PRESALES ASSOCIATE LADSON

Description: Drive vehicle over established routes or within an established territory and sell goods, such as food products.

Summary: Services and orders products for customers by performing the following duties.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

Serving customers assigned by taking presales orders for delivery. Ensure that all deliveries are properly worked by stocking our designated shelves and displays; ensuring that back stock be properly broken down and placed on appropriate pallets, bunkers, or trailers in an organized fashion; gather all shells/flats, pallets to be picked up, and damage or out of date be bundled and placed in pick-up area for next delivery; and then review our promotions and new sales orders with the necessary managers at our customers location before finalizing the order sheet for the next delivery date.

Communicates issues, problems, or opportunities with sales and delivery team.

Communicates with each account: new product offering(s), sales events/promotions, and display opportunities.

Adheres to daily schedule and ensures each account is serviced on a daily basis. Must adapt to any changes in work assignments as well as supporting organizational restructuring efforts.

Inspects and maintains customers shelves, end caps, and other allocated space to ensure they are kept clean and neat.

Audits and pulls out-of-date or damaged products and rotates product in order to maintain the freshest product level possible on a regular basis.

Forecasts sales based on previous sale reports and upcoming promotions/sales to ensure accuracy for our customer and minimize pallet pick-ups.

Follows all company policies and procedures set forth by management.

Computer Skills: To perform this job successfully, an individual should have knowledge of Encompass sales software and Paycom HRIS.

Certificates and Licenses: Valid drivers license meeting acceptable criteria.

Work Environment: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally exposed to outdoor weather conditions. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Physical Demands: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds and occasionally life and/or move more than 100 pounds using an electric pallet jack or cart. Specific vision abilities required by this job include Close vision, Distance vision, Peripheral vision, Depth perception and Ability to adjust focus. While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms and talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to stand; walk; sit and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee is occasionally required to climb or balance.

Background Requirements: Employee must pass background check, motor vehicle driver check, drug screen, and agility test.