Coca Cola Retail Activation Specialist - Los Angeles (Tea Portfolio)

The Agency:
Green House is an integrated creative engagement agency that cultivates and grows quantifiable, results-driven creativity. Unified by purpose, values, and our proprietary Cultiv8 process, we grow it forward! We believe that brands are built through the application of art and science, our creative ‘green’, and our strategic ‘house’. A carefully constructed blend of individual creative thinking and strategic, commercially based rigor.  Found in every Cultivator at Green House is this duality of both art and science. We know that bringing the right measure of both to our work is the key to a thriving culture, and ultimately, powerful creative brand engagements.
Job Summary:
The Retail Activation Specialist (RAS) position is responsible for maintaining brand availability and merchandising products in compliance with the program standards within Large Stores, Small Stores, and National Chain accounts. This includes cold box, ambient product placement, building displays, updating POS as well maintaining clean and organized product space. The RAS is dedicated to meeting customer service expectations through daily communication, problem-solving solving, and appropriate follow-up with all designated program stakeholders. Additionally, the RAS is responsible for maintaining professional relationships with Store(s) stakeholders, RAS colleagues, and Green House Management along with bottler stakeholders in addition to consumers at store level.
As the face of Green House, the RAS will communicate frequently with the Territory Manager and regional client stakeholders to ensure alignment of program opportunities and objectives, while ensuring program imperatives are being achieved and excelled.
Major Responsibilities/Activities:
Account Management (80%):

• Build trusting relationships with store retailers
• Ensure product is on-shelf and available in all designated areas of the store with proper signage and favorable shelf placement
• Maximize sales while keeping expenses to a minimum (within budget guidelines)
• Enhance retail presence by negotiating, building, setting, securing and moving in-store displays and placing point of sale materials (where possible), assuring price tags placement by the store
• Secure product rotation on shelves is in compliance with rotation standards, ensuring product freshness and quality
• Organize back rooms and cold vaults of stores, keeping these areas clean and accessible at all times
• Responsible for servicing the route assigned (20 - 25 accounts per day); subject to vary based on market.

Communication & Reporting (20%):

• Submit communication as prescribed by program stakeholders; Daily updates via Repsly and Quarterly Review(s)
• Repsly:
  • Account Calls via Mobile App
  • Track KPI activity in “real-time”
• Concur
  • Submit expense reports (with hard copy receipts) bi-weekly

Minimum Requirements:

• Must be able to work flexible hours, with at least 95% of time spent visiting stores; sometimes weekends
• Must live in and have a strong geographic knowledge of the market 
• Access to a reliable vehicle with a valid driver’s license and clear an MVR (motor vehicle report)
• Prior sales experience a plus
• Proven ability to self-manage a workload and communicate proactively
• Organization and planning skills
• Highly self-motivated and proactive
• Excellent troubleshooting and problem-solving abilities
• Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills (verbal/written) with the ability to interact effectively internally as well as with external contacts
• Energetic and confident when engaging with consumers, sales and store managers
• All final candidates will be asked to complete a background check including driving record, education, employment, and criminal records.
• Open minded and adaptive to change
• Basic computer skills including Microsoft Office

Essential Physical Functions:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Must be able to stand and walk for long periods of time.
• Must be able to climb stairs/ladders, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, talk, hear, and reach with both hands and arms repetitively throughout the day.
• Must have good vision (close, color vision, peripheral, depth perception, adjust focus).
• Must be able to lift up to 50 lbs. repetitively throughout the day.
• Must be willing to adapt to various environments including but not limited to: Extreme cold (cold vault), enclosed spaces, high places (second stories/stoops) and dusty areas.

Position Financials (Annual): 

• Base Salary:  $ 50,000 – 60,000
• Bonus Potential: 10%
• Auto Allowance: $600/Monthly
• Communication Allowance: $150/Monthly
• Wellness: $50/Month reimbursement
• Benefits:  Medical, Dental, Vision

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