DPI - Territory Sales Assistant- Vancouver, WA
Company: KeHE Distributors, LLC
Location: Vancouver
Posted on: April 15, 2024
Job Description:
Overview: Good people, working with good people, for our common
good. -Sound good? -If you're enthusiastic about working in an
environment with a people-first culture and an organization
committed to good living, good food and good service, we'd love to
talk to you! - -Reasons to join our team:
- "On-Demand, Real Time Access to Pay!"
- Flexible start time with a Monday - Friday schedule
- Company issued laptop and cell phone
- Growth opportunities, professional development, competitive
wages, excellent benefits, paid vacation, and so much more! - -
-*Get Paid When You Need It, with On-Demand Pay! Essential
Functions: Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Engage in product sales and additional promotional sales
through service visits at customer sites. - -
- "Merchandise" product for display and placement in a way that
attracts sales at customer stores and secondary and perimeter
locations. -
- Transport product from storage areas and place product onto
customer shelves or displays.
- Maintain quality and quantity of products on shelves by
rotating products, checking code dates to ensure freshness and
replenish product with back stock. - -
- Conduct Inventory counts and reconcile orders for customer
accounts by verifying accuracy of delivery records with product
delivered.
- Create and transmit customer credits for spoiled and/or
returned goods.
- Create and transmit orders for product replenishment and other
corresponding paperwork in a timely manner, meeting DPI order
deadlines. - Verify accuracy of transmission by confirming receipt
with DPI Warehouse personnel.
- Deliver exceptional customer service at all times when
communicating with store management, personnel and the public,
adhering to customer policies and procedures in compliance with
DPI's standards.
- Reset displays of merchandise at customer locations to enhance
display of product
- Maintain fixture cleanliness to enhance sales.
- Write and stock orders for product placement and/or issue
credits for spoiled and/or returned goods
- Communicate with warehouse personnel and District Manager
regarding product discrepancies and/or customer issues.
- Plan and carry out daily schedules according to assigned
customer locations. - Travel throughout assigned territory, manage
timelines to ensure completion of assigned customer and DPI
requirements, and respond to fluctuations in workload to deliver
quality customer service according to DPI standards.
- Coordinate and communicate product merchandising needs and
customer requirements with Merchandiser and Reset Specialist and
Field Sales Support
- Operate office- and field-based electronic equipment for
communications and transmission of orders and credits; operate cell
phone to communicate with customers, supervisors or coworkers and
for electronic timekeeping.
- Operate motor vehicle to travel to and from customer locations
throughout assigned territory.
- Attend scheduled trainings and meetings as required to meet
customer and DPI standards.
- Attend store inventories to verify accuracy of product counts
performed by inventory crews, requesting corrections as needed. - -
Report and present results of findings to District Manager.Other
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Maintain clean work environment, which may include picking up
trash or cleaning spills.
- Other duties may be assigned to fulfill DPI's objectives.
Minimum Requirements, Qualifications, Additional Skills, Aptitude:
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities: The employee must be proficient in
written and spoken English and possess basic math skills. - The
employee must have a high school diploma or equivalent. - - Basic
skill in Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, and Outlook) is required. -
The minimum required level of experience is one year in DPI
operations or a related sales field (with perishable experience
necessary for certain areas). - - The employee must have a valid
driver's license, maintain a driving record that meets DPI's
standards and insurance eligibility requirements for excess
liability. - The employee must have reliable transportation, and if
using a personal vehicle must maintain automobile liability
coverage adequate to meet the financial responsibility laws of the
state(s) in which the employee operates. -Work Environment: The
work environment is indoors. The employee may be exposed to
variable temperatures from the three different product climates
(dry, cold, freezer). - The employee is also exposed to temperature
variation during travel throughout assigned geographical territory.
The floors are concrete in the staging area; vinyl floor covering
is typical when working the aisles at a customer site. -Work Hours:
The work schedule is 5 days a week, 8 hours a day. - Start times
vary. - Work hours and shifts are subject to change depending on
operating business conditions and needs. - The employee may be
required to work overtime, holidays or weekends. -Physical and
Mental Demands: 20 to 50 pounds of force is exerted occasionally,
and/or 10 to 20 pounds of force frequently, to move objects and
product. - This job also requires frequent standing and walking. -
The employee must know and follow proper safety protocols, DPI
grooming, hygiene and dress code requirements. - The employee must
have good time management skills in order to assist with multiple
customer accounts in a timely fashion, know the assigned customer
requirements, DPI and customer policies and procedures. The
employee must also understand, retain, and apply product knowledge
to drive DPI sales. Application of basic mathematic functions and
writing skills are needed to create orders, reconcile deliveries,
and maintain inventory. Primary Responsibilities: The Vacation
Relief Associate Chain drives DPI sales at customer sites through
placement of product, promotional selling and effective display of
merchandise. - The Vacation Relief personnel services routes and
customers of Field Sales Associates on an interim basis to provide
coverage when needed. They must be available for intra- and
interstate travel depending on geographic location, with overnight
travel as needed. - The Vacation Relief Associate must project a
positive image to DPI customers and while adhering to DPI policies
and procedures. Requisition ID: 2024-22635 Equal Employer
Opportunity Statement: KeHE Distributors provides equal employment
opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and
prohibits all forms of discrimination and harassment on the basis
of race, color, religion or faith, sex, gender, age, ancestry,
national origin, mental or physical disability or medical
condition, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression,
marital status, military or veteran status, genetic information, or
any other category protected under federal, state, or local law.
This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment,
including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination,
layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and
training as well as the administration of all Human Resources and
Talent Acquisition processes.
Keywords: KeHE Distributors, LLC, Portland , DPI - Territory Sales Assistant- Vancouver, WA, Sales , Vancouver, Oregon
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