Retail Sales Professional job in Walnut Creek at Advantage Solutions

Full Time Retail Sales Merchandiser PDX_ASI_231116D1-9DD7-423B-99D8-334B63EE6722

Direct apply: -94518-1259

Schedule: Monday-Friday, 6-8am start with shifts averaging 8 hours

Benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, 401(k) w/ employee match, Paid time off

Advancement Opportunities Possible

Experienced Candidates are Welcome to Apply

Personal transportation is essential

Advantage Solutions, one of the nation’s leaders in merchandising, is seeking Retail Sales Representatives. In serving one of the nation’s largest grocery retailers, you will learn the Advantage way of merchandising, and your efforts will be rewarded.

Achieving Results - Captures an individual’s ability to set standards and goals for both themselves and the function that will result in achieving and exceeding business plans and providing maximum return on investment. It includes creating goals for both the short- and long-term to ensure Energizer’s viability in the marketplace and maintaining a sense of urgency to achieve these goals. It also means taking long-term, entrepreneurial actions that stretch themselves and the organization beyond what was conventionally believed possible.

Skills and Behaviors:

Meeting/exceeding POS to Plan Goals

Demonstrates knowledge of current POS status and opportunity areas

Executes Big Rock and PAR initiatives

Takes ownership of inventory management with promotional sell through and inventory integrity

Shares successes

Consultative Selling - The process and behaviors for transferring a vendor relationship into a partner relationship and sustaining it. This approach to selling is not based on reaction to customer requests but rather the mutually profitable relationship whereby knowledge of the customers operations is preeminent and customer profit opportunities are identified by the customer management organization.

Develops and leverages KDM advocates at store level and higher-level assignment

Demonstrates strong selling skills by utilizing EDRT selling processes with fact-based selling; effectively using sell sheets, POS Reports, and selling cycle

Influences for results

Establishes themselves as category experts

Initiative - Is the ability to be proactive in solving problems or addressing opportunities that will bring increased results to ASM/Energizer, without prompting from others. It also involves taking action to overcome obstacles and capitalizing on potential new opportunities. Its focus is reacting quickly, but more importantly anticipating activity in order to maximize success.

Proactively identifies new POS opportunity

Takes immediate action

Reacts quickly to unforeseen opportunity

Finds ways to overcome obstacles

Organization & Planning - is establishing courses of action for self and others to ensure that work is completed efficiently.

Prioritizes

Effectively manages territory

Effectively uses resources by updating organized sales binders and store information sheet, and carries appropriate merchandising vehicles

Follows EDRT store call procedures

Timely follow through