Job Description

Our family of 131,000 employees and franchise affiliates share a collective passion for delivering exceptional shopping experiences and amazing food to all our customers. Our mission is to nurture the things that make life better - great experiences, families, communities, and our employees. We are a family nurturing families.A proudly Canadian company, we started in a small town in Nova Scotia but we are now in communities of all sizes across this great country. With over 1,600 stores in all 10 provinces, you may know us as Sobeys, Safeway, IGA, Foodland, FreshCo, Thrifty Foods, Lawtons Drug Stores or another of our great banners but we are all one extended family.Ready to Make an impact?Sobeys is full of exciting opportunities and we are always looking for bright new talent to join our team! We currently have an opportunity for a contract Sales Representative to join our Wholesale Team based out of a home office in Moncton, NB. Reporting to the Sales Manager, the primary role of the Sales Representative is to develop new customers and conduct consulting visits to stores to ensure that we maintain and increase sales and profits while meeting weekly sales and revenue targets.This is a 5 (five) month CONTRACT role.Here\'s where you\'ll be focusing:

• Conduct regular sales visits to stores
• Increase sales and profitability within budget
• Provide sales advice to customers and national accounts
• Present service, sales programs and special products to customers
• Provide exceptional customer service to meet customer needs and ensure continued customer loyalty
• Recruit new merchants by offering them a long-term supply agreement and renewing our existing customers\' agreements.
• Present potential new customers with a comprehensive sales program including all services and pricing. Provide overall merchandising and operational assistance for store set-up. Keep management informed of competitive activity and market changes
• Maintain accounts receivable within our credit terms
• Other duties as required.

What you have to offer:

• Undergraduate degree or related experience with two (2) years of sales experience, preferably in the food industry
• Experience in grocery sales and knowledge of retail stores (an asset)
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite
• Excellent communication skills (oral and written)
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision and achieve objectives
• Excellent interpersonal skills with a proven ability to develop and maintain a client base
• Ability to effectively problem solve

We offer teammates competitive total compensation packages that will vary by role and location. Some websites share our job opportunities and may provide salary estimates without our knowledge. These estimates are based on similar jobs and postings for general comparison, but these numbers are not provided by or monitored for accuracy by our organization. We look forward to discussing the specific compensation details relevant to this role with candidates who are selected to move forward in the recruitment process.Sobeys is committed to accommodating applicants with disabilities throughout the hiring process and will work with applicants requesting accommodation at any stage of this process.While all responses are appreciated only those being considered for interviews will be acknowledged.We appreciate the interest from the Staffing industry however respectfully request no calls or unsolicited resumes from Agencies.

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