Route Representative/Merchandiser

We are an established company of over 40 years, seeking a driven and responsible candidate who must be centrally located in Tallahassee FL, to take on a newly established role as an area representative in a growing Tallahassee/Alabama/Georgia territory, servicing supermarket accounts consisting of travel to 5 routes, servicing roughly 33 accounts, including 2 as a part of an overnight route:

• 1.) Greater Tallahassee area
• 2.) Greater Tallahassee area
• 3.) Panama City Beach area (overnight day 1)
• 4.) Dothan/Enterprise AL area (overnight day 2)
• 5.) Thomasville/Tifton/Albany GA

This position involves a lot of daily travel and driving. You must have a clean driving record to be considered. Living geographically close to the territory available is necessary.

Must have:

• Grocery Related Experience - 2 Years
• Merchandising Experience - 2 years
• Route Sales Rep Experience - 2 years

Job Details and Responsibilities:

• Covering routes each day based on the schedule provided
• Early morning start time is necessary (4-5AM).
• Service all accounts on the route recovering invoices, merchandising product, and ordering for the following visit
• Maintain Company inventory levels and merchandising standards, executing all direction given by the Company
• Keeping stores clean, and properly communicating all store level issues to your manager for direction
• Communicate with the corporate office at days end to reconcile invoices/orders
• Surveying stores for seasonal displays and setting up shippers
• Coordinating planogram changes at stores typically once a year is common bringing in new items and removing old
• Setting new stores and resetting stores that undergo remodels

Qualifications/Expectations:

• The necessary experience listed above
• Dependable with regular attendance
• Must have a clean driving record, pass a drug test, background check
• Full-time position typically from Monday through Friday.

Physical Requirements:

• Continually – required to stand
• Continually – required to walk
• Continually – required to sit
• Continually – required to utilize hand and finger dexterity
• Continually – required to climb, balance, bend, stoop, kneel or crawl
• Continually – required to talk or hear
• Continually – required to lift/push/carry items up to 50 pounds
• Continually – exposure to outside weather conditions
• Continually – required to drive company vehicle throughout course of day in between stops, and to and from your home. Drive times, depending on location of route, can be as little as a few minutes, or as many as several hours.

Company Benefits/Performance Reviews:

• Company vehicle (for work use only), expenses paid for travel, vehicle maintenance, etc.
• Immediate: 401k with company match up to 3%
• 90 Days: Health and Supplemental Insurances available with company coverage
• 90 Days: 6 paid holidays (Memorial Day, July 4th, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Years)
• 90 Days: Vacation accrual at 2 weeks per year. Company-wide Blackout Period for PTO Nov. 15th thru Jan 15th
• Compensation: Base Salary - (This is not a commission-based sales position)

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $45,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Experience:

• Merchandising: 3 years (Preferred)
• Route Sales Rep: 3 years (Preferred)

Work Location: On the road

Salary : $45,000