Route Sales Professional
Company: Bimbo Bakeries USA
Location: Tulsa
Posted on: May 15, 2022
Job Description:
Have you ever enjoyed Arnold -, Brownberry - or Oroweat - bread?
A Thomas' - English muffin or bagel? Or perhaps snacked on a Sara
Lee -, Entenmann's - or Marinela - cake or donut? If the answer is
yes, then you know Bimbo Bakeries USA! The Route Sales Professional
represents Bimbo Bakeries USA and its brands in the market,
merchandising, selling, and delivering fresh baked products to
retail customers, restaurants, and institutions. Through world
class market execution, the Route Sales Professional's primary
focus is to maximize sales to customers through strong customer
relationships, good business practices that drive profitable sales
growth, and provide sales-related service that exceeds the
customer's expectations. Top Reasons to Work at Bimbo Bakeries
USA:
- Great starting pay!
- Excellent benefits package!
- Growing organization & increased demand for products! Key Job
Responsibilities: - --- - - - - - Lives and promotes the company's
safety beliefs and principles, ensuring safe work practices are
being followed by all and working to eliminate unsafe conditions to
drive the achievement of the safety goal of zero incidents. --- - -
- - - Lives and promotes the Beliefs of the Company, including
respect for people, continuous improvement, exceeding customer and
consumer expectations as well as working to meet the company's
strategic and financial goals. - --- - - - - - Services customers
in accordance with established service frequency patterns.
Establishes and maintains positive customer relationships with
primary contact for each account --- - - - - - In accordance with
Direct Store Delivery Excellence (DSDE) playbook, executes
world-class merchandising, stocking, and proper ongoing rotation of
product on store shelves and displays, ensuring best quality and
freshness of products and ensuring store sales targets are achieved
--- - - - - - Utilizes Bimbo Bakeries' order management program,
promotional and holiday planning information to make independent
ordering decisions and ensure optimal orders are being placed using
a handheld device. - --- - - - - - Drives sales through the
acquisition of new display space, incremental displays and through
using sales data to establish other store-level plans that will
grow profitable sales --- - - - - - Introduces new products and
services to maximize sales and shelf space within existing accounts
and when soliciting new customers --- - - - - - Follows up on new
account opportunities and builds effective customer relationships
by properly setting and exceeding expectations, including ensuring
displays and shelves are set in accordance with agreed upon
guidelines and ensuring promotions are seamlessly executed --- - -
- - - Conducts daily route settlement procedures to account for all
products, invoices, and cash --- - - - - - Takes and maintains
proper inventory counts --- - - - - - Drives company route truck
safely; safely loads and unloads the truck --- - - - - - Correctly
completes DOT (US Department of Transportation) logs daily and
submits other documentation, paperwork, and deposits on time --- -
- - - - Other duties as assigned --- - - - - - The foregoing list
of duties is intended to generally illustrate the types of duties a
Route Sales Professional may perform. The actual duties performed
by each Route Sales Professional, and the amount of time spent on
each duty, varies from day to day and from route to route. Duties
and the time devoted depend on, among other things, the Route Sales
Professional's customers, experience, and skills. Key Behavioral
Competencies: - --- - - - - - Strong sales aptitude and willing to
continuously learn and develop new skills --- - - - - - Customer
and consumer-focused mindset with ability to build beneficial,
win/win partnerships --- - - - - - Action-oriented --- - - - - -
Drives results --- - - - - - Ability to adapt and open to change
--- - - - - - Ability to work independently, analyze situations
accurately, make decisions independently, and take effective action
--- - - - - - Organized and able to manage work effectively --- - -
- - - Excellent customer service --- - - - - - Ability to handle
multiple tasks simultaneously --- - - - - - Perform all tasks with
a strong safety mindset; alert to potential safety issues and
ability to create safe conditions Bimbo Bakeries USA is part of
Grupo Bimbo, the world's largest baking company with operations in
32 countries. Bimbo Bakeries USA ("BBUSA") includes BBUSA and its
subsidiaries and affiliated entities, including, but not limited
to, Wholesome Harvest Baking, East Balt, and Acelerada. BBUSA
employs 20,000 associates across the U.S. in bakeries, sales
centers, corporate offices and on sales routes to ensure our
consumers have the freshest products to feed their families at
every meal. But our associates come to work for much more - the
chance to feed their own lives through exciting work that offers
the opportunity to make a real difference in their professional and
personal lives every day.Job Requirements:Education and Work
History: --- - - - - - High School Diploma or GED equivalent
preferred. Ideal candidate will possess: --- - - - - - 1-3 years of
related experience in DSD (Direct Sales Distribution) --- - - - - -
A combination of training and experience that results in
demonstrated competency to perform the work may be substituted ---
- - - - - Demonstrated passion to achieve results and work well
with others --- - - - - - Strong motivation to build customer
relationships and achieve Route Sales Professional and company
goals --- - - - - - Account management skills are a plus Position
Requirements: --- - - - - - Must be 21 years of age or older --- -
- - - - A valid driver's license is required --- - - - - - Must be
able to obtain and retain a commercial driver's license --- - - - -
- Must be able to obtain and retain a DOT medical card --- - - - -
- Computer skills and proficiency are required --- - - - - -
Ability to communicate effectively with customers and internal
partners --- - - - - - Excellent oral communication and
interpersonal skills --- - - - - - Must be able to work in all
weather conditions - --- - - - - - Must be able to lift 25-50
pounds on a regular basis, as well as routinely enter and exit a
delivery vehicle --- - - - - - Must be able to climb, push/pull,
bend, stoop, and kneel for extended periods as well as perform
frequent reaching and use of fingers Be a part of a company that is
dedicated to protecting our planet:
- All of our U.S. operations have been powered with 100%
renewable electric energy since July 2019, with energy created
through a Wind Farm backed by a Virtual Power Purchase Agreement
with Invenergy
- Bimbo Bakeries USA was named EPA ENERGY STAR Partner of the
Year for the fourth year in a row for superior leadership,
innovation and commitment to environmental protection through
energy efficiency -
- We have 18 ENERGY STAR - Certified facilities
- Our Manufacturing operations divert greater than 95% of waste
from landfill
- Over 1500 of our vehicles utilize alternative fuel - propane,
compressed natural gas, electric, or hybrid
- Bimbo Bakeries USA has committed to 100% sustainable packaging
across its portfolio by 2025. All product bags, pouches and
wrappers are currently recyclable through Terracycle. The physical
and mental demands described here are representative of those that
must be met by an associate to successfully perform the essential
functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be requested
to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential
functions. Bimbo Bakeries USA is an equal opportunity employer with
a policy that provides equal employment opportunity for applicants
and employees regardless of race, color, religion, disability,
gender, age, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity,
marital status, pregnancy, veteran status, or any other
classification protected by law. This policy applies to all aspects
of employment, including recruitment, hiring, promotion,
compensation, reassignment, layoff, discharge, education, training
and all other working conditions. To further the principle of equal
employment opportunity, Bimbo Bakeries USA has developed
affirmative action plans for minorities and women, qualified
individuals with disabilities, and Vietnam-era and special disabled
veterans and other protected veterans.
Keywords: Bimbo Bakeries USA, Tulsa , Route Sales Professional, Sales , Tulsa, Oklahoma
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