Sales Representative (On/Off Premise) Wine&Spirits
(Wine Jobs:
Sales & Marketing)
Full Time
Seattle-based Wine&Spirits Distributorship
Seattle,
Washington
Wine & Spirits savvy professional with a “can-do attitude” to represent a unique portfolio of global, family-owned wineries and distilleries. Performs functions to obtain sales, secure new business accounts and service the needs of the existing sales accounts with an assigned territory.
Duties and Responsibilities include the following:
· Solicits business by personally visiting clients, attempting to interest prospective buyers and explaining the merit of product and its application.
· Performs merchandising activities in accounts that would include effective point of sale materials.
· Keeps information on competitive products, promotional matters, sales techniques, pricing and marketing policies. Informs company of competitive activity and conditions that would affect company interests.
· Investigates and resolves customer complaints in accordance with company policy.
· Prepares price quotations, delivery dates and service obligations.
To perform the job successfully, an individual should demonstrate the following competencies:
· Generates creative solutions to problems and opportunities.
· Manages difficult or emotional customer situations; responds promptly to customer needs; meets commitments.
· Remains open to others' ideas and tries new things.
· Balances team and individual responsibilities to contribute to building a positive team spirit.
· Treats people with respect, keeps commitments and works with integrity and ethically.
· Prioritizes and plans work activities; uses time efficiently; sets goals and objectives.
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.
· Proven time management skills
· Willingness to work flexible hours, which may include evenings or weekend
· Average knowledge of internet software to search information on the web, current order processing, spreadsheet and word processing software for the preparation of cost analysis, opening orders.
. Current state driver’s license
. Ability to meet company auto insurance requirements.
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.
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