Sales Trainee

The Sales Trainee is a training role designed to prepare the employee for the Account Sales Manager role. The role primarily supports sales initiatives and provides route coverage for the Account Sales Manager during vacation, sickness, injury or special projects. The Sales Trainee works with management to maintain customer relationships across sales, merchandising and operations for large and small format off-premise stores.

• Understand and learn the basics of Red Bull and Red Bull Distribution Company, the brand and products.
• Build and protect the Red Bull brand through proper rotation to ensure fresh product.
• Set proper brand flow following Red Bull standards.
• Establish and maintain friendly and professional relationships with customers to increase sales and selling.
• Obtain all tools (insights, displays, point of sale, pricing, etc.) to execute the daily plan and communicate effectively with ASMs/DSMs on daily priorities.
• Train with ASMs.
• Cover ASM routes as needed.
• Meet daily KPIs focused on sales, distributions, pricing, display, new accounts and merchandising.
• Support the team with audits, blitz, building of displays and merchandising to drive the sales business.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

• Valid US Driver's Licence and obtainment of a DOT Medical card.
• Must be at least 21 years of age.
• Ability to lift and transport up to 25 pounds of inventory and/or advertising displays.

• Experience in customer service and sales is a plus.

• Training programme designed to prepare the Sales Trainee for the Account Sales Manager role.
• Eligibility to interview for open Account Sales Manager roles upon successful participation in the training programme.
• Upon completion of the programme and certification, if no Account Sales Manager or otherwise qualified role is available and performance standards are met, the employee may remain in the Sales Trainee role up to 12 months or until an Account Sales Manager or another qualified role is available, whichever comes first.
• Once an Account Sales Manager or another qualified role is available, the certified Sales Trainee must interview for that available role.
• If promotion to Account Sales Manager or another role does not happen before the 12-month completion period expires, the Sales Trainee role will be vacated due to end of assignment unless an exception applies.
• Based on continued high performance, no open roles and certification completion, a manager may extend the 12-month completion period by an additional 6 months.