Sales Trainee

Red Bull; Fort Wayne (IN); On-site; USD 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Red Bull Distribution Company in Fort Wayne, Indiana is seeking a Sales Trainee to support sales initiatives and provide route coverage for colleagues. You will work with management to maintain customer relationships across large and small format stores and service accounts to Red Bull standards.

The role involves managing product in distribution accounts, training with senior managers, and meeting monthly KPIs in sales, distribution, pricing, and merchandising.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Excellent communication skills (written and verbal).
• Outstanding relationship building and people skills.
• Good mathematical skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage Red Bull products in assigned distribution accounts.
• Determine current and ongoing product needs at accounts.
• Establish and maintain friendly and professional relationships with 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.
• Train with senior Account Sales Managers on their routes.
• Cover Account Sales Managers’ routes when needed.
• Evaluate competitors’ activities and communicate with District Sales Manager.
• Meet monthly KPIs focused on sales, distribution, pricing, display, new accounts and other merchandising components.

Skills

Communication skills

Organizational skills

Customer relationship building

Fluent in English

Driver's license

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Job description

• Organization: Red Bull Distribution Company
• Job type: Permanent

Company 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.

Job Description

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.

Qualifications

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.

Additional Information

Red Bull Distribution Company, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, gender, genetic information, national origin, disability, uniform service, veteran status, age, or any other classification protected by Federal, state, or local law.