Retail Fine Wine Sales Representative Empire Distributors Inc, a leading beverage distributor is now hiring a Retail Fine Wine Sales Representative. Our company offers excellent benefits, competitive wages, and the potential for growth opportunities.
Territory: Tucker and surrounding areas
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:- Learns and executes the seven basics of Empire: distributions, position, display, pricing, point-of-sale, cold box, and rotation in each account.
- Compiles lists of prospective customers for use as sales leads.
- Travels through assigned territory daily to call on regular and prospective customers to solicit orders, present items for distribution, and handle damages and off-condition product.
- Quotes prices and credit terms for orders obtained.
- Estimates date of delivery to customer, based on knowledge of own firm's production and delivery schedules.
- Confers with District Manager to resolve customer problems.
- Position requires building of displays as well as maintenance of the displays.
- Coldbox and shelf maintenance is also a requirement of the position.
- Investigates and resolves customer problems with deliveries.
- Identifies and respond to customers' needs.
- Maintains frequent and open communication with drivers, driver supervisors, district managers, sales managers and the general manager.
- Prepares and/or maintains distribution tracking reports, planning and goals, case quotas and dollar objectives and other administrative tasks as assigned.
- Executes sales plans and maintain accounts according to company standards.
- Tracks progress of goals on a weekly basis.
- Participates in supplier work-withs.
- Continually maintains training and product knowledge.
- Delivers emergency orders when needed.
- Attends trade show.
- Conducts business according to local and state laws.
- Other duties as assigned by District Manager.
- Education and/or Experience
- High school diploma or general education degree (GED); or one to three months related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience
- Certificates, Licenses, Registrations
- Must have the ability to sustain a current and valid Alcohol Sales Permit from the Georgia Department of Revenue.
- Must maintain valid drivers' license.
- Computer SkillsOrder Processing Systems
- Microsoft Word
Microsoft ExcelEmpire is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and a drug free workplace. We are committed to ensuring that all employment decisions are made on the basis of qualification, merit, and business need; without regard to race, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, non-disqualifying physical or mental disabilities, national origin, veteran status or any other basis covered by appropriate law.
