Sales Rep - Charlottesville, VA And Surrounding Counties

Sales Representative - Charlottesville, VA and Surrounding Counties

General territory to include Charlottesville, VA and surrounding cities.

Supervisor: Area Sales Manager (ASM)

Objective: To ensure the successful sale and distribution of all Specialty Beverage products throughout their assigned territory. This individual will be responsible for developing new business at current no-buy accounts.

Essential Job Functions:

• Develop rapport with assigned customer base and promote the good will of the company
• Cover assigned routes as needed due to sales staff time off, including vacations, personal days and sick days
• Remain flexible on a weekly basis regarding the assigned days of the week needed to cover routes, to potentially include weekends
• Execute the successful sale, distribution and placement of products
• Prepare and present professional sales presentations to customers by combining both the company's priorities and customers' needs
• Understand company pricing and product programming information on a monthly basis by maintaining accurate and up to date records
• Ensure that all product is rotated and code policy is followed
• Maintain high quality merchandising of accounts with paper POS
• Conduct promotions in accounts when required
• Organize and execute floor displays and placement of associated POS at all accounts
• Execute monthly goals as related to business activities
• Perform other duties as assigned

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in business management or marketing preferred
• Excellent oral and written communications skills
• Valid and clean driver's license with active auto insurance
• Ability and willingness to work independently

Equipment Used to Perform Job:

• Two-wheel hand truck
• Car or van
• Hand-held or personal computer

Critical Physical Demands:

• Use of hand and foot controls for driving
• Walking and climbing stairs
• Two handed lifting, handling and carrying of cases from floor to overhead levels on a frequent basis
• Two handed lifting, handling, carrying half barrels and quarter barrels from floor to 48" on an occasional basis
• Pushing and pulling a hand truck and/or cart on level and inclined surfaces on a frequent basis
• Sustained squatting, kneeling, and/or bending while handling products
• Sufficient manual dexterity to operate business equipment including, but not limited to, computer, telephone, adding machine

*All candidates considered will have a background check, pre-employment drug screen, and a physical exam.

Our employment package provides a top shelf combination that's difficult to find elsewhere, including competitive pay, platinum-level health insurance, tuition reimbursement, a matched 401K, and so much more.

The Sheehan Family Companies are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We believe in an inclusive culture that provides mutual respect with salary advancement based on merit and individual performance. Sheehan Family Companies is committed to equal employment opportunities and does not discriminate against any protected class. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, marital status, age, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic information, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or any other status protected under federal, state, or local law.

Specialty Beverage is a proud beverage distributor offering an unmatched product portfolio of domestic, import and craft beers, ciders, artisanal wines, spirits, non-alcoholic beverages and more to our customers across Virginia statewide.

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