Position Summary
Increase sales of meat and cheeses at the deli counter through customer engagement and interaction.
Essential Job Functions
- Interact with customers and management in a friendly, enthusiastic, and outgoing manner to generate brand awareness and increase sales.
- Prepare and demonstrate new and/or promoted products to store customers through sample arrangements and by demonstrating recipes using company products.
- Provide excellent customer service; assess the needs of the customer to best recommend products; use product slicer to fill orders and/or provide samples to customers; complete order process for purchases.
- Clean area and equipment as required by supermarket and local health code.
- Maintain store shelf standards and inventory through various merchandising strategies, including but not limited to rotation of products; ensure pricing matches current promotions and current marketing and promotional materials are displayed.
- Notify management in case of an extraordinary issue, including but not limited to, quality failures and overstock.
- Maintain excellent working relationship with supermarket personnel and management.
- Other duties as assigned.
Minimum Qualifications
- High school diploma or equivalent.
- 1 year of retail or face-to-face sales experience.
- Personal vehicle which meets company standards for licensing and insurance.
- MVR which meets Bar-S driving standards with review by Bar-S Human Capital.
License/Certifications
- Food handler’s permit.
- Driver’s License which meets company requirements.
Preferred Qualifications
- Associate’s degree in Business, Marketing or related field.
- Food product and/or consumer packaged goods sales experience.
- Route sales supervision experience in the food products industry.
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities (KSA’s)
- Excellent communication, interpersonal and customer service skills; must be able to communicate effectively in person.
- Must demonstrate strong organizational, time management, and communication skills.
- Fully fluent in Spanish.
- Proven ability to motivate self and others.
Environmental/Working Conditions
- Able to work in a cold environment of approximately 34˚ F for prolonged periods of time.
- Able to travel up to 90% of the time.
- Able to work weekends and evenings.
Physical Requirements
- Able to stand for full shift of 6-8 hours with the exception of scheduled breaks.
- Can regularly lift and move 30 pound boxes/buckets on/off shelves or cart/hand truck.
- Can repeatedly twist, turn, kneel, stoop, stand, rotate, bend, push or pull to move 30 pounds.