Route Sales Professional Vacation Relief
Company: Bimbo Bakeries
Location: San Luis Obispo
Posted on: August 4, 2022
Job Description:
Job Snapshot
- Employee Type:
Full-Time
- Location:
San Luis Obispo, CA
- Job Type:
Sales
- Experience:
1-3 years
- Date Posted:
7/24/2022
- Job ID:
req29508 Job Description Have you ever enjoyed Arnold(R),
Brownberry(R) or Oroweat(R) bread? A Thomas'(R) English muffin or
bagel? Or perhaps snacked on a Sara Lee(R), Entenmann's(R) or
Marinela(R) cake or donut? If the answer is yes, then you know
Bimbo Bakeries USA!
Bimbo Bakeries USA is part of Grupo Bimbo, the world's largest
baking company with operations in 33 countries. Bimbo Bakeries USA
(BBU) employs 20,000 associates across the U.S. in bakeries, sales
centers, corporate offices and on sales routes to ensure our
consumers have the freshest products to feed their families at
every meal. But our associates come to work for much more - the
chance to feed their own lives through exciting work that offers
the opportunity to make a real difference in their professional and
personal lives every day.
The Route Sales Professional Vacation Relief represents Bimbo
Bakeries USA and its brands in the market, merchandising, selling
and delivering fresh baked products to retail customers,
restaurants, and institutions. Through world class market
execution, the Route Sales Professional Vacation Relief's primary
focus is to maximize sales to customers through strong customer
relationships, good business practices that drive profitable sales
growth, and provide sales-related service that exceeds the
customer's expectations.Key Job Responsibilities:
- Lives and promotes the company's safety beliefs and principles,
ensuring safe work practices are being followed by all and working
to eliminate unsafe conditions to drive the achievement of the
safety goal of zero incidents.
- Lives and promotes the Beliefs of the Company, including
respect for people, continuous improvement, exceeding customer and
consumer expectations as well as working to meet the company's
strategic and financial goals.
- Services customers in accordance with established service
frequency patterns. Establishes and maintains positive customer
relationships with primary contact for each account
- In accordance withDirect Store Delivery Excellence (DSDE)
playbook, executes world-class merchandising, stocking, and proper
ongoing rotation of product on store shelves and displays, ensuring
best quality and freshness of products and ensuring store sales
targets are achieved
- Utilizes Bimbo Bakeries' order management program, promotional
and holiday planning information to make independent ordering
decisions and ensure optimal orders are being placed using a
handheld device.
- Drives sales through the acquisition of new display space,
incremental displays and through using sales data to establish
other store-level plans that will grow profitable sales
- Introduces new products and services to maximize sales and
shelf space within existing accounts and when soliciting new
customers
- Follows up on new account opportunities and builds effective
customer relationships by properly setting and exceeding
expectations, including ensuring displays and shelves are set in
accordance with agreed upon guidelines and ensuring promotions are
seamlessly executed
- Conducts daily route settlement procedures to account for all
products, invoices, and cash
- Takes and maintains proper inventory counts
- Drives company route truck safely; safely loads and unloads the
truck
- Correctly completes DOT (US Department of Transportation) logs
daily and submits other documentation, paperwork, and deposits on
time
- Other duties as assigned
- The foregoing list of duties is intended to generally
illustrate the types of duties a Route Sales Professional may
perform. The actual duties performed by each Route Sales
Professional, and the amount of time spent on each duty, varies
from day to day and from route to route. Duties and the time
devoted depend on, among other things, the Route Sales
Professional's customers, experience, and
skills______________________________________________________________________Key
Competencies:
- Strong sales aptitude and willing to continuously learn and
develop new skills
- Customer and consumer-focused mindset with ability to build
beneficial, win/win partnerships
- Action-oriented
- Drives results
- Ability to adapt and open to change
- Ability to work independently, analyze situations accurately,
make decisions independently, and take effective action
- Organized and able to manage work effectively
- Excellent customer service
- Ability to handle multiple tasks simultaneously
- Perform all tasks with a strong safety mindset; alert to
potential safety issues and ability to create safe conditions Job
Requirements Education and Work History:High School Diploma or GED
equivalent preferred.Ideal candidate will possess:
- 1-3 years of related experience in DSD (Direct Sales
Distribution)
- A combination of training and experience that results in
demonstrated competency to perform the work may be substituted
- Demonstrated passion to achieve results and work well with
others
- Strong motivation to build customer relationships and achieve
Route Sales Professional and company goals
- Account management skills are a plus Position Requirements:
- Must be 21 years of age or older
- A valid driver's license is required
- Must be able to obtain and retain a commercial driver's
license
- Must be able to obtain and retain a DOT medical card
- Computer skills and proficiency are required
- Ability to communicate effectively with customers and internal
partners
- Excellent oral communication and interpersonal skills
- Must be able to work in all weather conditions
- Must be able to lift 25-50 pounds on a regular basis, as well
as routinely enter and exit a delivery vehicle
- Must be able to climb, push/pull, bend, stoop, and kneel for
extended periods as well as perform frequent reaching and use of
fingers
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Be a part of a company that is dedicated to protecting our planet:
- All of our U.S. operations have been powered with 100%
renewable electric energy since July 2019, with energy created
through a Wind Farm backed by a Virtual Power Purchase Agreement
with Invenergy
- Bimbo Bakeries USA was named EPA ENERGY STAR Partner of the
Year for the fourth year in a row for superior leadership,
innovation and commitment to environmental protection through
energy efficiency
- We have 18 ENERGY STAR(R) Certified facilities
- Our Manufacturing operations divert greater than 95% of waste
from landfill
- Over 1500 of our vehicles utilize alternative fuel - propane,
compressed natural gas, electric, or hybrid
- Bimbo Bakeries USA has committed to 100% sustainable packaging
across its portfolio by 2025. All product bags, pouches and
wrappers are currently recyclable through Terracycle. The physical
and mental demands described here are representative of those that
must be met by an associate to successfully perform the essential
functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be requested
to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential
functions.Bimbo Bakeries USA is an equal opportunity employer with
a policy that provides equal employment opportunity for applicants
and employees regardless of race, color, religion, disability,
gender, age, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity,
marital status, pregnancy, veteran status, or any other
classification protected by law. This policy applies to all aspects
of employment, including recruitment, hiring, promotion,
compensation, reassignment, layoff, discharge, education, training
and all other working conditions. To further the principle of equal
employment opportunity, Bimbo Bakeries USA has developed
affirmative action plans for minorities and women, qualified
individuals with disabilities, and Vietnam-era and special disabled
veterans and other protected veterans.
Keywords: Bimbo Bakeries, San Luis Obispo , Route Sales Professional Vacation Relief, Sales , San Luis Obispo, California
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