Route Sales Professional -Taylor, MI
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Employment Type: Regular
Location: TAYLOR,MI
Have you ever enjoyed Arnold , Brownberry or Oroweat bread* A Thomas English muffin or bagel* Or perhaps snacked on a Sara Lee , Entenmann s or Marinela cake or donut* If the answer is yes, then you know Bimbo Bakeries USA!
Bimbo Bakeries USA is part of Grupo Bimbo, the world s largest baking company with operations in 22 countries. Bimbo Bakeries USA employs 21,000 associates across the U.S. in bakeries, sales centers, corporate offices and on sales routes to ensure our consumers have the freshest products to feed their families at every meal. But our associates come to work for much more the chance to feed their own lives through exciting work that offers the opportunity to make a real difference in their professional and personal lives every day.
Description:
Call on assigned accounts and store management to maintain relationships and solve customer issues
Maintain appropriate product levels in the bread aisle and display locations throughout the account, promoting growth
Responsible for route operational activity, including ordering and distribution, merchandising, promotional activity, holiday planning, and meeting customer expectations
Communicate with customers to assist them in understanding the promotional activity, and understand what our customer delivery expectations are
Ensure that product distribution is accomplished to customer satisfaction in agreement with any contract terms and requirements
Analyze account sales data to achieve optimal distribution of product to achieve sales goals and maximize freshness and related expenses
Assist customer relations to include selling of new products, and space/position gains
Solicit new business within the route territory
Represent BBU as a leader in the baking business
Other duties as assigned
Position Requirements:
* This position requires the incumbent to have extensive experience working in a sales setting and have
working knowledge of DSD operations.
* Requires excellent organizational, planning, negotiating and people skills.
* Excellent organizational and communication (written and oral) skills.
SPECIALIZED SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE
This position requires the incumbent to have extensive experience working in a sales setting and have working knowledge of DSD operations.
Maintenance of a valid driver s license and reliable transportation.
Bimbo Bakeries USA is an equal opportunity employer with a policy that provides equal employment opportunity for applicants and employees regardless of race, color, religion, disability, gender, age, national origin, orientation, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy, veteran status, or any other classification protected by law. This policy applies to all aspects of employment, including recruitment, hiring, promotion, compensation, reassignment, layoff, discharge, education, training and all other working conditions. To further the principle of equal employment opportunity, Bimbo Bakeries USA has developed affirmative action plans for minorities and women, qualified individuals with disabilities, and Vietnam-era and special disabled veterans and other protected veterans.
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