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Form of workDo you thrive in a fast-paced, competitive environment? Are you looking for a career that gets you out of the office and into your accounts? Are you interested in an opportunity to develop your problem solving skills and creativity in both individual and team environments? As a Wine & Spirits Sales Representative (Sales Rep) for L&F Distributors, you will independently manage a territory of pre-established accounts, building relationships through face-to-face interactions with your customers, as well as promoting a vast portfolio of Wine & Spirits brands. Ultimately, your responsibility will be to maximize L&F Distributor's exposure to the shopper through impactful placements in your accounts. Through effective sales training and on-the-job experience, you will learn to be a successful, consultative salesperson.
What You Need
- Must be 21 years of age or older
- Valid driver’s license
- High school diploma or GED from an accredited institution
- Experience working in a retail sales environment
- Good communication, problem solving, and time management skills
- Ability to lift and move up to 50 pound cases of product
- No more than 2 moving violations within the past 3 years and no DUI/DWI convictions within the past 5 years
•Call on pre-established On & Off Premise independent & chain accounts in your assigned territory.
•Be the master of your own schedule, prioritizing time spent visiting accounts in order to meet and exceed monthly sales & placement goals.
•Build and enhance relationships with decision-makers through consistency, reliability, and leveraging fact based data, with the goal of gaining incremental sales.
•Create customized sales presentations to inform and persuade decision-makers on the benefits of doing business with L&F Distributors.
•On a monthly basis identify opportunities and locations to cross-merchandise within your accounts, both Wine or Spirits outside of the those assigned departments.
•Solve & anticipate customer needs, keep accounts informed of ongoing market trends and identify impactful opportunities of selling display ideas, new products, cold box placements, warm shelf placements, well & back bar placements, liquor and wine menus, bar & restaurant promotions and any account product resets. Knowledge of current inventory and upcoming transfers is pivotal to the role.
