Sales Associate Pizza- Raynham, MA

Description Kraft Foods (NYSE: KFT) is the world's second-largest food and beverage company with 2008 net revenues of more than $40 billion. For more than 100 years, we've been dedicated to helping people around the world eat and live better. Hundreds of millions of times a day, in more than 150 countries, consumers reach for their favorite Kraft brands.
Kraft Foods will be recognized as the leading company in the United States in its ability to attract, develop and retain the highest caliber talent and to fully leverage that talent to achieve consistently superior business results.
The Sales Associate (SA) position is an entry-level position in the Kraft Pizza Company Sales force. The purpose of this position is to provide relief coverage to District Manager and Sales Representatives, to substitute for Sales Reps when they are absent.  The SA may also be called on to cover open routes due to vacancies within their district.
 
Primary Responsibilities

• Complete the formal Sales Rep Training program.
• Work as a Relief Sales Associate, filling temporary vacancies for Sales Reps.
• Coverage will require coverage across broad geography - may require overnight visits
• Perform Sales calls and open new accounts, as planned in conjunction with the District team.
• Perform merchandising responsibilities in support of Sales Reps, including some weekend merchandising.
• Perform product resets according to agreed upon plan-o-grams and schedules.
• Perform product sampling at customer and special events.
• Drive 22 foot box truck to deliver product to stores on territory.

Kraft Foods is proud to offer a competitive base salary plus incentive with a comprehensive employee benefit program that helps employees live better and live well – physically, financially and personally.

Medical

Dental

Paid vacation

401K

And much more… Kraft provides the following training:

Company and job classroom orientation, on-the-job training and resources for personal development

Requirements Requirements  

• Willingness to work independently, in pursuit of team objectives.
• Flexibility in work hours, days and locations.
• Adaptability to a variety of work tasks, customers and associates.
• Sociability in interpersonal interactions with variety of interesting people.
• High personal drive for accomplishment of personal and business goals.
• Desire to work on a winning team, with the best product line of its kind.
• Motivation to work toward, and take advantage of, career advancement opportunities. Able to perform physical duties of lifting, pushing, and pulling product cases.  Maximum case weight is approximately 25lbs.
• Ability to perform physical duties of delivering frozen pizza product to retail stores; load delivery truck; pull, push and lift cases up to 25 lbs. Per case; drive delivery truck and work out of freezer unit in all types of weather conditions.
• Obtain CDL License to drive 22 foot box truck with freezer unit.

 
 
Kraft is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer m/f/d/v, and will only contact the most qualified candidates.