Direct Plus Food Group is Looking For at Okanagan, BC Full Time

JOB DESCRIPTION

JOB TITLE: Sales Specialist – Thompson-Okanagan Region

DEPARTMENT: Sales, Commission Pay with a weekly guarantee amount

S TO: Sales Supervisor

OVERVIEW:

Direct Plus Food Group is a fast growing sales, merchandising and distribution company representing many fine brands to the Retail market. Our product offering is carefully selected and continually maintained. We believe in providing our customers with products of the highest quality made by a selection of trusted brands including
Grimm’s Fine Foods, McSweeney’s Premium Jerky and Meat Snacks, Audrey’s Patisserie and Saporé Foods. To learn more please visit our website at https://www.directplusfoodgroup.com/.

OBJECTIVE/PURPOSE:

Customer-focused sales professional with the aptitude for learning and demonstrating our current brands and new products. A highly engaged and positive team player with a strong customer focus and the motivation to deliver exceptional sales results.

ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

▪ Can respectfully develop and maintain professional and productive relationships with customers.
▪ Will successfully grow and maximize sales in areas of responsibility.
▪ Continually executes high standards of merchandising.
▪ Possess people skills
▪ Easily operates alone or within a sales team.
▪ Participates with success in all sales programs and incentives.
▪ Outgoing and assertive personality that will thrive in a competitive atmosphere.
▪ Ability to maintain schematics on corporate accounts.
▪ Creative and organization skills.
▪ Ensure ongoing and effective communication with stakeholders including Corporate Account Managers and customers.
▪ Not intimidated and can effectively cold call prospects, leads and perspective new customers.
▪ Communicate and provide support to other areas of the company.

REQUIREMENTS:

▪ Sales experience is not mandatory providing you have the right personality, attributes and are eager to learn the business.
▪ Some flexibility to travel overnight when required.
▪ Clean driving & criminal record.
▪ Well-developed written and verbal communication skills and a professional demeanor.
▪ Comfortable driving a 3-ton automatic Hino Truck.
▪ Must be able to lift up to and including 40lbs of product.

Job Type: Full-time

Salary: $75,000.00-$80,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Casual dress
• Company events
• Disability insurance
• Discounted or free food
• Employee assistance program
• Employee stock purchase plan
• Extended health care
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Tuition reimbursement
• Vision care

Flexible Language Requirement:

• English not required

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Supplemental pay types:

• Bonus pay

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Okanagan, BC: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Experience:

• sales: 1 year (preferred)

Work Location: In person

Application deadline: 2023-07-06