Sales Trainee

We are seeking a Sales Trainee to support sales initiatives and provide route coverage for colleagues during vacations, sick leaves, injuries, 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.

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 competitors' activities 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 use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear
• Frequently walk and sit
• Occasionally stand and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl
• Regularly lift and/or move up to 25 pounds as needed
• Specific vision abilities required: 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 a clean driving record
• Forklift and commercial vehicle operations
• Ability to work flexible shifts
• Fluent in English; additional language skills are an advantage

Preferred Qualifications:

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

Travel: 30-40%

Employment Type: Permanent

Benefits: Eligible