Sales Representative - Off Premise Wine (Wine Jobs: Sales & Marketing)

  Republic National Distributing Company

  Houston, Texas

Summary: Learns sales activities to include case sales, distribution, shelf, cold box, pricing, display and promotional programs.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities (Other duties may be assigned.)

• Secure new business accounts and service the needs of existing sales accounts within the assigned geographic areas, as well as continue to enhance basic sales skills and methods under the mentorship of an existing Sales Representative or Area Manager.
• Under a Sales Representatives or Area Manager’s direction may conduct the following duties:
  • Investigates and resolves customer complaints in accordance with company policy.
  • Prepares and submits regular reports on activities, sales volume and expenses.
  • Reviews information on competitive products, promotional matter, sales techniques, pricing and marketing policies.
• Settle cash accounts and invoices with Accounts Receivable in a timely accurate manner.
• May perform various merchandising duties.
• Runs assigned territory on a temporary basis to generate sales, broaden sales skills, become familiar with the overall market and ensure that customers have uninterrupted service.

Qualifications: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education and/or Experience: Associates degree or equivalent from a two year college or technical school preferred; six months to one year related experience, preferably previous retail sales and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Language, Mathematical, and Reasoning Skills: Ability to read and interpret documents (such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals) and to write routine reports and correspondence, and to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of the organization. Spanish bilingual abilities preferred. Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals, in addition to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs. Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished (in written, oral, or diagram form) and to deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.

Computer Skills: To perform this job successfully, an individual should have knowledge of Internet, Microsoft Office Suite software (such as Outlook, Word, Excel, Power Point, and etc.), and order processing systems (such as Logility, Microstrategy, and etc.) or the aptitude to learn. Other technology used in this occupation: Customer relationship management CRM software; Data base user interface and query software.

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations: Requires a current state driver's license; and ability to meet company vehicle
insurance requirements.

Other Requirements: Ability to regularly operate a motor vehicle.

Physical Demands and Work Environment: 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. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; talk or hear and taste or smell. The employee must regularly lift and /or move up to 60 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus. 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 frequently exposed to outside weather conditions, is occasionally exposed to moving mechanical parts, high, precarious places, fumes or airborne particles; toxic or caustic chemicals, extreme cold; extreme heat and risk of electrical shock. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
 

Republic National Distributing Company is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. It is our policy not to discriminate against any Employee or Applicant. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, age, status as a protected veteran, among other things, or status as a qualified individual with disability. This policy of nondiscrimination in employment includes but is not limited to: recruitment, hiring, placement, promotion, transfer, employment advertising or solicitations, compensation, layoff or termination of employment.

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