Wise Foods
Route Sales Representative-Chesapeake, VA
Wise Foods, Chesapeake, Virginia, United States, 23322
Route Sales Representative – Chesapeake, VA
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Role
Wise Snacks is seeking a Route Sales Representative. The primary purpose of this role is to represent the company in the field, selling and delivering products. Duties include ensuring customers receive high‑quality service, meeting deadlines and timely deliveries, and driving sales and profits.
Responsibilities
Maximize the use of space to increase sales.
Seek and secure all opportunities for incremental sales.
Show the proper use of POS to drive sales.
Ensure servicing the stores to eliminate out of stock conditions.
Meet all sales goals and generate new leads to solicit new business and grow the client base.
Manage inventory and place orders.
Load, unload, and drive products to their appropriate destinations.
Service stores.
Grow routes to create new routes and increase service and sales.
Use discounts intelligently and tactically to maximize sales.
Set up and manage a route to reduce costs: time management and educating on good business practices.
Minimum Qualified Candidates
2 years in Direct Store Delivery (DSD) sales experience.
1 year managerial experience (e.g., merchandisers).
Good numerical skills.
Prior supermarket sales experience.
Microsoft Office experience.
Valid driver’s license.
Ability to lift 25 pounds on a regular basis.
Ability to get in and out of the vehicle on a regular basis.
Ideal Candidates
Prior food or salty snack industry experience.
+3 years managerial experience.
+5 years customer service industry experience.
+5 years experience with the supermarket channel.
About Wise Foods
Wise Foods Inc. is a leading producer of salty snacks with a long heritage. Founded in 1921, Wise has become a brand of tradition and authenticity that consumers have trusted for over 100 years. We market our products under some of the most recognizable brand names in the salty snack industry—including Wise, Cheez Doodles, New York Deli, and Bravos—and we also produce private‑label products for a number of retailers.
Products are distributed using a Direct-Store-Door (DSD) delivery and merchandising system and sold in major grocery retailers, neighborhood markets, urban bodegas, and established retailers in the mass, convenience store, drug, food service, and club channels. Wise Foods is fully owned by Arca Continental, the second largest Coca‑Cola bottler in Latin America and one of the largest in the world.
We invite you to explore growing your career with Wise!
Seniority Level
Entry level
Employment Type
Full‑time
Job Function
Manufacturing
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Route Sales Representative – Chesapeake, VA
role at
Wise Foods
Role
Wise Snacks is seeking a Route Sales Representative. The primary purpose of this role is to represent the company in the field, selling and delivering products. Duties include ensuring customers receive high‑quality service, meeting deadlines and timely deliveries, and driving sales and profits.
Responsibilities
Maximize the use of space to increase sales.
Seek and secure all opportunities for incremental sales.
Show the proper use of POS to drive sales.
Ensure servicing the stores to eliminate out of stock conditions.
Meet all sales goals and generate new leads to solicit new business and grow the client base.
Manage inventory and place orders.
Load, unload, and drive products to their appropriate destinations.
Service stores.
Grow routes to create new routes and increase service and sales.
Use discounts intelligently and tactically to maximize sales.
Set up and manage a route to reduce costs: time management and educating on good business practices.
Minimum Qualified Candidates
2 years in Direct Store Delivery (DSD) sales experience.
1 year managerial experience (e.g., merchandisers).
Good numerical skills.
Prior supermarket sales experience.
Microsoft Office experience.
Valid driver’s license.
Ability to lift 25 pounds on a regular basis.
Ability to get in and out of the vehicle on a regular basis.
Ideal Candidates
Prior food or salty snack industry experience.
+3 years managerial experience.
+5 years customer service industry experience.
+5 years experience with the supermarket channel.
About Wise Foods
Wise Foods Inc. is a leading producer of salty snacks with a long heritage. Founded in 1921, Wise has become a brand of tradition and authenticity that consumers have trusted for over 100 years. We market our products under some of the most recognizable brand names in the salty snack industry—including Wise, Cheez Doodles, New York Deli, and Bravos—and we also produce private‑label products for a number of retailers.
Products are distributed using a Direct-Store-Door (DSD) delivery and merchandising system and sold in major grocery retailers, neighborhood markets, urban bodegas, and established retailers in the mass, convenience store, drug, food service, and club channels. Wise Foods is fully owned by Arca Continental, the second largest Coca‑Cola bottler in Latin America and one of the largest in the world.
We invite you to explore growing your career with Wise!
Seniority Level
Entry level
Employment Type
Full‑time
Job Function
Manufacturing
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