Sales Trainee

We are seeking a Sales Trainee to support sales initiatives and provide route coverage for our colleagues during vacation, sick leave, injury, or special projects. As a Sales Trainee, you will work with management to maintain customer relationships between sales, merchandising, and operations for all large and small format 'off-premise' stores.

The primary role of the Sales Trainee is to effectively service all customers in a safe, productive, and professional manner to Red Bull executional standards. This is a salaried position with eligibility for a commission bonus target on top of the base salary, depending on targets being hit.

Responsibilities

• Manage Red Bull products in assigned distribution accounts
• Determine current and ongoing product needs at accounts
• Establish and maintain friendly and professional relationships with customers to increase sales and selling space
• Build and protect the Red Bull brand through proper rotation to ensure fresh product and set proper brand flow following Red Bull standards
• Ensure that all Red Bull equipment is clean and in good working order
• Train with senior Account Sales Managers on their routes
• Cover Account Sales Managers' routes when needed
• Evaluate all competitors' activities such as new launches and price reductions and communicate with District Sales Manager
• Meet monthly key performance indicators (KPIs) focused on sales, distribution, pricing, display, new accounts, and other merchandising components

Physical Requirements

• Regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear
• Frequently required to walk and sit
• Occasionally required to stand and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl
• Must regularly lift and/or move up to 25 pounds as needed
• Specific vision abilities required include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus
• Exposed to moving mechanical parts and outside weather conditions
• Noise level in the work environment is usually moderate
• Forklift and commercial vehicle operations

Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent (university or college experience is an asset)
• Excellent communication skills (written and verbal)
• Outstanding relationship building and people skills
• Good mathematical skills
• Organizational skills
• Current driver's license with clean driving record
• Forklift and commercial vehicle operations
• Ability to work flexible shifts
• Fluent in English, additional language skills an advantage

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior sales experience; having worked in consumer packaged goods or retail organisation is considered an asset
• Knowledge of the beverage market preferred
• Additional language skills an advantage

Benefits

• Travel 40-50%
• Permanent position
• Benefits eligible