What are the responsibilities and job description for the Sales Support Meridian position at Brown Bottling Group?
Job Summary: The Sales Support position will assist the sales team with product sales, inventory and maintaining goals. Sales Support provides customers with timely orders and friendly service and maintains a constant professional image. Assists with store re-sets.
Essential Functions and Responsibilities:
- Lives and models BROWN VALUES in everything we do.
- Maintain a professional image with focus on the customer.
- Generally, starts work between 5 and 6 AM and continues until the work is completed
- Must be knowledgeable in products and sales processes
- Perform accurate product ordering
- In-store merchandising includes stocking shelves, coolers, and drink displays.
- Manage store product inventory
- Execution of marketing programs
- Assists with small and large format store re-sets which require moving and setting up racks and moving product.
- Ensuring product freshness by rotating product and attending to expired product
- Ensuring coolers and drink equipment are clean and maintained. Requesting service when needed.
- Achieve maximum sales and deliver total service to all accounts in the assigned area with the overall goal of total distribution of the Brown Bottling Group, Inc. product line.
Physical Demands:
- Able to lift up to 30 lbs. continuously and 60 lbs. intermittently
- Able to push/pull a cart weighing up to 260 pounds
- Must be able to bend, stoop and climb on a frequent basis.
- Must be able to stand and walk for prolonged periods of time.
- Drive a vehicle and enter and exit the vehicle multiple times throughout the shift.
Work Environment:
- Work in many different environments: outside, inside, break rooms, stores, coolers
- Exposed to cold, hot, and rainy conditions
- Work in market in grocery stores, convenience stores, gas stations, and dollar stores including inside walk-in coolers
- Tolerate working in cold temperatures as low as 35 degrees frequently
Qualifications
Qualifications:
- Valid driver’s license and approved driving record.
- Ability to operate ordering and tracking electronic devices.
- Strong communication skills and ability to interact with customers and managers.
- Experience in sales/merchandising a plus
- Sufficient math skills to perform calculations of margins and other sales related functions
- Ability to merchandise heavy product and have the stamina to sustain for up to 11 hours each day
