Location: British Columbia
The Territory Sales Representativeresponsibilities include developing business plans and cultivating customer relationships that result in client satisfaction and the opportunity for our products to become the reference in healthy pet diets. This Associate will help the Omni Channel achieve its volume and profit goals in healthy pet diets by supporting the Omni sales strategy and delivering account specific sales goals. They will also be responsible for meeting the following principal accountabilities in all retail units within her/his territory including Pet Valu PetSmart and other chain and/or independent retail pet specialty stores.
What are we looking for
- A college diploma in business nutrition or animal science with 35 years of experience in a retail sales role.
- Sales strategy and negotiation experience in a retail sales role preferable.
- Proficient not only in written and verbal communication but with technologies such as: MS Office PowerPoint Salesforce Springboard Excel etc.
- Possess and maintain a valid drivers license (qualify for fleet insurance criteria).
- Ability to physically lift large quantities of product.
- Must be flexible to travel approx. 40 overnight per month.
What will be your key responsibilities
- Follow a full salescall process to National Regional and Independent pet specialty retail stores in a given territory.
- Implement Perfect Store standards through leveraging Category Management selling methodology to gain distribution of core and innovative SKUs.
- Work closely with Key Account & Trade Marketing Mangers to ensure effective of cycle priorities
- Drive regional/territory sales through independent and regional accounts following KPI indicators.
- Plan and execute regional/national sales strategies within territory.
- Manage account definition types segmentation & classification through Salesforce.
- Manage independent and regional account strategies sales and merchandising.
- Manage a preapproved expense budget and follow the timely submission process and submit retail store credits on a daily/weekly basis as per region requirements.
What can you expect from Mars
- Work with diverse and talented Associates all guided by the Five Principles.
- Join a purpose driven company where were striving to build the world we want tomorrow today.
- Bestinclass learning and development support from day one including access to our inhouse Mars University.
- An industry competitive salary and benefits package including company bonus.
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Mars is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin disability status protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law. If you need assistance or an accommodation during the application process because of a disability it is available upon request. The company is pleased to provide such assistance and no applicant will be penalized as a result of such a request.
Required Experience:
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