Route Sales Professional
Company: Bimbo Bakeries
Location: Merced
Posted on: August 4, 2022
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Job Description:
Job Description 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 33 countries. Bimbo Bakeries USA
(BBU) employs 20,000 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.
Come join thelargest baking company in the worldand our family
of20,000 associates nationwide!
Position Summary:
The Route Sales Professional represents Bimbo Bakeries USA and its
brands in the market, merchandising, selling and delivering fresh
baked products to retail customers, restaurants, and institutions.
Through world class market execution, the Route Sales
Professional's primary focus is to maximize sales to customers
through strong customer relationships, good business practices that
drive profitable sales growth, and provide sales-related service
that exceeds the customer's expectations.
Key Job Responsibilities:
- Lives and promotes the company's safety beliefs and principles,
ensuring safe work practices are being followed by all and working
to eliminate unsafe conditions to drive the achievement of the
safety goal of zero incidents.
-Lives and promotes the Beliefs of the Company, including respect
for people, continuous improvement, exceeding customer and consumer
expectations as well as working to meet the company's strategic and
financial goals.
-Services customers in accordance with established service
frequency patterns. Establishes and maintains positive customer
relationships with primary contact for each account.
-In accordance withDirect Store Delivery Excellence (DSDE)
playbook, executes world-class merchandising, stocking, and proper
ongoing rotation of product on store shelves and displays, ensuring
best quality and freshness of products and ensuring store sales
targets are achieved
- Utilizes Bimbo Bakeries' order management program, promotional
and holiday planning information to make independent ordering
decisions and ensure optimal orders are being placed using a
handheld device.
- Drives sales through the acquisition of new display space,
incremental displays and through using sales data to establish
other store-level plans that will grow profitable sales
- Introduces new products and services to maximize sales and shelf
space within existing accounts and when soliciting new
customers
- Follows up on new account opportunities and builds effective
customer relationships by properly setting and exceeding
expectations, including ensuring displays and shelves are set in
accordance with agreed upon guidelines and ensuring promotions are
seamlessly executed
- Conducts daily route settlement procedures to account for all
products, invoices, and cash
-Takes and maintains proper inventory counts
- Drives company route truck safely; safely loads and unloads the
truck
- Correctly completes DOT (US Department of Transportation) logs
daily and submits other documentation, paperwork, and deposits on
time
- Other duties as assigned
- The foregoing list of duties is intended to generally illustrate
the types of duties a Route Sales Professional may perform. The
actual duties performed by each Route Sales Professional, and the
amount of time spent on each duty, varies from day to day and from
route to route. Duties and the time devoted depend on, among other
things, the Route Sales Professional's customers, experience, and
skills Job Requirements Key Competencies:
*Strong sales aptitude and willing to continuously learn and
develop new skills
*Customer and consumer-focused mindset with ability to build
beneficial, win/win partnerships
*Action-oriented
*Drives results
*Ability to adapt and open to change
*Ability to work independently, analyze situations accurately, make
decisions independently, and take effective action
*Organized and able to manage work effectively
*Excellent customer service
*Ability to handle multiple tasks simultaneously
*Perform all tasks with a strong safety mindset; alert to potential
safety issues and ability to create safe conditions
Education and Work History:
High School Diploma or GED equivalent preferred.
Ideal candidate will possess:
1-3 years of related experience in DSD (Direct Sales
Distribution)
A combination of training and experience that results in
demonstrated competency to perform the work may be substituted
Demonstrated passion to achieve results and work well with
others
Strong motivation to build customer relationships and achieve Route
Sales Professional and company goals
Account management skills are a plusPosition Requirements:
- Must be 21 years of age or older
- A valid driver's license is required
- Must be able to obtain and retain a DOT medical card
- Computer skills and proficiency are required
- Ability to communicate effectively with customersand internal
partners
- Excellent oral communication and interpersonal skills
- Must be able to work in all weather conditions
- Must be able to lift 25-50 pounds on a regular basis, as well as
routinely enter and exit a delivery vehicle
- Must be able to climb, push/pull, bend, stoop, and kneel for
extended periods as well as perform frequent reaching and use of
fingers
Be a part of a company that is dedicated to protecting our
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Keywords: Bimbo Bakeries, Merced , Route Sales Professional, Sales , Merced, California
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