Route Sales Associate

Description Lance, Inc. is located in Charlotte, North Carolina, and we are one of the largest producers of snack foods. We are a company committed to freshness and quality, and we take great pride in our people who help Lance succeed every day.

With popular brands like Toastchee®, Captain's Wafers®, Gold N Chees® and Outpost Brand™, there's no wonder it's hard to name a place where you can't find Lance products. When you're on the go, nothing hits the spot like Lance snacks. Products are sold under the Lance, Tom's and Cape Cod brand names along with a full line of private label cookies, crackers and sugar wafers.

Route Sales Associates

Route Sales Associates must be performance driven toward the company goal of exceeding daily and weekly sales plan objectives. Must also maintain a high personal and moral standards that uphold the Lance Vision of "Winning By Being The Best At Satisfying America's Snacking Appetite." Overall, you are expected to service a variety of established and potential customers within a given geography by selling and delivering quality Lance products, merchandising shelves and displays according to provided plan-o-grams, and providing consistent and dependable service as scheduled.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

Deliver Lance products to customer place of business.

Increase volume of route by compression selling.

Transmit product orders, inventory and daily sales or delivery record.

Communicate regularly with customers on new products or service offerings, and service issues and complains. Resolve issues within company guidelines.

Sets up merchandise, equipment and sales promotion displays and/or issues sales promotion materials to customers.

Loads truck, stock customer shelves, maintain inventory stockroom.

Performs routine maintenance and cleaning on truck.

Route sales experience in the Direct Store Delivery (DSD) industry a plus! We require a good driving record and excellent customer service and sales skills.

We offer an attractive base salary plus commission compensation plan. We offer excellent benefits including:

Paid Vacation

Comprehensive Medical

Dental

Vision

Employee Assistance Plan

Basic Life Insurance

Supplemental Life Insurance

Accidental Death & Dismemberment

Short Term Disability

Long Term Disability

Supplemental Long Term Disability

Flexible Spending Accounts

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Profit Sharing & 401(k) Retirement Plan

Education Assistance Program

Service Awards

Credit Union

Holidays

Requirements Applicants MUST be able to pass a drug screen AND criminal background check, as well as have a valid drivers license, and reliable transportation.

We require a good driving record and excellent customer service and sales skills. Must be able to operate a 16ft. step van.