On Premise Sales Rep

Heart of America Beverage is seeking energetic candidates to join our sales team. If you enjoy a fast paced and dynamic environment, this job may be for you. Sales reps spend the vast majority of their time out in the market, building relationships with customers and selling our products. The most fun part? We sell beer for a living! Our culture is made up of people who are passionate about beer and passionate about fun. We work hard and we have a lot of laughs along the way. We are a strong, motivated, and engaged team, and we are looking for new sales reps to help us take HOA to the next level. With a long history of promoting from within, this is a terrific place to build a career. Come join our team.

Responsible for all sales activities in assigned accounts or territories. Manage quality and consistency of product and service.

Primary Responsibilities

• Build relationships and rapport with customers and store personnel, providing excellent customer service, and maintaining localized customer relations.
• Continually monitor customer inventory for proper levels.
• Present and sell new products and pending promotions to current customers and potential new customers.
• Build in-store displays and maintain accounts with POS
• Plan and coordinate on-premise promotions within accounts
• Maintain best in class product placement—filling walk-in and stand-alone coolers and dry shelves with product, ensuring proper product rotation is maintained at all times, and that all back-stock areas are clean and organized.
• Call on key accounts on an ongoing basis to review in-store priorities.
• Prepare presentations and proposals.
• Follow up on new leads for future calls resulting from field activity.
• Educate client on pricing compared to their competitors and like products.
• Identify and resolve client concerns.
• Record sales calls on required paperwork.
• Other responsibilities as assigned.

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.

• 1-3 years of previous sales experience is preferred but not required
• Must have a valid driver's license
• Must have clean driving record.
• This position requires the Sales Representative to be detail oriented, quality focused, self-motivated, and work in a team-oriented environment.
• The Sales Representative must possess the ability to work in a fast-paced DSD distribution environment; and the flexibility to work long hours beyond standard requirements as needed.
• While performing the duties of this position, the employee is regularly required to stand for extended periods; reach with hands and arms; stoop, kneel, bend, or crouch; lift above head; lift heavy items, up to 40 pounds on a regular basis and occasionally up to a 185 pound keg; go back and forth from cold coolers; climb ladders; and talk, see, and hear.
• The Sales Representative must be at least 21 years of age to work at Heart of America Beverage

Heart of America Beverage provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.