Specialist, Sales Solutions
KeHE Distributors
- New Orleans, LA
- $19.90-29.19 per hour
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Full-time
- Pay Range: $19.90/Hr. - $29.19/Hr.
- Shift Days: , Shift Time:
- Benefits after 30 days
- Health/Rx
- Dental
- Vision
- Flexible and health spending accounts (FSA/HSA)
- Supplemental life insurance
- 401(k)
- Paid time off
- Paid sick time
- Short term & long term disability coverage (STD/LTD)
- Employee stock ownership (ESOP)
- Holiday pay for company designated holidays
- Execute sales strategy as developed by Account Manager and Retailer with a sense of urgency.
- Effectively communicate with Retailer store personnel, merchandising manager, and Regional Directors, building strong partnerships.
- Understand / Analyze product movement using PBI, to assist with void closures and gap opportunities to drive sales.
- Share sales materials to educate store personnel on planogram integrity and optimization.
- Conduct store sales surveys when needed prior to any new store, reset or re-merchandising project.
- Manage and execute in-store initiatives, ensuring new item placement and void closure while maximizing awareness for customers, contributing to sales growth.
- Supplement sales strategy in conjunction with sales leaders across the organization
- Responsible for innovation and implementing plan-o-grams, educational aids, and merchandising techniques to drive customer traffic and sales revenue.
- Impact sales revenue by influencing placement of products.
- Responsible for successful rollout of new merchandise including communication and execution with store.
- Effectively communicate with store personnel, merchandising manager and any other key personnel on projects, project planning, and timing of execution.
- Execute on day-to-day completion of sales and merchandising activities.
- Cost management of business expenses adhering to budgets set for Retailer.
- Knowledge of product/categories, and merchandising techniques.
- Foster a cross-functional environment with clear expectations and transparency.
- High school diploma/GED required (associate degree preferred).
- Outstanding communication (both verbal and written) and relationship management skills with people at all organizational levels.
- Ability to prioritize workload to have the most significant impact on customer satisfaction.
- Proficient in using Excel, PowerPoint, PBI and other like tools.
- Prior experience in food industry and/or code sensitive product environment preferred.
- Demonstrated ability to effectively identify long-term issues, develop and implement strategies to address those issues, and link shorter-term activities to these strategies.
- Demonstrated proficiency in attention to accuracy and detail.
- Demonstrate competencies in the following areas: financial acumen, ability to collaborate, courage, sense of urgency, and effectively manage complexity of many priorities.
- Ability and willingness to work flexible hours.
- Ability and willingness to travel daily with overnight stay as needed to support the requirements of the position.
- Follow established KeHE policies and procedures to accomplish the above accountabilities.
- Other duties and special projects as requested to support the Retailer.