Retail Sales Representative - Worth, United States - Advantage Solutions

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Description
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Full Time Retail Sales Representative - Opportunity to Bonus_




Schedule:
Monday-Friday, 6-8am start with shifts averaging 8 hours


Benefits:
Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, 401(k) w/ employee match, Paid time off


Advancement Opportunities Possible

Personal transportation is essential
Advantage Solutions, one of the nation's leaders in merchandising, is seeking Retail Sales Representatives.

In serving some of the nation's largest retailers, you will learn the Advantage way of merchandising, and your efforts will be rewarded.


Achieving Results - Captures an individual's ability to set standards and goals for both themselves and the function that will result in achieving and exceeding business plans and providing maximum return on investment.

It includes creating goals for both the short
- and long-term to ensure the client's viability in the marketplace and maintaining a sense of urgency to achieve these goals. It also means taking long-term, entrepreneurial actions that stretch themselves and the organization beyond what was conventionally believed possible.


Skills and Behaviors:

  • Meeting/exceeding POS to Plan Goals
  • Demonstrates knowledge of current POS status and opportunity areas
  • Takes ownership of inventory management with promotional sell through and inventory integrity
  • Shares successes
Consultative Selling - The process and behaviors for transferring a vendor relationship into a partner relationship and sustaining it.

This approach to selling is not based on reaction to customer requests but rather the mutually profitable relationship whereby knowledge of the customers operations is preeminent and customer profit opportunities are identified by the customer management organization.


  • Develops and leverages advocates at store level and higher level assignment
  • Demonstrates strong selling skills by utilizing fact based selling; effectively using sell sheets, POS Reports, and selling cycle
  • Influences for results
  • Establishes themselves as category experts


Initiative - Is the ability to be proactive in solving problems or addressing opportunities that will bring increased results to the client.

It also involves taking action to overcome obstacles and capitalizing on potential new opportunities. Its focus is reacting quickly, but more importantly anticipating activity in order to maximize success.

  • Proactively identifies new POS opportunity
  • Takes immediate action
  • Reacts quickly to unforeseen opportunity
  • Finds ways to overcome obstacles


Organization & Planning - is establishing courses of action for self and others to ensure that work is completed efficiently.


  • Prioritizes
  • Effectively manages territory
  • Effectively uses resources by updating organized sales binders and store information sheet, and carries appropriate merchandising vehicles
  • Follows client store call procedures
  • Timely follow through

Benefits:


  • 401(k)
  • 401(k)
matching

  • Dental insurance
  • Employee assistance program
  • Health insurance
  • Life insurance
  • Paid time off
  • Vision insurance

Schedule:

  • 5x 8 hour shift
  • Day shift
  • Monday to Friday
  • No nights

Education:


  • High school or equivalent (preferred)

Experience:


  • Sales: 1 year (preferred)
  • Merchandising: 1 year (preferred)
  • Grocery: 1 year (preferred)

License/Certification:

  • Driver's License (required)

Shift availability:

  • Day Shift (preferred)

Willingness to travel:

  • 25% (preferred)

Pay:
$ $20.00 per hour


Benefits:


  • 401(k)
  • 401(k)
matching

  • Dental insurance
  • Health insurance
  • Paid time off
  • Vision insurance

Shift:

  • 8 hour shift
  • Day shift

Weekly day range:

  • Monday to Friday

Application Question(s):

  • Do you have personal reliable transportation? A vehicle is required to travel between stores.

License/Certification:

  • Driver's License (required)

Ability to Relocate:

  • Worth, IL: Relocate before starting work (required)

Work Location:
On the road

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