Route Sales Professional
Company: Bimbo Bakeries USA
Location: Sacramento
Posted on: June 24, 2022
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. 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.Pay rate: -$200.00 base plus Commission ,
paid on a weekly basis.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 with Direct 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______________________________________________________________________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
Job Requirements
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 plus Position 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 customers -and 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
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Be a part of a company that is dedicated to protecting our planet:
- All of our U.S. operations have been powered with 100%
renewable electric energy since July 2019, with energy created
through a Wind Farm backed by a Virtual Power Purchase Agreement
with Invenergy
- Bimbo Bakeries USA was named EPA ENERGY STAR Partner of the
Year for the fourth year in a row for superior leadership,
innovation and commitment to environmental protection through
energy efficiency -
- We have 18 ENERGY STAR - Certified facilities
- Our Manufacturing operations divert greater than 95% of waste
from landfill
- Over 1500 of our vehicles utilize alternative fuel - propane,
compressed natural gas, electric, or hybrid
- Bimbo Bakeries USA has committed to 100% sustainable packaging
across its portfolio by 2025. All product bags, pouches and
wrappers are currently recyclable through Terracycle. The physical
and mental demands described here are representative of those that
must be met by an associate to successfully perform the essential
functions of this job. -Reasonable accommodations may be requested
-to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential
functions. 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, sexual 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.
Keywords: Bimbo Bakeries USA, Sacramento , Route Sales Professional, Sales , Sacramento, California
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