Retail Representative - Reach

<strong>Acosta is proud to foster a corporate culture that is empowering, inclusive and responsible. Our values center on people, integrity, results, trust, teamwork, innovation, and balance. Having associates who live these values and have a great passion for what they do makes Acosta a terrific company to work for.</strong>

Waukesha, WI

Acosta - REACH

<strong>Acosta is the engine that drives greater sales and market share for consumer goods manufacturers and retailers around the world. A privately-held sales and marketing agency based in Jacksonville, Fla., Acosta has more than 100 offices around the world with more than 25,000 employees. Learn more about how our values, services and, most importantly, people are changing the CPG experience with proven results. </strong><br /><br /><strong>Acosta is proud to foster a corporate culture that is empowering, inclusive and responsible. Our values center on people, integrity, results, trust, teamwork, innovation, and balance. Having associates who live these values and have a great passion for what they do makes Acosta a terrific company to work for.</strong> https://www.acosta.com/

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Regular Full-Time

Overview: Responsible for identifying opportunities, achieving strategic goals, and building relationships within an assigned territory through sales calls at key retail accounts. Primary responsibilities include increasing sales and market share of the brands represented, while managing on-shelf availability across multiple categories. The incumbent(s) in this position should exhibit the following Acosta values: People Minded– Must show dignity and respect to all people Integrity– Must exemplify the highest degree of ethical behavior Results Oriented– Must show passion, pride and commitment to succeed Trust– Must be honest, sincere and confident Teamwork– Must build trusting relationships Innovation– Must progress through a combination of creativity, common sense and vision Balance– Must maintain an optimistic attitude and keep perspective on what is important in life.
Responsibilities: <ul><li>Maximizing brand awareness and communicating new product opportunities, using sales data to drive in store actions. </li><li>Building relationships with key retail decision makers (department and store managers). </li><li>Identifying and implementing in store merchandising opportunities to increase brand visibility and availability while ensuring stock levels are maintained. </li><li>Ensuring client’s promotional activity is implemented and that products are on display in the correct location and with good availability. </li><li>Providing insightful and actionable market intelligence feedback. </li><li>Attending and actively contributing to Team Meetings. </li><li>Meeting the physical requirements </li><li>Other duties as assigned</li></ul>
Requirements: <ul><li>Education Requirements: </li><li>Associate Degree Work Experience Requirements: </li><li>1-year related work experience </li><li>In-store sales experience </li><li>Must live in assigned territory Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Requirements: </li><li>Ability to prioritize sales time in relation to account opportunities/priorities </li><li>Outgoing personality with ability to build relationships across a wide array of personality types from diverse backgrounds </li><li>Ability to toggle efficiently between multiple programs to plan and achieve desired outcomes </li><li>Ability to comprehend and derive strategy from sales data </li><li>Must have excellent presentation and communication skills </li><li>Traits: EQ (Emotional intelligence), Intellectually curious, strong work ethic, self-confidence, coachable, analytical </li><li>This position requires that you drive on behalf of Acosta Sales & Marketing, and as such, any DUI/DWI conviction in the past 36 months will be an immediate disqualifier for this position </li><li>Familiar with efficiently routing a territory based on opportunity </li><li>Highly self-motivated and self-disciplined with ability to work effectively with little or no supervision </li><li>Ability to critically think through day to day situations and adjust strategy and direction accordingly </li><li>Ability to pre-plan for sales calls via fact-based selling </li><li>Must have reliable transportation</li></ul>