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Sales Trainee
Entry Level
Bangor, United States
in office
Full time
Commercial & PartnershipsLicensing & MerchandisingBusiness Development
Job description
About the Role
This is a training role designed to prepare the Sales Trainee 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 as needed. The Sales Trainee works with management to maintain customer relationships between sales, merchandising and operations for all large and small format off-premise stores.
Key Responsibilities
- Support sales initiatives and provide route coverage for the Account Sales Manager during vacation, sickness, injury or any special projects as needed.
- Work with management to maintain customer relationships between sales, merchandising and operations for all large and small format off-premise stores.
- Service all customers in a safe, productive and professional manner in compliance with Red Bull executional standards.
- Understand and learn the basics of Red Bull and Red Bull Distribution Company, the brand and the products.
- Build and protect the Red Bull brand through proper rotation to ensure fresh product, and 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 and similar) to execute the daily plan, and communicate effectively with Account Sales Managers and District Sales Managers on daily priorities.
- Train with Account Sales Managers and cover their routes as needed.
- Meet daily KPIs focused on sales, distribution, pricing, display, new accounts and merchandising, measured by Winning vs Competition (WVC) and Perfect Store Audit (PSA).
- Support the team with audits, blitz, building of displays and merchandising to drive the sales business, and carry out other duties as assigned.
Required Experience & Qualifications
- 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.
- English language proficiency.
Preferred Skills
- Experience in customer service and sales is a plus.
- Additional languages are an advantage.
The Application Process
is a training position, and progression to Account Sales Manager depends on successful completion of the training programme and certification.
- Upon successful participation in the training programme, the Sales Trainee is eligible to interview for open Account Sales Manager roles.
- Upon completion of the programme and certification, if no Account Sales Manager or otherwise qualified role is available and the Sales Trainee is meeting performance standards, the employee may remain in the Sales Trainee role for 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 is 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.
- is an at-will position, meaning the Company or the Sales Trainee may terminate the employment relationship at any time, for any reason or no reason at all, with or without cause.
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