Rte Sales Rep Trnee Job in WAUKEGAN 60087, Illinois US
Friday, July 23rd, 2010Are you an early riser, hard working, passionate person that is known for having a great attitude with the potential to become a sales’ person? If so, Hostess Brands has an outstanding career opportunity that will allow you to become part of a unique selling and delivery model known as DSD or Direct Store Delivery.
It is selling in every sense of the word, requiring an entrepreneurial spirit wherein your pay is directly tied to your effort and creativity.
Hostess Brands has an opening for a Route Sales Representative (RSR) that will be responsible for selling, ordering (using hand-held computers), merchandising, and promoting Hostess Brands products like Twinkies, Cupcakes, and Wonder bread buns.
Our salesmen or Route Sales Reps (RSRs) typically make sales calls in a 24-foot ‘box’ truck on a designated route with established accounts, work 10-12 hours a day, making multiple stops per day at grocery stores, convenience stores, mass merchants (Walmart, etc.), dollar stores, and restaurants.
The typical work day is variable but always requires an early start (3:00 AM – 5:00 AM), and will include pushing and pulling large racks of product on wheels when loading and unloading product.
This position will have daily interaction with retail customers such as store owners, store managers, department managers, and receiving clerks in the back of the stores.
RSRs are responsible for increasing sales by providing great customer service, and selling-in additional in-gondola or perimeter displays of Hostess Brands products.
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