Hershey's Territory Sales Lead (Sarasota / Bradenton FL)

Hershey's Territory Sales Lead (Sarasota / Bradenton FL)

The Territory Sales Lead (TSL) ensures flawless execution of store level sales and promotion plans with customer retailers in assigned territory. The territory consists of high-volume food chain grocers and mass merchandiser customers. The TSL masters retail execution plans by driving incremental sales, implementing, and maintaining best-in-class promotional and merchandising strategies, and ensuring 100% distribution on authorized Hershey items across all classes of trade. A successful TSL will be driven, entrepreneurial, influential, and planful.

Consultative Business Partnering

Customer Relationship Development and Management : Build and maintain consultative business relationships with customer Key Decision Makers (KDMs) at all levels. Partner and collaborate with KDMs to develop and execute action plans to increase sales. Cultivate a network of influential contacts at all levels of customers to achieve sales objectives. Leverage strategic relationships with KDMs to influence and negotiate customers' assistance in the merchandising of Hershey products.

Data Analysis :

Obtain and analyze relevant store, product, and market data and leverage trends and analytics to build the business. Utilize and complete pre-call planning methods and other company tools. Review and make recommendations to modify routes that maximize business efficiencies for all sales calls within territory. Effectively solve problems by analyzing information, utilizing consumer trends and customer insights to guide decision making and influence others to act.

Sales :

Engage in forward selling via consultative sales techniques using provided data sources, technology, processes and procedures. Maximize sales and display opportunities by conducting store walk-throughs and gaining commitment by KDMs on successful outcomes. Tailor strategies to influence KDMs to order additional products to increase incremental sales and to obtain best in class quality of merchandising locations.

Merchandising Achieve all merchandising objectives executing customer specific promotional plans to the sales floor using forward selling. Partnership at store level is critical for TSL's to effectively build, maintain and execute product on the sales floor, in addition to merchandising and maintaining permanent secondary displays and other display vehicles.

Administrative Responsibilities Complete and submit reports of daily and weekly activities, expenses, competitive activity, account changes, promotions and all administrative functions within assigned territory using company approved methods and technology.

Qualifications

Education and Experience :

HS Diploma or GED required

2-year Associate / Community College degree required OR 3 years of previous sales experience.

Bachelor's degree strongly preferred.

Minimum knowledge, skills and abilities required to successfully perform essential duties / responsibilities, with or without a reasonable accommodation :

Must have a valid US state issued driver's license

Must reside or be willing to commute within territory boundaries

Must be able to drive to make multiple sales calls on a daily basis

Must be able to lift 10-60 lbs. on a regular basis with or without reasonable accommodations

Must be able to bend, kneel, stoop down and demonstrate manual dexterity on a frequent basis with or without reasonable accommodations

Occasionally climb ladders

Occasionally use equipment such as crushing balers, handheld electric trucks

Must be able to use tablet and other wireless technology; some roles will require an intermediate level of computer skills with the Microsoft Office products

Must have daily access to wireless internet

Must have flexibility and adaptability to changes in territory coverage

Occasional weekend work may be required during peak seasons and select territories may require occasional overnight stays.

Employees can expect to be paid a starting base salary of $50,000. Additional compensation may include overtime & incentives. Other benefits include health care, vision, dental, retirement, vacation, sick leave.