Field Sales Associate closes sales through face-to-face interaction with customers based within assigned sales territories.
•Make a significant positive impact on sales and improving the consumer buying experience
•Maintain a comprehensive working knowledge of all client products & services (subject matter expert) to educate in-store personnel through effective sales training including demonstrations, role play and side-by-side selling
•Build strong professional relationships with all in-store personnel and client vendors/partners
•Expand brand presence through effective and creative merchandising, maintain brand image and planogram compliance at defined locations
•Identify sales barriers/challenges – problem solve at store level and escalate unresolved issues through proper channels
•Gather and report on competitive intelligence including, but not limited to: sales tactics, price moves, promotions, new products, merchandising materials, compensation and store support
•Sell-in additional brands at existing locations and grow distribution through new business development
•Complete call reports, administrative tasks, and on-going personal training accurately and in a timely manner, meeting all deadlines
•Other duties as assigned
Education and Work Experience
•High School Diploma or equivalent/GED
•Bachelor’s degree preferred.
•Related work experience may be substituted for some educational requirements.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
•Strong written, oral and interpersonal communication skills – effective in one-on-one and group settings;
•Works well independently as a motivated, energetic and enthusiastic team player
•Persuasive, outgoing, friendly, confident – relationship builder
•Meticulous attentional to detail and follow up
•Conducts business with integrity and maintains strong business ethics
•Ability to travel within defined territory.
Physical Abilities
•Seeing
•Ability to Travel
•Color Perception
•Listening
Acosta Group fuses storied expertise, unmatched connectivity and advanced insight to accelerate brand growth – everywhere you sell. Our collective of the most trusted retail, marketing and foodservice agencies is reimagining how people connect with brands at every point in the consumer journey.
Comprised of Acosta, ActionLink, CORE Foodservice, CROSSMARK, Mosaic, Premium Retail Services and Product Connections, Acosta Group understands and anticipates evolving consumer needs, fueling accelerated performance to connect tomorrow's commerce today. The collective delivers end-to-end solutions, including headquarter sales services, omnichannel retail solutions, assisted sales and training, integrated marketing, foodservice sales enablement and culinary solutions, and the most advanced data and insights.
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Le groupe Acosta Group rassemble une expertise reconnue, une connectivité inégalée et des connaissances fines pour accélérer la croissance des marques - partout où vous êtes commercialisé. Notre collectif des agences de vente au détail, de marketing et de restauration les plus fiables réinvente la façon dont les gens se connectent aux marques à chaque étape du parcours du consommateur.
Composé d'Acosta, d'ActionLink, de CORE Foodservice, de CROSSMARK, de Mosaic, de Premium Retail Services et de Product Connections, le groupe Acosta Group comprend et anticipe les besoins en constante évolution des consommateurs, stimulant ainsi les performances accélérées pour connecter le commerce de demain dès aujourd'hui. Le collectif offre des solutions holistiques, y compris des services de vente externalisée, des solutions omnicanales de vente au détail, des ventes assistées et de la formation, du marketing intégré, des solutions de vente pour la restauration et la cuisine, ainsi que les données et les connaissances les plus avancées, et l’expertise nécessaire pour extraire la valeur de tous ces outils.
