, and communities, to continually grow and offer the best products and services in the region. With the strength of a large company combined with a small-town, friendly, family-driven mindset; we are here to grow with you. Admiral offers: competitive wages, a full-scale benefit program including health, dental, and vision coverage, 401(k) and retirement programs, paid leave and holidays, and much, much more!

Current Admiral Beverage Employees (excluding Contractors):

Job Description

Primary Location

Idaho Falls, Idaho

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Travels through assigned territory to call on regular and prospective customers to solicit orders and new business, pre- prepare sales contracts and interfaces with customers on location or by phone.
• Takes a leading role with contract negotiations, closing the sale and developing marketing plans for contract accounts.
• Safe/Competent operation of route vehicle and vehicle maintenance and cleanliness.
• Coordinates and leads sales meetings to include agenda preparation.
• Ensures that all Admiral Beverage brands and packages are rotated on a “first-in, first-out” basis in accordance with supplier requirements.
• Establishes good customer rapport through professional selling approaches.
• Properly accounts for all cash/credit proceeds, products removed from inventories, lighted signs, and all other Company assets where applicable.
• Solicits new business by conducting business reviews, demonstrating products and services, using samples, marketing resources, and emphasizes salable features and benefits to customer.
• Arranges products according to prearranged plan or own ideas approved by management.
• Places price and descriptive signs on backdrop, fixtures, merchandise, or floor.
• Transfers product from customer stock room to floor displays to comply with "Sell By" dates, maximize product, in store and minimize product in stock room.
• Order product for assigned accounts in accordance with established procedures to ensure no-out of stocks conditions.
• Originates display ideas or follows suggestions or schedule of Sales Manager.
• Constructs or assembles display aids from company provided Point of Sale (POS) materials.
• Estimates and coordinates date of product delivery and empty shell pickups, based on knowledge of own company’s, production and delivery schedules.
• Prepares reports of business transactions and keeps expense accounts.
• Wears and utilizes appropriate company safety equipment.
• Other duties may be assigned by the immediate supervisor or other supervisor at any time.

Supervisory Responsibilities

• Carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization's policies and applicable laws.
• Responsibilities include interviewing and hiring, and training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems.

Do you take passion in your work regardless of the task? Are you seeking a team environment where everyone does their part and not afraid to help one another? Are you looking for a career path where growth, and cross training is encouraged and practiced? We are a large family-owned business where locally, we operate like a small mom and pop shop. We are passionate about safely supplying our customers with the best beverages in the industry, always the highest level of customer service, and most importantly reinvesting in our employees and community.

Do you want an opportunity to build a career with a company that is invested in your professional development and success? Here are some of our Rewards - We invest in your career development and internal mobility - Tuition Reimbursement - Product discounts

Admiral and its related companies produce and distribute premium soft drinks, waters, teas, fruit juices, energy drinks, alcoholic beverages and more. Our mission is to be a strategic business partner as the Employer, Supplier, and Customer of Choice within the communities and markets we serve. The company is service oriented, innovative, vertically integrated, strategically placed and actively seeking growth opportunities. Our business footprint currently encompasses the beautiful Mountain-West states including Alaska; with three production facilities, three transportation hubs and 25+ distribution centers.